r/socialskills is a subreddit with 6.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses social skills, conversation, looking for a, friendship, and apps, and they frequently recommend/review self-help book.
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 all posts) before posting.
Popular Themes in r/socialskills
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is asking for small social help taboo these days ?"
60 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Every social interaction leaves me feeling humiliated and embarrassed because I'm so awkward and weird. Is this fixable?"
7 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I freeze when i got yelled at, and i want to solve that"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "If someone owes you money from a few years ago and now they’re asking you to pay them back for something else (smaller amount than what they owed you), do you bring it up?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/socialskills
#1
Social Skills
: "How do you actually become more social?"
27 posts
#2
Conversation
: "How do I shift the Conversation to stuff not related to uni?"
18 posts
#3
Looking For A
17 posts
#4
Friendship
: "How do I handle it when someone comes over to talk to my friend and doesn’t acknowledge me?"
12 posts
#5
Apps
7 posts
#6
Friend
7 posts
#7
Struggling
7 posts
#8
Make Friends
7 posts
#9
Meet People
6 posts
#10
Job
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/socialskills
Self-help Book
2 reviews
#1
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Reading Body Language
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Atomic Habits
5.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/socialskills
Yearly
+75k members(1.2%)
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Last updated: September 6, 2026