About r/socialskills
In its own words:
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.
Community guide
r/socialskills is for learning and practicing interpersonal skills—not dating coaching or mental-health crisis support. Rank #124 (about 6.4 million subscribers). The public description frames social skills as learned abilities for interaction; collected rules forbid dating/relationship advice, AI-generated content, promotions, surveys, and treating the sub as a mental-health support space.
What belongs
Questions and discussion about acquiring or applying social skills. Activity samples are essentially all text.
Versus dating and self-improvement subs
dating / dating_advice focus on romance. selfimprovement is broader life change. socialskills removes dating advice by rule—so romance strategy posts belong elsewhere even if they involve “talking to people.”
Practical pointers
Stay excellent to each other; no sexist/demeaning language; no AI content; no promo.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jul 12, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,148 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/starterpacks (#123) and ahead of r/Cooking (#125) in our ranking.
What sets r/socialskills apart
r/socialskills is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (23:00 UTC) sees about 6.6× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/socialskills grew from 6,366,996 to 6,374,631 subscribers (+7.6K, +0.12%). That is about 174 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/socialskills talks about
We read the titles of 386 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “friends”, “friend”, “social”, “talk” and “feel”. Other frequent themes are talking, conversation, feeling, weird, deal and work. Recurring phrases include “friend group”, “small talk”, “social life” and “social skills”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/socialskills gets about 53 new posts a day. The public archive holds 419,873 posts and 2,948,021 comments in total, about 7.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (72 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (44). Posting peaks around 23:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/socialskills
The moderators of r/socialskills list 8 rules. In short:
- Be excellent with each other
- All posts must directly relate to the acquisition and/or application of social skills
- We are not a mental health support sub
- No dating or relationship advice
- No sexist, demeaning, objectifying language
- No AI-Generated content
- No promotional content of any kind
- No research surveys
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/socialskills and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/socialskills?
r/socialskills has 6,374,631 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #124 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,635 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/socialskills created?
r/socialskills was created on Jul 12, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/socialskills still active?
Yes. r/socialskills gets about 53 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 419,873 posts and 2,948,021 comments. In a sample of 386 recent posts we counted 263 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/socialskills?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 23:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/socialskills?
The community describes itself as: “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 main…” Recent post titles often mention friends, friend, social, talk and feel. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/socialskills SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/socialskills as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/socialskills?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/socialskills accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be excellent with each other”; “All posts must directly relate to the acquisition and/or application of social skills”; “We are not a mental health support sub”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/socialskills?
Communities with similar topics include r/relationship_advice (15.9M), r/relationships (3.8M), r/RelationshipMemes (3.8M), r/3Dprinting (3.5M) and r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/socialskills.