r/productivity

Productivity

Tips and tricks for being more productive!

Members: 4,259,061
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 7
Avg comments, top posts this week: 31

r/productivity is a Reddit community with 4,259,061 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 34 and an average of 31 comments each. Work, life and app are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 07:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday.

Only approved members can post in r/productivity.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

659How do I do it all in 24 hours?183 comments · October 8, 2026
370What small habits or systems have actually made your daily life easier?159 comments · October 5, 2026
107What’s something you’ve been “about to do” for over a month?90 comments · October 13, 2026
625How to find motivation to do things after work (stressful, demanding corporate job)86 comments · September 29, 2026
224Do actual late bloomers exist?76 comments · October 10, 2026
196Why am i tired in the morning and want to skip work?70 comments · September 30, 2026

Common words in titles

work 8
life 6
app 4
calendar 4
doing 4
habit 4
productivity 4
stop 4
don 3
feel 3
google 3
hours 3

Best time to post

07:00 UTC · 3 top posts
22:00 UTC · 3 top posts
08:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Wednesday · 7 top posts
Thursday · 4 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

Be Civil and Stay Positive
No Advertising
No Listicles
No Isolated Links
No NSFW Content
No Off Topic, Spam, AI-generated posts, SEO Farming, or Low Effort Content.

How to post in r/productivity without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/productivity member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/productivity" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/",
    "name": "productivity",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Productivity",
    "createdAt": "2008-01-25T04:02:59.000Z",
    "description": "Tips and tricks for being more productive!",
    "subscribers": 4259061
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/productivity

How many members does r/productivity have?

r/productivity had 4,259,061 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/productivity?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 31 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/productivity?

This month's top posts in r/productivity went up most often around 07:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/productivity data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/productivity for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/productivity/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.