r/consciousness↗
Consciousness
A subreddit for discussing work in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy of mind regarding consciousness and mental phenomena (including animal minds). This does not include discussions on the Supernatural (e.g., paranormal, psi research, or odd personal anecdotes), Practices (e.g., meditation techniques, religion, and spirituality), Medical Advice (e.g., psychiatric or mental health advice), Drugs (e.g., psychedelics), and so on. Violating posts will be removed.
226k subscribers434 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)332 authors / mosince 2008
r/consciousness has 226k members (+43% over the last 12 months). It gets about 434 posts a month from 332 people. Top topics: Consciousness and Existence, Philosophy Discussions and Antinatalism Debate.
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- Consciousness and Existence1.9%
- Philosophy Discussions0.2%
- Antinatalism Debate0.1%
- Capitalism Debates<0.1%
- AGI Discussions<0.1%
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- Quora
- Substack
- Stanford University
- Medium
- ScienceDirect
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