The most-mentioned books on r/math

May 29, 2024

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 processed billions of comments to find the books most mentioned on Reddit.

Table of Contents

The most-mentioned books on r/math
Our methodology
Who are we

The most-mentioned books on r/math

How to Prove It	114 users
Calculus	72 users
A Book of Abstract Algebra	68 users
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics	57 users
Principles of Mathematical Analysis	53 users
Journey through Genius	51 users
Linear Algebra Done Right	50 users
Gödel, Escher, Bach	50 users
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos	46 users
Visual Complex Analysis	45 users
Understanding Analysis	45 users
Mathematical Proofs	40 users
Proofs from THE BOOK	40 users
What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods	38 users
How to Solve It	38 users
Abstract Algebra	34 users
Topology	33 users
Mathematics	33 users
Linear Algebra and Its Applications	30 users
All the Mathematics You Missed	30 users
Concrete Mathematics	28 users
Ordinary Differential Equations	28 users
Introduction to Graph Theory	28 users
Discrete Mathematics with Applications	28 users
An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers	25 users
Calculus On Manifolds	25 users
Prime Obsession	24 users
Naive Set Theory	24 users
Basic Mathematics	23 users
Conceptual Mathematics	23 users
Real and Complex Analysis	22 users
Algebra	22 users
Div, Grad, Curl, and All That	22 users
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers	22 users
Gödel's Proof	22 users
Algebra	22 users
Counterexamples in Analysis	21 users
An Imaginary Tale	21 users
Algebra	21 users
Secrets of Mental Math	20 users
The Art and Craft of Problem Solving	20 users
Introduction to Topology	20 users
Mathematics and Its History	20 users
How to Think About Analysis	19 users
Introduction to Analysis	19 users
The Number Devil	19 users
Introduction to Linear Algebra	19 users
Elementary Analysis	19 users
Linear Algebra	18 users
Zero	18 users
Chaos	18 users
Real Mathematical Analysis	18 users
Linear Algebra	18 users
Introduction to the Theory of Computation	18 users
Introduction to Smooth Manifolds	18 users
A First Course in Abstract Algebra	17 users
Advanced Linear Algebra	17 users
Mathematics From The Birth Of Numbers	17 users
A History of Mathematics	17 users
A Transition to Advanced Mathematics	17 users
Calculus	17 users
The Road to Reality	17 users
Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Forms	16 users
Fermat's Enigma	16 users
Calculus Vol. 1	16 users
Concepts of Modern Mathematics	16 users
Calculus	16 users
Mathematics	15 users
Introductory Functional Analysis with Applications	15 users
Number Theory	15 users
Logicomix	15 users
Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications	14 users
Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to C...	14 users
Calculus Made Easy	14 users
Geometry	14 users
God Created The Integers	14 users
Trigonometry	14 users
Contemporary Abstract Algebra	14 users
The Math Book	14 users
Introduction to Topological Manifolds	14 users
Probability and Random Processes	13 users
Introduction to Algorithms	13 users
Ordinary Differential Equations	13 users
Mathematics Form and Function	13 users
The Mathematical Experience	13 users
Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences	13 users
Learning to Reason	13 users
Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers	13 users
Probability Theory The Logic Of Science	13 users
An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning	13 users
Statistical Inference	13 users
The Joy of x	13 users
e: The Story of a Number	13 users
Partial Differential Equations	13 users
Proofs without Words	13 users
How to Read and Do Proofs	13 users
The Symmetries of Things	13 users
Set Theory	13 users
Calculus of Variations	12 users
An Introduction to Manifolds	12 users

Our methodology

Book mentions are found by checking every reddit comment for links to Amazon, Goodreads, Google Books, and O'Reilly Media. Non-link mentions are too tricky to parse in an unbiased way: books with short, simple titles like The Road get massively under- or over-counted.

When a user mentions the same book multiple times in the same subreddit, we only count the top-voted comment. This curbs users shilling a particular book, and gives a more representative feel for an entire subreddit.

Who are we

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