// SUBREDDIT_PROFILE
r/askacademia
› This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities).
// MEMBERS
2,132,406
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
3,178
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
15y
› since 2011-01-25
// STATUS
[ok] active
› feed indexed
// QUICK_ACTIONS
// Recent posts in r/askacademia
[ latest we indexed · by upvotes ]- 01 My paper was published by Elsevier without me paying the APC and now almost a month after it is published they have sent the invoice ↑ 9 · 2026-11-06
- 02 Early 30s, miserable in my postdoc, three career options and no idea what to do ↑ 7 · 2026-11-06
- 03 Academic boss declining to be co-author ↑ 4 · 2026-11-06
- 04 NIA K99/R00 resubmission scored a 21. Fundable? ↑ 3 · 2026-11-06
- 05 Where should I be in this part of my academic career? ↑ 3 · 2026-11-06
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/askacademia about? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/askacademia is a Reddit community with 2,132,406 members. This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities).
02 › How active is r/askacademia? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/askacademia has 2,132,406 subscribers and 3,178 posts in our index. It was created on 2011-01-25, 15 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/askacademia? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
Other Education & Science communities of a similar size include r/askhistorians (2,926,776 members), r/askengineers (2,750,114 members), r/100yearsago (2,503,078 members), r/theydidthemath (2,456,044 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.