r/todayilearned
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/todayilearned, 41% of posts and 2% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 3% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 21% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (23 Aug 2026 → 25 Aug 2026)
Moderation in r/todayilearned
- removed by mods59 (20%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters63 (21%)
- deleted by author17 (6%)
- still up161 (54%)
Comments: 2% 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/todayilearned is active (UTC)
Common words in r/todayilearned
Top contributors
- u/MdxBhmt5 (0p / 5c)
- u/Recent_Flounder60115 (5p / 0c)
- u/silverionmox5 (0p / 5c)
- u/carboncopy954374 (4p / 0c)
- u/CraftyFoxeYT4 (4p / 0c)
- u/Grzechoooo4 (0p / 4c)
- u/mvincen954 (4p / 0c)
- u/Wandering__Owl4 (4p / 0c)
- u/AppalachianGuy873 (0p / 3c)
- u/BallbusterSicko3 (0p / 3c)
- u/BarracudaMean93083 (0p / 3c)
- u/Beginning-Passion6763 (3p / 0c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 17.9kTIL archaeologists in Egypt found a 1,600 year old mummy with a piece of Homer's Iliad placed on its stomach. Papyri found on mummies at this excavation site usually contain only magic spells or ritual texts, making this the first known time a work of literature was used in a burial setup!
- 16.6kTIL the country with the highest Human Development Index is Iceland. The country with the highest inequality adjusted Human Development Index is...also Iceland.
- 16.4kTIL that Russel Crowe was originally offered the role of Wolverine in X-Men. After he passed on it he was the one who recommended Hugh Jackman for the role.
- 15.3kTIL that in 2014, Korean Air VP Cho Hyun-ah forced an airplane which was already taxiing to return to the gate due to disliking the way her nuts had been served, along with physically assaulting and humiliating the crew. Cho ultimately stepped down from her position and served five months in prison.
- 12.2kTIL While Richard the Lionheart was returning from the Third Crusade in 1192, he was captured and held ransom by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. His ransom was 100,000 pounds of silver. To raise the money, clergy were taxed at 1/4 of their property, and all their gold and silver were seized.
- 7.8kTIL: In 1934, North Dakota Governor "Wild Bill" Langer was convicted for defrauding the federal government and ordered to resign. Instead, he declared ND independence and barricaded himself in his office, eventually being removed by his own officers. He was re-elected Governor in 1936
- 7.5kTIL The Invasive Spotted lanternfly's preferred host is the Tree of Heaven, which is one of the worst invasive plant species in the US. The insect feeds on the host's poisonous sap, which acts as a chemical defense against birds
- 7.1kTIL In Finland about one in five persons carries a gene defect associated with at least one Finnish heritage disease, and about one in 500 children born is affected. It is attributed to a population bottleneck among ancestors of modern Finns, estimated to have occurred about 4000 years ago.
- 6.5kTIL that the probiotics in raw milk is actually contamination from feces.
- 6.3kTIL that dogs can smell human stress through sweat, and it can stress them out too. 🥺
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.