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r/relationships vs r/relationship_advice

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Question-format rules vs fast specific-situation advice

r/relationships describes a platform for interpersonal advice and seeks posts about specific, personal situations; its collected titles center on required elements, acceptable question types and a list of bad questions. r/relationship_advice covers romance, friendship, family, co-workers and basic human interaction.

Both have SubMouse pages (relationships about 3.8M, rank #261; relationship_advice about 15.9M, rank #57) and list each other as related. Both samples are all text; relationship_advice is much busier in our window (roughly 755 vs 218 posts per day).

relationship_advice’s titles require a title, description, TLDR and basic info like ages and genders, a specific real situation, no yes/no moral-judgment questions, and only one update. Post in relationship_advice when you want many fast replies on a concrete situation; use relationships when your question fits its accepted question types and you can follow its stricter format. (dating_advice vs relationship_advice covers the dating-stage split.)

  • r/relationships: specific personal situations; required elements and accepted question types (collected titles).
  • r/relationship_advice: concrete situations with TLDR and ages; no yes/no judgment questions; one update (collected titles).
  • They list each other as related. Both have full SubMouse community pages.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/relationships

Relationships

/r/Relationships is a community built around helping people and the goal of providing a platform for interpersonal relationship advice between redditors. We seek posts from users who have specific and personal relations…

Members
3.8M
7-day growth
+2.9K
Posts/day
218.4
Directory rank
#261
Created
Jul 9, 2008
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Relationships

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Required element
  • Acceptable Question types
  • Not from list of bad questions
  • Unacceptable behaviour & content
  • Instant bans
  • Good behaviour

Open r/relationships on SubMouse

About this community: r/relationships (#261, about 3.8 million) helps with specific personal relationship advice between redditors. Rules require required post elements, acceptable question types, ban listed bad questions and unacceptable behaviour, and spell out instant-ban and good-behaviour norms. Text (~218.4 ppd).

r/relationship_advice

Relationship Advice

Need help with your relationship? Whether it's romance, friendship, family, co-workers, or basic human interaction: we're here to help!

Members
15.9M
7-day growth
+6K
Posts/day
755.4
Directory rank
#57
Created
Jun 14, 2009
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Advice, Relationships

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Posts must contain a title, description, TLDR, & basic info like ages, genders
  • All posts must request specific advice on a specific, real situation between two or more people
  • No questions that can be answered with yes or no (aka moral judgment)
  • Things This Sub Can't Give Advice On:
  • Only One Update Is Allowed
  • Surveys, Academic Research, Information Requests, and Media Questions Should Be Sent to Modmail
  • All comments must be on topic, and focus on the OP, and be made in good faith
  • Keep It Civil
  • No referencing hateful or abusive subs/individuals/content
  • Do not directly message users
  • No situations involving people under 18

Open r/relationship_advice on SubMouse

About this community: r/relationship_advice (#57, about 15.9 million) is for interpersonal relationship counsel. Rules: Posts must contain a title, description, TLDR, & basic info like ages, genders; All posts must request specific advice on a specific, real situation between two or more people; No questions that can be answered with yes or no (aka moral judgment); Things This Sub Can't Give Advice On:; Only One Update Is Allowed; Survey…

Supported differences

Aspectr/relationshipsr/relationship_advice
Public focus (from each community’s public description) /r/Relationships is a community built around helping people and the goal of providing a platform for interpersonal relationship advice between redditors. We seek posts from users who have specific and personal relations… Need help with your relationship? Whether it's romance, friendship, family, co-workers, or basic human interaction: we're here to help!
Size
r/relationship_advice is larger in our directory (about 4.2×).
 3.8M members 15.9M members
Posting activity (our sample) 218.4/day 755.4/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 100% text posts 100%
Topic tags on SubMouse Relationships Advice, Relationships
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Required element; Acceptable Question types; Not from list of bad questions; Unacceptable behaviour & content; Instant bans Posts must contain a title, description, TLDR, & basic info like ages, genders; All posts must request specific advice on a specific, real situation between two or more people; No questions that can be answered with yes or no (aka moral judgment); Things This Sub Can't Give Advice On:; Only One Update Is Allowed

What they share

  • Shared SubMouse topics: Relationships
  • Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and tone we can verify

relationships: Required element; Acceptable Question types; Not from list of bad questions; Unacceptable behaviour & content; Instant bans; Good behaviour. relationship_advice: title, description, TLDR and basic info like ages/genders; specific advice on a specific real situation; no yes/no moral judgment; listed topics it can’t advise on; only one update; surveys/research to modmail; on-topic good-faith comments; keep it civil.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions, member counts and related links from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples collected for both. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: