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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). Founded 2013 · 447K members

443K members. The best post we have captured here reached 7.8K upvotes, which works out to 18 per 1,000 members.

18peak upvotes per 1,000 members
443Kmembers
7.8Kbest post
1.7Kmost comments
103posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

68% 16% 15%
Text 68% Question 16% Image 15% Link 1% Gallery 1%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

discussion 8 advice 1

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Does anyone know someone like this?

↑ 7.8K 💬 190 image 2025

the more emotionally intelligent you are, the more miserable life is for you

↑ 5K 💬 373 text 2025

daily reminder

↑ 4.3K 💬 53 image 2025

Cheating doesn't start in the bedroom.

↑ 4.3K 💬 292 text 2026

Why Emotions Matter More Than Logic in a Relationship

↑ 4.1K 💬 504 text 2025

Emotional Intelligence: A Lifelong Gift to Myself

↑ 3.6K 💬 73 text 2025

Emotionally

↑ 3.5K 💬 38 image 2025

Being a people pleaser has the complete opposite effect that you think it does

↑ 3.3K 💬 200 text 2025

The Lesson You Taught Me About Choosing a Partner

↑ 3.1K 💬 114 text 2025

My therapist asked me one question that shut down my anxiety spiral

↑ 3.1K 💬 156 text 2026

Communities its size

Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.

r/emotionalintelligence, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

What is r/emotionalintelligence?
r/emotionalintelligence ("Emotional Intelligence") describes itself this way: 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). It was founded in 2013 and has 447K members.
How many members does r/emotionalintelligence have?
r/emotionalintelligence has about 443K members. ViralHunt has tracked 103 of its posts; the biggest reached 7.8K upvotes, which is 18 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/emotionalintelligence?
"Does anyone know someone like this?" reached 7.8K upvotes and 190 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/emotionalintelligence.
What subreddits are similar to r/emotionalintelligence?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Louisiana, r/popculture, r/BlueskySkeets, r/ProgressiveHQ.
What kind of posts do best on r/emotionalintelligence?
Of the posts we hold, 68% are text posts and 16% are question posts.
When is the best time to post on r/emotionalintelligence?
Across 103 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Monday at 13:00 UTC (1.4K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 14:00 UTC (1.3K avg upvotes), Sunday at 17:00 UTC (933 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Sunday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/emotionalintelligence?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/emotionalintelligence has 2.2K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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