/r/socialskills/

r/socialskills

6.4M members
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, looking for a, apps, friend, and struggling, 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
: "How do I stop talking about other people? I'm exhausted and I hate this habit."
29 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I've spent my 20s hiding from life, and now suicide has become the only idea I completely trust"
5 posts

Popular Topics in r/socialskills

#1

Social Skills

: "What has caused either your social ineptness or mere lack of some Social Skills?"
25 posts
#2

Looking For A

17 posts
#3

Apps

7 posts
#4

Friend

7 posts
#5

Struggling

7 posts
#6

Meet People

6 posts
#7

Job

6 posts
#8

Relationship

6 posts
#9

Loneliness

6 posts
#10

Worst

5 posts

Products Discussed in r/socialskills

#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
+63k members(1.0%)

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Last updated: July 29, 2026