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Emotional Intelligence

This is a community for discussing the up-and-coming field of emotional intelligence (defined loosely as the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups).

456k subscribers1,742 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,306 authors / mosince 2013

r/emotionalintelligence has 456k members (+29% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,742 posts a month from 1,306 people. Top topics: Empathy Discussions, Love Debates and Heartbreak Stories.

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Size and growth

How r/emotionalintelligence has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+29%in 12 months · +5.1% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026455k
Growing455k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+4.4%vs Sep 2025 · +14% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.7k
BusierPeaked at 2k in Jul 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/emotionalintelligence

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Empathy Discussions0.6%
  2. Love Debates0.2%
  3. Heartbreak Stories0.2%
  4. Pain and Poetry0.2%
  5. Workplace Dynamics0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Medium
  2. Substack
  3. Apple
  4. The Gottman Institute
  5. Qualtrics

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research