About r/productivity
Tips and tricks for being more productive!
The community at a glance
r/productivity is a Subreddit for Productivity with roughly 4.3M members. It has both a forum and a live chat communication style. On the Hive Index it ranks #10 in the Productivity communities list.
Roughly 213K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Productivity, Looking, and Struggling. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Advice Requests.
Community Topics
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 30K members
- 2014: 23K members
- 2015: 20K members
- 2016: 24K members
- 2017: 40K members
- 2018: 113K members
- 2019: 112K members
- 2020: 173K members
- 2023: 1.7M members
- 2024: 1.4M members
- 2025: 498K members
- 2026: 162K members
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 19K members
- Dec: 26K members
- Jan: 27K members
- Feb: 17K members
- Mar: 18K members
- Apr: 19K members
- May: 22K members
- Jun: 16K members
- Jul: 15K members
- Aug: 13K members
- Sep: 10K members
- Oct: 7K members
Themes
- Solution Requests6 posts in the past month
- Looking for a To Do List App that syncs perfectly with Google Calendar
- What is the best note taking app?
- Contractors keep ghosting me on Day 1. I’ve tried everything. What am I missing?
#16Solution RequestsLooking for a To Do List App that syncs perfectly with Google Calendar · What is the best note taking app? · Contractors keep ghosting me on Day 1. I’ve tried everything. What am I missing? - Advice Requests5 posts in the past month
- How do I cope with being interrupted and needing to switch tasks at a moment's notice?
- Fear of failure and procrastination is ruining my life. I could use some advice 🥺
- How do I stop procrastinating.
#25Advice RequestsHow do I cope with being interrupted and needing to switch tasks at a moment's notice? · Fear of failure and procrastination is ruining my life. I could use some advice 🥺 · How do I stop procrastinating.
Topics
- Productivity34 posts in the past month
- I just worked for 7 hours and got nothing done.
- How do you have your Android Setup for Producitivty
- A single task rule borrowed from Marcus Aurelius, and where it stops working
#134ProductivityI just worked for 7 hours and got nothing done. · How do you have your Android Setup for Producitivty · A single task rule borrowed from Marcus Aurelius, and where it stops working - Looking26 posts in the past month#226Looking
- Struggling16 posts in the past month#316Struggling
- Focus10 posts in the past month#410Focus
- Time7 posts in the past month#57Time
Flair
- Question21 posts in the past month
- What’s something you’ve been “about to do” for over a month?
- What's your hack to beat the afternoon slump, especially when you still have pile of tasks in your to-do?
- What’s the best thing about cubicles that open office people don’t give them credit for? Or Vice versa?
#121QuestionWhat’s something you’ve been “about to do” for over a month? · What's your hack to beat the afternoon slump, especially when you still have pile of tasks in your to-do? · What’s the best thing about cubicles that open office people don’t give them credit for? Or Vice versa? - Advice Needed8 posts in the past month
- Nothing is interesting to me except being on my phone
- How do I cope with being interrupted and needing to switch tasks at a moment's notice?
- Fear of failure and procrastination is ruining my life. I could use some advice 🥺
#28Advice NeededNothing is interesting to me except being on my phone · How do I cope with being interrupted and needing to switch tasks at a moment's notice? · Fear of failure and procrastination is ruining my life. I could use some advice 🥺 - Technique4 posts in the past month
- Timeblocking is the most important productivity habit.
- I just worked for 7 hours and got nothing done.
- A single task rule borrowed from Marcus Aurelius, and where it stops working
#34TechniqueTimeblocking is the most important productivity habit. · I just worked for 7 hours and got nothing done. · A single task rule borrowed from Marcus Aurelius, and where it stops working - General Advice2 posts in the past month
- Rambling into obsidian daily note is the best habit I've built these 2 months
- Productivity only matters when you're doing meaningless work you hate
#42General AdviceRambling into obsidian daily note is the best habit I've built these 2 months · Productivity only matters when you're doing meaningless work you hate - Software1 post in the past month
- Old Job Required Me To Use Google Calendar, Should I Switch To Apple's?
#51SoftwareOld Job Required Me To Use Google Calendar, Should I Switch To Apple's?
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/productivity for?
- Best for Productivity enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion, live chat.
- Is r/productivity 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/productivity have?
- Roughly 4.3M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/productivity on?
- r/productivity 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/productivity cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/productivity is organized under Productivity.
- How do I join r/productivity?
- You can join r/productivity by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Productivity communities like?
- Communities for people trying to work better, study smarter, and build better habits. Discord has massive study communities running focus sessions and accountability systems, with Facebook groups and smaller communities for specific tools, workflows, and deep work approaches.
Monthly Stats
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- 35
- Visitors /mo (+106%)
- 1
- Referrals /mo (-50%)
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