r/neuro↗
Neuroscience: Your brain on reddit
/r/neuro, involving neuroscience: Discussion and news pertaining to neurobiology, cognitive studies, clinical neuroscience, the laboratory, and anything else related. We're a bit laid back here, you're free to post anything about neuroscience - even rants, random thoughts, or memes - as long as it doesn't break the rules. For more academic discussions of journal articles, /r/neuroscience is a great place.
148k subscribers182 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)158 authors / mosince 2009
r/neuro has 148k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 182 posts a month from 158 people. Top topics: Physics Books, Music and Brain Science and Brain Implants Tech.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Physics Books0.5%
- Music and Brain Science0.3%
- Brain Implants Tech0.2%
- Academia vs Industry0.2%
- Free Online Courses0.2%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- Nature
- ScienceDirect
- Doi
- Frontiers Media S.A
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