r/news
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/news, 53% of posts and 27% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 4% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 40% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (1 Oct 2026 → 5 Oct 2026)
Moderation in r/news
53%of the last 300 posts in r/news were removed by mods or Reddit
- removed by mods116 (39%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters44 (15%)
- deleted by author24 (8%)
- still up116 (39%)
Comments: 27% of the last 300 were removed. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.
When r/news is active (UTC)
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Common words in r/news
Top contributors
- u/AudibleNod11 (11p / 0c)
- u/Dismal-Use-11667 (7p / 0c)
- u/ChampionCynthia20066 (0p / 6c)
- u/ShaiHuludNM6 (6p / 0c)
- u/Easy-Goose10385 (5p / 0c)
- u/ohineedascreenname5 (5p / 0c)
- u/CharlieKonR4 (4p / 0c)
- u/Old-Employ-65304 (0p / 4c)
- u/wasraelx4 (4p / 0c)
- u/ansyhrrian3 (3p / 0c)
- u/ArtyCharty3 (0p / 3c)
- u/bittab7773 (3p / 0c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 24kPentagon launches Office of Religious Affairs, will report directly to Hegseth
- 14.2kLarry Nassar one of more than 20,000 people removed from Michigan Sex Offender Registry
- 11.7kGypsy Rose Blanchard’s ex-fiance, Ken Urker death: found dead at the age of 33
- 10kA New York man was mistakenly identified as member of the ‘Cornell 7’. His family is being bombarded with abuse.
- 9.6kPolice bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest released
- 9.1kChrista Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say
- 8.9kGov. Newsom signs bill to end child marriage in California
- 7.9kTennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike, governor says
- 6.8kNational Guardsman arrested in DC for carrying pistol without permit
- 5.9kHeat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.