r/productivity

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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. It is the 2nd largest community in the Productivity topic page.

Roughly 209K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Productivity, Looking, and Focus. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests.

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4.3M Members

Community Topics

Community Features

Forum

This community has a forum

Chat

This community has a realtime chat

Subreddit Analysis

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Yearly: +209K members
Growth: +5.2% / year

Member 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: 170K members

Past year (monthly)

  • 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: 12K members
  • Nov: 4K members

Themes

  • Solution Requests
    1 post in the past month
    1. Looking for a fun habit tracking app that makes me excited to show up every day 🌸
    #1
    Solution Requests
    Looking for a fun habit tracking app that makes me excited to show up every day 🌸
    1

Topics

  • Productivity
    25 posts in the past month
    #1
    Productivity
    25
  • Looking
    17 posts in the past month
    #2
    Looking
    17
  • Focus
    7 posts in the past month
    #3
    Focus
    7
  • Apps
    7 posts in the past month
    #4
    Apps
    7
  • App
    6 posts in the past month
    #5
    App
    6

Flair

  • Question
    25 posts in the past month
    1. What is a popular ‘productivity hack’ that actually makes your life worse?
    2. Does anyone else compare their Mondays exclusively against the last 3 Mondays instead of tracking day by day?
    3. help me stop stressing about keeping busy
    #1
    Question
    What is a popular ‘productivity hack’ that actually makes your life worse? · Does anyone else compare their Mondays exclusively against the last 3 Mondays instead of tracking day by day? · help me stop stressing about keeping busy
    25
  • Advice Needed
    9 posts in the past month
    1. How do you develop executive-level focus when your entire life seems to be one constant stream of interruptions?
    2. I struggle with laziness and need advice on building better daily habits
    3. How do you actually stop procrastinating?
    #2
    Advice Needed
    How do you develop executive-level focus when your entire life seems to be one constant stream of interruptions? · I struggle with laziness and need advice on building better daily habits · How do you actually stop procrastinating?
    9
  • General Advice
    4 posts in the past month
    1. [UPDATE]I am so desperately distracted and unproductive.
    2. How to break a Procrastination/mental doom spiral
    3. How do you organise you life? I want to do so many projects, yet, I have to prioritise 🥲, takes some joy out of life.
    #3
    General Advice
    [UPDATE]I am so desperately distracted and unproductive. · How to break a Procrastination/mental doom spiral · How do you organise you life? I want to do so many projects, yet, I have to prioritise 🥲, takes some joy out of life.
    4
  • Technique
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Marcus Aurelius on doing the task in front of you and setting everything else aside
    2. My favorite productivity hack that I can no longer use because of gastritis
    #4
    Technique
    Marcus Aurelius on doing the task in front of you and setting everything else aside · My favorite productivity hack that I can no longer use because of gastritis
    2
  • Software
    1 post in the past month
    1. Why is no task and calendar manager capable of doing this?
    #5
    Software
    Why is no task and calendar manager capable of doing this?
    1
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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.
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