r/askscience

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/askscience, 100% of posts and 42% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit. Overall, roughly 71% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.

300 posts · 300 comments sampled (23 Aug 2026 → 26 Aug 2026)

Moderation in r/askscience

100%of the last 300 posts in r/askscience were removed by mods or Reddit

removed by mods30 (10%)
removed by Reddit / spam filters269 (90%)
deleted by author1 (0%)

Comments: 42% of the last 300 were removed. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.

When r/askscience is active (UTC)

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Common words in r/askscience

Top contributors

u/AutoModerator39 (0p / 39c)
u/askscience-ModTeam17 (0p / 17c)
u/Aard_Rinn5 (5p / 0c)
u/CrustalTrudger5 (0p / 5c)
u/01YourMuscle84924 (4p / 0c)
u/Eleanor28h4 (4p / 0c)
u/genlabs72474 (4p / 0c)
u/genlabs74844 (4p / 0c)
u/genlabs84094 (4p / 0c)
u/genlabs8994 (4p / 0c)
u/Grace_of_Reckoning4 (3p / 1c)
u/02YourMuscle67713 (3p / 0c)

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Moderation in r/askscience

When r/askscience is active (UTC)

Common words in r/askscience

Top contributors

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Top posts (sampled)