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Best College Subreddits (November 2026)

Most college talk on Reddit happens in a few big places, but the smaller communities are where the specialists are. We checked the communities Reddit returns for “college” and “university”, kept the public, safe-for-work ones with at least 25,000 members that are still posting, and ranked the 8 that remain by size. Together they have 7.9M members.

How the college communities compare

Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 96% of all members on this list, so most of the college conversation happens in a handful of places. Size and activity don't line up perfectly: r/GetStudying has the most members, but r/ApplyingToCollege gets the most new posts (about 191 a day, against 42 in r/GetStudying). Per member, the liveliest is r/studying: 22 posts a day from 45.3K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/ApplyingToCollege grew fastest recently (+0.09%, +1.2K members since Oct 26). The oldest is r/college, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.

The 8 biggest college subreddits

  1. r/GetStudying 3,324,225 members · ~42 posts/day · +1.3K since Oct 26 · since 2012

    A community of motivated learners! Here we share tips, methods and experiences to improve our study habits. Join us to stay on track, reach your goals, and be part of a supportive team.

  2. r/college 2,936,845 members · ~45 posts/day · +414 since Oct 26 · since 2008

    The subreddit for discussion related to college and collegiate life.

  3. r/ApplyingToCollege 1,353,081 members · ~191 posts/day · +1.2K since Oct 26 · since 2013

    r/ApplyingToCollege is the premier forum for college admissions questions, advice, and discussions, from college essays and scholarships to college list help and application advice, career guidance, and more. A2C supports a welco…

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    r/CollegeRant ↗ 82,955 members · since 2018

    This subreddit is for anyone who has experience in college to discuss the negative aspects of college life, although anyone is welcomed in this subreddit. We encourage you to blow off some steam you may have regarding the academi…

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    r/studyAbroad ↗ 75,228 members · ~29 posts/day · since 2010

    /r/studyabroad is a discussion sub for all topics around studying abroad. Note that content marketing, gofundmes, surveys, and other things are not permitted. Interested in studying abroad for graduate school? Check out / r/grada…

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    r/collegeresults ↗ 55,123 members · ~1.1 posts/day · since 2015

    Subreddit dedicated to compiling data about undergraduate and transfer admissions. All students are encouraged to post their stats and college decisions. Current applicants are welcome to browse through past posts!

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    r/studying ↗ 45,288 members · ~22 posts/day · since 2010

    Get smart. Study hard. This subreddit is for all things studying.

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    r/CollegeHomeworkTips ↗ 28,773 members · ~7.6 posts/day · since 2020

    It is a place for students of schools, colleges, and universities to discuss any questions about education, overcome all the difficulties, and sharing thoughts. Check up first pinned post for Blog Updates!

Choosing where to post

For beginner questions, r/CollegeHomeworkTips is the natural first stop — it exists for advice, and roughly 7.6 new threads a day keep it moving. Asking the same thing in r/GetStudying often gets it removed or lost among the 42 daily posts. Competition for attention differs a lot: r/GetStudying has 3.3M members but only about 42 new posts a day — roughly one new post for every 79.3K members — while r/ApplyingToCollege gets about 191 a day, one for every 7.1K. A strong, well-made post therefore has more room to be seen in r/GetStudying; r/ApplyingToCollege is better when you want quick replies. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/college lists 14, against 6 in r/GetStudying, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.

Before posting, sort a subreddit by “Top” for the past month: it shows in a minute what that community rewards. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.

Frequently asked questions

Which college subreddit has the most members?

r/GetStudying is the largest, with 3,324,225 members, followed by r/college (2.9M) and r/ApplyingToCollege (1.4M).

Where are the most new college posts?

By new posts per day, r/ApplyingToCollege leads with about 191, ahead of r/college (45). Counts are averages over the last seven days.

Which college subreddit is best for questions?

r/CollegeHomeworkTips is the one built around questions and advice, with about 7.6 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.

How many college communities are on this list?

We list 8 active, safe-for-work college communities with at least 25,000 members each, 7.9M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.

What is the oldest college subreddit?

r/college, created on Jan 25, 2008.

Are these college subreddits safe for work?

Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.

Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Nov 6, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.