Top Coursera Science Courses by Reddit Upvotes
Reddit is a social media and news aggregation website that ranks content based on a voting system. People worldwide post content (usually links, but also original content), and other users can “upvote” or “downvote” posts, pushing the most interesting content to the top.
It’s a place where you can find groups of like-minded people. Reddit calls these groups subreddits, and they cover different topics, including niche interests, politics, hobbies, and thousands of other topics people want to talk about.
Since its launch in 2005, the site has become one of the most popular social media sites with millions of monthly active users.
We've conducted analyses to find the best of Coursera from the depths of Reddit. This analysis has been conducted over 2.7 million Reddit upvotes.
Table of Contents
Top Science courses
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution Introduction to Genetics and Evolution is a college-level class being offered simultaneously to new students at Duke University | 5 reddit posts 43 mentions |
Writing in the Sciences This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises Stanford University | 1 reddit posts 30 mentions |
Understanding the Brain Learn how the nervous system produces behavior, how we use our brain every day, and how neuroscience The University of Chicago | 0 reddit posts 14 mentions |
Introduction to Reproduction Do you have questions about sex hormones or menstrual cycles? This is a crash-course in human Northwestern University | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
Synapses, Neurons and Brains These are very unique times for brain research Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 0 reddit posts 24 mentions |
Introductory Human Physiology In this course, students learn to recognize and to apply the basic concepts that govern integrated body function Duke University | 2 reddit posts 17 mentions |
Dino 101 Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology is a 12-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of non-avian University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 19 mentions |
Understanding Plants - Part I For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin’s early Tel Aviv University | 3 reddit posts 22 mentions |
The Science of Gastronomy This course introduces a number of basic scientific principles underpinning The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2 reddit posts 15 mentions |
The Addicted Brain This is a course about addiction to drugs and other behaviors Emory University | 4 reddit posts 11 mentions |
Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases Not so long ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would die of an infectious disease The Pennsylvania State University | 0 reddit posts 13 mentions |
Bugs 101 Of all the animals on earth, which are the strongest for their size? What about the fastest? Who were the University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 10 mentions |
Fundamentals of Immunology Learn basic concepts and vocabulary in immunology Rice University | 0 reddit posts 9 mentions |
Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression While the human genome sequence has transformed our understanding of human biology, it isn’t just The University of Melbourne | 0 reddit posts 9 mentions |
Visual Perception and the Brain Learners will be introduced to the problems that vision faces, using perception as a guide Duke University | 1 reddit posts 7 mentions |
Introduction to Systems Biology This course will introduce the student to contemporary Systems Biology focused on Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
Gut Check Imagine if there were an organ in your body that weighed as much as your brain, that affected your health, your weight, and even your University of Colorado Boulder | 3 reddit posts 17 mentions |
Paleontology Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds is a five-lesson course teaching a comprehensive University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 12 mentions |
The Brain and Space This course is about how the brain creates our sense of spatial location from a variety of sensory and motor Duke University | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
Science of Exercise Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of University of Colorado Boulder | 0 reddit posts 15 mentions |
Paleontology Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles is a four-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
Paleontology Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution is a four-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
Music as Biology The course will explore the tone combinations that humans consider consonant or dissonant, the scales we use, Duke University | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
Network Analysis in Systems Biology An introduction to data integration and statistical methods used in contemporary Systems Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Chemicals and Health This course covers chemicals in our environment and in our bodies and how they impact our health Johns Hopkins University | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology) To acquire an understanding of the fundamental concepts of genomics and biotechnology, and University of Maryland, College Park | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Clinical Epidemiology Evidence forms the basis of modern medicine Utrecht University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Everyday Chinese Medicine This course aims to serve as an education platform on Chinese medicine (CM) for the general The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Sleep The objective of this course is to give students the most up-to-date information on the biological, University of Michigan | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Lactation Biology Lactation and especially milk, which is the product of that unique mammalian process, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
Anatomy of the Abdomen and Pelvis; a journey from basis to clinic. In this anatomy course you will explore the organs involved in our food digestion and discover the common causes of abdominal and pelvic Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Classical papers in molecular genetics You have all heard about the DNA double helix and genes University of Geneva | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Introduction to the Biology of Cancer Over 500,000 people in the United States and over 8 million people worldwide are dying every year from Johns Hopkins University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Hacking Exercise For Health. The surprising new science of fitness. Renowned exercise physiologists Martin Gibala and Stuart Phillips of McMaster University teach the McMaster University | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
Evolution How are all of the species living on Earth today related? How does understanding evolutionary American Museum of Natural History | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
From Disease to Genes and Back Human genetics explores the genetically determined similarities and differences between human Novosibirsk State University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging Neuroimaging methods are used with increasing frequency in clinical practice and basic research Johns Hopkins University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
General Pathophysiology Dear listeners Saint Petersburg State University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Evolution Today In this course you will learn how evolution works Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
The Changing Arctic What will I learn? After taking this course you will have an understanding of Arctic National Research Tomsk State University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Chimpanzee Behavior and Conservation Chimpanzees are one of our closest living relatives, yet almost nothing was known about their behavior in the Duke University | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
Tropical Parasitology This course provides students an understanding of important human parasitic diseases, including their life cycles, vectors of transmission, Duke University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Introduction to Dental Medicine The mouth is the window into human health University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Emergence of Life How did life emerge on Earth? How have life and Earth co-evolved through geological University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Science Literacy Fake news or good science? In a world where we have access to unlimited information, it is hard to sift University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
Introduction to Translational Science Translational science seeks to speed up the process of moving research discoveries from the laboratory University of Rochester | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Introduction to Forensic Science We have all seen forensic scientists in TV shows, but how do they really work? What Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Advanced Neurobiology I Hello everyone Peking University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Osteoarchaeology This course is about what we can learn from examining the human skeleton, and how we can use this knowledge Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health In today’s world, mental illness and distress are common and these account for a significant burden of The University of Sydney | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Circadian clocks This course is geared towards starting undergraduate students Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Introduction to Algae This course was produced by the Algae Technology Educational Consortium and UC San Diego with University of California San Diego | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Industrial Biotechnology Fossil fuels have been the primary energy source for society since the Industrial Revolution University of Manchester | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Ecology This course is an introduction to ecology and ecosystem dynamics using a systems thinking lens American Museum of Natural History | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Anatomy In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy Specialization, you’ll learn about the various digestive, University of Michigan | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Anatomy Learn the Foundations of Human Anatomy University of Michigan | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Our methodology
We conducted this analysis by "ranking things based on social signals"
It's the result of mining Reddit posts and comments. The analysis looked at all (url-based) posts and comment mentions of Coursera courses on Reddit, ranking each course based on Reddit score, and showing each course with its top Reddit mentions.
Course Score is calculated with a slightly modified version of a simple popularity / age calculation.
course_score = sum(mention_scores) / course_age
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