About r/GradSchool
Discussion forum for current, past, and future students of any discipline completing post-graduate studies - taught or research.
The community at a glance
r/GradSchool is a Subreddit for Students with roughly 947K members. It has been around since 2009. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 8th largest community in the Students topic page.
Roughly 34K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Looking For, and Thesis. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention laptop.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 5K members
- 2014: 5K members
- 2015: 5K members
- 2016: 5K members
- 2017: 9K members
- 2018: 22K members
- 2019: 29K members
- 2020: 69K members
- 2021: 98K members
- 2023: 249K members
- 2024: 352K members
- 2025: 69K members
- 2026: 26K members
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 3K members
- Dec: 4K members
- Jan: 3K members
- Feb: 3K members
- Mar: 3K members
- Apr: 3K members
- May: 3K members
- Jun: 3K members
- Jul: 3K members
- Aug: 3K members
- Sep: 2K members
- Oct: 985 members
Themes
- Advice Requests14 posts in the past month
- Seeking advice
- How to assess overall fit with prospective research faculty
- Not Sure What to Do After my Master’s. More school?
#114Advice RequestsSeeking advice · How to assess overall fit with prospective research faculty · Not Sure What to Do After my Master’s. More school? - Pain & Anger2 posts in the past month
- Lost interest in finishing doing my MPA program.
- I'm losing my passion for my degree
#22Pain & AngerLost interest in finishing doing my MPA program. · I'm losing my passion for my degree - Money Talk1 post in the past month
- Trying to figure out how I'm gonna afford this thing
#31Money TalkTrying to figure out how I'm gonna afford this thing
Topics
- Struggling69 posts in the past month#169Struggling
- Looking For62 posts in the past month#262Looking For
- Thesis16 posts in the past month#316Thesis
- Program15 posts in the past month#415Program
- Hate15 posts in the past month#515Hate
Flair
- Admissions & Applications10 posts in the past month
- Struggling to focus on my thesis because I have no job lined up afterward
- Im planning to apply for PhD in Social Work, i dont have social work related experience.
- Georgia Tech Grad School and others
#110Admissions & ApplicationsStruggling to focus on my thesis because I have no job lined up afterward · Im planning to apply for PhD in Social Work, i dont have social work related experience. · Georgia Tech Grad School and others - Academics8 posts in the past month
- I'm losing my passion for my degree
- Professor was completely aloof and unhelpful, university says I have no case
- Asking for Recommendation Letters from Profs you may not know well (enough)
#28AcademicsI'm losing my passion for my degree · Professor was completely aloof and unhelpful, university says I have no case · Asking for Recommendation Letters from Profs you may not know well (enough) - Health & Work/Life Balance4 posts in the past month
- Thoughts on leaves of absence? Afraid I'll lose "momentum."
- I know 1st semester is tough, but I don’t know how to manage
- I wish I was enough. Why am I not enough?
#34Health & Work/Life BalanceThoughts on leaves of absence? Afraid I'll lose "momentum." · I know 1st semester is tough, but I don’t know how to manage · I wish I was enough. Why am I not enough? - Research3 posts in the past month
- CS PhD: This or next cycle with potentially better papers?
- Q. About datasets
- Master's recommendations for someone with a Bioinformatics + CS degree
#43ResearchCS PhD: This or next cycle with potentially better papers? · Q. About datasets · Master's recommendations for someone with a Bioinformatics + CS degree - News1 post in the past month
- For those of us who’s student loans are cut are we pivoting?
#51NewsFor those of us who’s student loans are cut are we pivoting?
Product recommendations
- laptop2 posts in the past month
- Laptop recs for science PhDs
- Laptop recs for science PhDs
#12laptopLaptop recs for science PhDs · Laptop recs for science PhDs
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/GradSchool for?
- Best for Students enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/GradSchool free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/GradSchool have?
- Roughly 947K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/GradSchool on?
- r/GradSchool runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/GradSchool cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/GradSchool is organized under Students.
- How do I join r/GradSchool?
- You can join r/GradSchool by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Students communities like?
- Communities for students at high school, university, and graduate level, covering study skills, campus life, career prep, and mental health. Discord hosts massive study communities with focus rooms and accountability systems, while Reddit has subreddits for specific schools, programs, and academic disciplines.
Added 10/21/2021
Monthly Stats
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- Views /mo (+109%)
- 23
- Visitors /mo (+156%)
- 0
- Referrals /mo
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