r/askreddit
How much gets removed or deleted, when it is active, and who posts most
In a sample of the most recent 300 posts and 300 comments in r/askreddit, 18% of posts and 3% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 1% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 10% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (26 Aug 2026 → 26 Aug 2026)
Moderation in r/askreddit
- removed by mods28 (9%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters25 (8%)
- deleted by author2 (1%)
- still up245 (82%)
Comments: 3% of the last 300 were removed, and 0% deleted by their authors. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.
When r/askreddit is active (UTC)
Common words in r/askreddit
Top contributors
- u/Proper-Dot-752615 (15p / 0c)
- u/NJ_ruminate7 (7p / 0c)
- u/Aerosolcan256 (5p / 1c)
- u/glorio_mainframe6 (6p / 0c)
- u/ArtisticSpecial-5 (5p / 0c)
- u/20Keller124 (0p / 4c)
- u/ShallWe_Talk4 (2p / 2c)
- u/aimlessgenius3 (1p / 2c)
- u/Educational_Rub23073 (2p / 1c)
- u/Extra-Schedule-48553 (3p / 0c)
- u/Nikk94383 (3p / 0c)
- u/Prior_Appearance_3143 (2p / 1c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 2what would be the first thing you buy if you would wake up as a billionaire?
- 2Farmers came up with a novel way to embalm cabbage like literally would you eat it And if so why, It's not 2027 yet?
- 2Cans can be exposed to everything and then you put your mouth right on them. Caps on bottles protect them. Why do you drink from cans then?
- 2What’s a purchase under $20 that unexpectedly improved your life?
- 1What's legal but shouldn't be?
- 1What is the strangest place you've left your poop?
- 1How early in the morning is it morally right to start mowing ?
- 1Poor people in poor relationships in poor households, what are the little gestures you two have done where you know it’s simple but they spent their last dollar to make you happy?
- 1What are your thoughts on the septum ring theory?
- 1What is the weirdest dream you ever had?
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.