r/relationship_advice is a very busy room for specific situations with romance, friends, family or co-workers. Stricter formats, dating questions, other life advice, judgment threads, long distance and social skills each have their own communities.
How to choose
Stay on relationship_advice for a specific situation. Use relationships as a second interpersonal-advice room, dating_advice for dating stages, Advice for non-relationship problems, AITAH for judgment on a conflict, LongDistance for long-distance couples, and socialskills for communication skills.
Starting point: r/relationship_advice
r/relationship_advice
— Relationship Advice
- Members: 15.9M
- Directory rank: #57
- 7-day growth: +6K
Need help with your relationship? Whether it's romance, friendship, family, co-workers, or basic human interaction: we're here to help!
Curated alternatives
Relationships
- Members: 3.8M
- Directory rank: #261
When to choose it: You want interpersonal advice in a community that sets out which posts it seeks.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/relationship_advice in our directory. Its 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…”
How it differs from r/relationship_advice: Its own posting expectations; read them first.
Dating Advice
- Members: 4.9M
- Directory rank: #186
When to choose it: You are dating, not in a long relationship.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/relationship_advice in our directory. Its public description: “this sub is for advice about specific dating situations not general debates. posts about relationships longer than 6 months post go to r/relationship_advice or if you…”
How it differs from r/relationship_advice: Dating-stage situations.
Advice
- Members: 3.2M
- Directory rank: #326
When to choose it: Advice on any subject.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/relationship_advice in our directory. Its public description: “This is a place where you can ask for advice on many subjects. Everybody has issues that they run into, and everyone needs advice every now and again. This is Reddit's…”
How it differs from r/relationship_advice: Not limited to relationships.
AITAH
- Members: 7.6M
- Directory rank: #104
When to choose it: You want people to judge an interpersonal conflict.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/relationship_advice in our directory. Its public description: “This is a community like r/AmITheAsshole, except unlike that subreddit, you can post interpersonal conflicts. Anything that's AITA, including relationships…”
How it differs from r/relationship_advice: Judgment format.
For couples who can't be in the same room
- Members: 2.5M
- Directory rank: #444
When to choose it: You are in a long-distance relationship.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/relationship_advice in our directory. Its public description: “r/LongDistance is a subreddit for and about long distance relationships. For anyone considering(but not seeking), currently in, or who used to be, this is the community…”
How it differs from r/relationship_advice: One situation.
socialskills
- Members: 6.4M
- Directory rank: #124
When to choose it: You want to improve how you interact with people.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/relationship_advice in our directory. Its public description: “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…”
How it differs from r/relationship_advice: Skills rather than one conflict.
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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 culture claims appear only when we have them — missing fields stay n/a. Directory rank is listing order. Communities outside the published Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page. Guide updated 2026-11-06.