r/explainlikeimfive is a subreddit with 23.7M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses eli5, hard time, relationships, computers, and job_search, and they frequently recommend/review cleaning products, antiperspirant, and birth control options.
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Popular Themes in r/explainlikeimfive
#1
Advice Requests
: "ELI5: What does weed do to your body/brain? How do you get high?"
48 posts
Popular Topics in r/explainlikeimfive
#1
Eli5
41 posts
#2
Hard Time
5 posts
#3
Relationships
2 posts
#4
Computers
2 posts
#5
Job_search
2 posts
#6
Animals
2 posts
#7
Technology
2 posts
#8
Internet
: "ELI5 Why would anyone who has access to Cable/fiber/4G/5G use Starlink?"
2 posts
#9
Brain
: "ELI5: Why can we become increasingly certain that we remember something correctly, even when the memory itself may have changed over time? How exactly does the Brain distort or fill in details when we recall a memory?"
2 posts
#10
Dreams
1 post
Products Discussed in r/explainlikeimfive
Cleaning Products
7 reviews
#1
Gain
2.0★ from 1 review
#2
7th Generation
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Tide
4.0★ from 1 review
Antiperspirant
5 reviews
#1
Aluminum Free
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Aluminum-free Deodorant
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
Aluminum-based Deodorant
2.0★ from 1 review
Birth Control Options
2 reviews
#1
Condoms
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Vasalgel
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/explainlikeimfive
#1
Biology
: "ELI5 Why it is so hard to poison someone, AKA why do executions by injection get botched so often"
19 posts
#2
Other
: "ELI5: What are cases in languages that have them?"
16 posts
#3
Technology
: "ELI5 Why are there actual bots acting as users online and doing nothing?"
10 posts
#4
Physics
: "ELI5: Photons’ mass"
4 posts
#5
Engineering
: "ELI5: What does a box-spring do?"
4 posts
#6
Chemistry
: "ELI5: What is the meaning of quantization?"
3 posts
#7
Mathematics
: "ELI5 What is Banach Tarski Paradox and Mystery of Math"
1 post
Member Growth in r/explainlikeimfive
Yearly
+389k members(1.7%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026