Microporous organic polymers(MOPs) is one of the most promising new materials for many applications, such as gas capture and storage, gas separation, organic vapor adsorption, heterogeneous catalyst carrier, water treatment, functional materials and so on, making them to be a research hotspot. This is due to the fact that MOPs have shown many advantages in, for example, excellent thermal stability, chemical stability, low density, high specific surface area, and molecular pore size architecture. Generally, molecular building blocks, particularly being symmetrical in plane or space, are the core architecture in the synthesis of MOPs. Among various building molecules, multi-substituted adamantane, has been reported as a new molecular "knot" candidate for the creation of MOPs, by connecting with a "linkage" molecule, thanks to its highly stereoscopic symmetrical structure and structural rigidity. In addition, the adamantane-based MOPs have shown many advantageous and interesting properties in terms of synthetic yield, structural stability, pore size distribution, gas/vapor adsorption and separation. This mini review focuses on recent progress in the synthesis and interesting properties of the MOPs with adamantane incorporated(MOP-Ad). The MOP-Ad polymers are classified into phenyl-linkage, Schiff base linkage, imide linkage, and nitrogen-rich(benzimidazole and triazine) categories. Special attention is paid to the similarities and differences with comparison in the synthetic route, structural characteristics, stability and adsorption properties. Besides, some emerging new types of Ad-polymers are briefly introduced and an outlook is also proposed for the MOP-Ad.