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Reality Commons
Reality Commons provides datasets on social dynamics and human behavior collected through research projects using mobile phones.
About Reality Commons
Reality Commons is a resource from the MIT Human Dynamics Lab that provides datasets focused on social dynamics and human behavior, collected via mobile phones for research purposes. The available datasets include the Badge Dataset, Friends and Family, Reality Mining, Social Evolution, and Social Physics, each capturing data from communities of roughly 100 people. The resource is intended to support research into topics including social influence, disease spread, information flow, and organizational behavior. It also references related tools such as the open-source funf mobile sensing platform and cost-available sociometric badges for additional research use cases.
Key features
- Offers mobile-collected social dynamics and human behavior research datasets
- Includes 5 named datasets: Badge, Friends and Family, Reality Mining, Social Evolution, Social Physics
- Datasets capture interactions of approximately 100-person community cohorts
- Supports study of social influence, disease transmission, and information flow
- References open-source funf Android sensing platform for mobile research
- References cost-available sociometric badges for organizational behavior research
Best for: Researchers studying social dynamics, human behavior, mobile health, or organizational behavior using mobile-sensed data benefit most from this resource.
Good for
- Curated by the MIT Human Dynamics Lab, a recognized social dynamics research group
- Addresses the scarcity of large public mobile social behavior datasets
- Includes multiple distinct datasets covering varied social dynamics research topics
Watch out for
- Datasets are limited to small cohorts of approximately 100 people per community
- Dataset access terms and licensing details are not provided on the homepage
- Associated organizational behavior sensing tools are only available for purchase at cost
Reality Commons at a glance
- Official website
- realitycommons.media.mit.edu
- Category
- Research & Data › Health & Medical Data
- Type
- Dataset
- Platforms
- Web
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Reality Commons FAQ
What datasets are available through Reality Commons?
Datasets include Badge Dataset, Friends and Family, Reality Mining, Social Evolution, and Social Physics.
How were the Reality Commons datasets collected?
They were collected using mobile phone sensing tools developed by the MIT Human Dynamics Lab.
Are there related tools for mobile social dynamics research?
Yes, including the open-source funf Android sensing platform and cost-available sociometric badges for organizational behavior sensing.
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