/r/LifeAdvice/

r/LifeAdvice

208k members
r/LifeAdvice is a subreddit with 208k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses life, advice, relationship, career, and lost, and they frequently recommend/review investments.
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Popular Themes in r/LifeAdvice

#1
Advice Requests
: "How can I found out what I want to do career wise when I want to do something challenging and worthwhile but I don’t feel passionate about anything and and struggling to make it through my degree?"
43 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I'm unhappy because I don't have any friends"
7 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "My mom bought my sister a 40,000 for graduation (both had the same degree). I received 4,000 to pay off the car I financed after my car broke down few years before i graduated."
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/LifeAdvice

#1

Life

: "Seeking brutal honest advice. I am losing at Life. M/26"
71 posts
#2

Advice

: "Can i have some Advice?"
63 posts
#3

Relationship

: "What do I do in my long term Relationship?"
46 posts
#4

Career

: "How can I found out what I want to do Career wise when I want to do something challenging and worthwhile but I don’t feel passionate about anything and and struggling to make it through my degree?"
45 posts
#5

Lost

: "Feeling totally Lost"
29 posts
#6

Loneliness

: "Is this all there is?"
22 posts
#7

Family

: "Did I ruin my Family dinner?"
22 posts
#8

Friendship

: "Considering cutting off a 20+ year Friendship."
19 posts
#9

Future

: "25, about to be homeless, and don’t feel like I have much of a Future. Where do I go from here?"
17 posts
#10

Mental Health

: "Fear and change feels too much to handle"
15 posts

Products Discussed in r/LifeAdvice

Investments

1 review
#1
S&P 500 Index Fund
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/LifeAdvice

#1
Emotional Advice
: "My 18 year old niece just told me she got married to her bf of only 2 months and that they are moving an hr away together in 3 weeks… how am I supposed to react??"
42 posts
#2
General Advice
: "Is it a bad thing to just do everything I am supposed to but never really have fun?"
38 posts
#3
Serious
: "Roommate smocking crack"
26 posts
#4
Career Advice
: "How can I found out what I want to do career wise when I want to do something challenging and worthwhile but I don’t feel passionate about anything and and struggling to make it through my degree?"
23 posts
#5
Relationship Advice
: "Newly engaged with my GF of 6+ years, thinking I’ve made a huge mistake."
20 posts
#6
Mental Health Advice
: "I stopped explaining myself to people who had already made up their minds and my life got so much quieter"
19 posts
#7
TW: Suicide Talk
: "Found out my husband was molesting my children and I want to dissappear"
11 posts
#8
Family Advice
: "Husband and I wish we could swap roles"
10 posts
#9
Financial Advice
: "I don’t know what to do"
7 posts

Member Growth in r/LifeAdvice

Yearly
+28k members(15.7%)

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Last updated: June 12, 2026