r/aww
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/aww, 25% of posts and 7% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 1% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 16% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (3 Oct 2026 → 6 Oct 2026)
Moderation in r/aww
- removed by mods8 (3%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters67 (22%)
- deleted by author5 (2%)
- still up220 (73%)
Comments: 7% 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/aww is active (UTC)
Common words in r/aww
Top contributors
- u/MellieTheChipmunk_YT14 (1p / 13c)
- u/Misslasagna9 (1p / 8c)
- u/Estiga29047 (2p / 5c)
- u/GLEBAXF7 (7p / 0c)
- u/ProudnotLoud6 (3p / 3c)
- u/rubenesque_gem6 (0p / 6c)
- u/Alarmed-Doughnut51635 (5p / 0c)
- u/Darkmoonlily785 (2p / 3c)
- u/Un_luckycat5 (0p / 5c)
- u/aninterestinganimal4 (2p / 2c)
- u/aww-ModTeam4 (0p / 4c)
- u/groveborn4 (0p / 4c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 26.2kThis is Fruit Stripe Gum. He's a foster cat who doesn't really care if he ever gets adopted.
- 3.4kMy friend is traveling, so I have to look after her cat.
- 2.7kShe's cute but she also has a sassy streak 🩷
- 2.3kBella says "Hi!"
- 1.1kI’ve been feeding Clement Attlee since Spring of 2025. This last week he’s ventured indoors and is loving lap time. He’s booked in to the vets on Saturday for a full check up :)
- 1kOne of our cats asleep on the side of my wife’s body
- 904A literal angel
- 870Meowmance 💋
- 779Caught a criminal!
- 603Foster kitty has a new big brother, and it is a constant battle royale
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.