r/socialskills

Updated 2026-10-24

r/socialskills is a Communities & Discussion community on Reddit with 6,354,077 members, ranking #16 of 6,870 in Communities & Discussion. Social skills are a set of learned abilities for interaction and communication with others. Any time you interact with another person, you're using social skills in some way. Strong social skills can help build and maintain successful relationships in personal and professional life. Note this is not a dating-advice or general life-advice sub. Please be sure to read the rules or the auto-sticky (on

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How big is r/socialskills?

Created in 2009, r/socialskills has had over a decade to grow and is one of the largest communities on Reddit by Reddit standards. Within Communities & Discussion it ranks #16 of 6,870 communities we track — the top 0.2% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 2,079× the median Communities & Discussion subreddit, which has 3,056 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.

For scale, the largest Communities & Discussion community we track is r/AskReddit with 59,202,832 members — roughly 9 times the size of r/socialskills. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2009 sits in the early wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/socialskills on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.

Members6,354,077
CategoryCommunities & Discussion
Rank in category#16 of 6,870
Created2009
Category median size3,056 members
Content ratingWork-safe (SFW)

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