r/webdev
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/webdev, 76% of posts and 7% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 1% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 42% 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/webdev
76%of the last 300 posts in r/webdev were removed by mods or Reddit
- removed by mods160 (53%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters67 (22%)
- deleted by author7 (2%)
- still up66 (22%)
Comments: 7% of the last 300 were removed. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.
When r/webdev is active (UTC)
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Common words in r/webdev
Top contributors
- u/AutoModerator22 (0p / 22c)
- u/philnash19 (1p / 18c)
- u/thekwoka15 (0p / 15c)
- u/webdev-ModTeam12 (0p / 12c)
- u/diiscotheque7 (0p / 7c)
- u/Vin-Jin7 (3p / 4c)
- u/ripndipp6 (1p / 5c)
- u/Aggravating_Put_73315 (0p / 5c)
- u/fagnerbrack5 (4p / 1c)
- u/esiy06764 (0p / 4c)
- u/Popular_Employ_32734 (4p / 0c)
- u/Aivyntrax_Composer3 (3p / 0c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 330Which browser we should use as primary browser while developing?
- 95Trazor: an image vectorizer that runs fully in your browser
- 89How to guide a junior dev/intern who is eager but lacking foundational concepts (FE/BE integration, deployment)?
- 77Is 400 cold calls, 18 leads, and 0 clients after 4 weeks normal for a web dev salesperson?
- 48how youtube can load such high quality video for ads while connection is really bad
- 18Web Components with Type Validation without Build Tools/TypeScript
- 16Any experience with Cloudflare Pages Free Tier: Personal professional portfolio vs commercial restrictions?
- 8Recommendations on a blog engine for what seems to be a very one off use case?
- 7PayPal WorldWide Variable Recurring Payment?
- 5REPLIT.COM — I paid about $15,000, Replit blocked my accounts, cut off support, and is withholding control of my domains.
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.