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r/psychology

4.9M members. The best post we have captured here reached 35K upvotes, which works out to 7 per 1,000 members.

7peak upvotes per 1,000 members
4.9Mmembers
35Kbest post
6.4Kmost comments
200posts 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.

98%
Link 98% Text 2% Image 1%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Baby boomers are more sensitive than millennials, according to the largest-ever study on narcissism

↑ 35K 💬 2K link 2022

First-ever scan of a dying human brain reveals life may actually 'flash before your eyes'

↑ 26.2K 💬 1.8K link 2025

Atheists are nicer to Christians than Christians are to atheists, study finds

↑ 24.2K 💬 1.2K link 2025

A white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?'

↑ 20.8K 💬 1.4K link 2023

The children’s mental health crisis didn’t start with the pandemic

↑ 19.4K 💬 870 link 2022

Why Are So Many Young Men Single And Sexless: The haunting relationship trends wreaking havoc on 20-somethings.

↑ 17K 💬 6.4K link 2023

Teen suicides plummeted in March '20, when schools shut due to COVID. Returning from online to in-person schooling was associated with a 12-18% incre…

↑ 16.3K 💬 670 link 2023

Millennials Aren'€™t Coddled - They Just Reject Abuse As A Management Tactic

↑ 14.8K 💬 1.1K link 2017

When women do more household labor, they see their partner as a dependent and sexual desire dwindles

↑ 13.5K 💬 1.9K link 2022

Scientists Find No Evidence That Depression Is Caused by “Chemical Imbalance” or Low Serotonin Levels

↑ 13.1K 💬 1.5K link 2022

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