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"Dunbar's number" implies that our relationship threshold is limited to 150 people. But is this true?

An individual human can maintain stable social relationships with about 150 people, not more. This is the proposition known as 'Dunbar's number' - that the architecture of the human brain sets an upper limit on our social lives. A new study from Stockholm University indicates that a cognitive limit on human group sizes cannot be derived in this manner.

Human beings may be able to maintain as many as 520 friendships at any one time, according to new analysis.  It contradicts a long-standing theory called 'Dunbar's number' which states humans are incapable of maintaining social relationships with more than 150 people. This was based on calculations of a person's cognitive limit due to brain size and what we know about primate groups.  However, fresh calculations reveal this method is 'futile' and the true figure for a person's maximum number of friendships could be anywhere from two to 520.  Scroll down for video   A long-standing theory...

Dunbar's number debunked: Research suggests you can have more than 150 friends By (0) New research suggests it's impossible to pinpoint the human brain's maximum capacity for social relations, contrary to the concept of Dunbar's number -- which was based on non-human primates. File Photo by Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock New research suggests it's impossible to pinpoint the human brain's maximum capacity for social relations, contrary to the concept of Dunbar's number -- which was based on non-human primates. Photo by Johan Lind/N/Stockholm University May 5 (UPI) -- If you want to have...

Human Brain Limit of '150 Friends' Doesn't Check Out, New Study Claims 5 MAY 2021 It's called Dunbar's number: an influential and oft-repeated theory suggesting the average person can only maintain about 150 stable social relationships with other people. Proposed by British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar in the early 1990s, Dunbar's number, extrapolated from research into primate brain sizes and their social groups, has since become a ubiquitous part of the discourse on human social networks.   But just how legitimate is the science behind Dunbar's number anyway?...