r/books
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/books, 79% of posts and 2% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 2% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 41% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (21 Aug 2026 → 25 Aug 2026)
Moderation in r/books
- removed by mods220 (73%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters16 (5%)
- deleted by author9 (3%)
- still up55 (18%)
Comments: 2% of the last 300 were removed, and 1% deleted by their authors. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.
When r/books is active (UTC)
Common words in r/books
Top contributors
- u/AutoModerator23 (4p / 19c)
- u/AllThePrettyCourses15 (0p / 15c)
- u/eminent_necromancer7 (0p / 7c)
- u/Opus_7236 (0p / 6c)
- u/lucklikethis5 (0p / 5c)
- u/shanrees85 (0p / 5c)
- u/DoesDoodles4 (0p / 4c)
- u/Excellent-Young-20034 (4p / 0c)
- u/fatmanwithabeard4 (0p / 4c)
- u/genie-wishing4 (0p / 4c)
- u/TheKaleKing4 (1p / 3c)
- u/ASuarezMascareno3 (0p / 3c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 2.6kAI-Generated Children's Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns
- 2kFull list: Here are the books an advocacy group wants pulled from Texas school libraries
- 1.2kThese bookshops let Chinese readers question their country - now the doors are closing
- 303The River of Doubt by Candice Millard is top-tier historical non-fiction
- 1762026 National Book Festival celebrates the enduring power of books
- 135Larry McMurtry on cowboys…
- 132Our Insatiable Appetite for Stories About Cannibalism
- 114Cutting for Stone
- 79Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- 66The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.