r/worldnews
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/worldnews, 31% of posts and 14% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 2% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 23% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (6 Oct 2026 → 8 Oct 2026)
Moderation in r/worldnews
31%of the last 300 posts in r/worldnews were removed by mods or Reddit
- removed by mods73 (24%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters20 (7%)
- deleted by author13 (4%)
- still up194 (65%)
Comments: 14% of the last 300 were removed. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.
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Common words in r/worldnews
Top contributors
- u/donteatmybiscuits5 (5p / 0c)
- u/InitialVisual7255 (0p / 5c)
- u/rdh2dmd5 (5p / 0c)
- u/WORLDOFAITH5 (5p / 0c)
- u/11077412temp4 (0p / 4c)
- u/barsik_4 (4p / 0c)
- u/colepercy1204 (4p / 0c)
- u/Ebro_1011804 (4p / 0c)
- u/Ok_Branch24694 (4p / 0c)
- u/paneuropeanism_4 (3p / 1c)
- u/Panthera_leo224 (4p / 0c)
- u/Depressed_Cat_003 (3p / 0c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 27.7kZelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"
- 8.7kSouth Korea accused by Ukraine of aiding Russia with 176,000 tons of fuel amidst critical shortage
- 4.7kThe world has nearly burned through its oil stockpile buffer, executives say
- 3.8kHundreds of anti-Israel protests planned worldwide around October 7 anniversary
- 3.5k‘No more Viktor Orbán’: EU plans 15-year probation period for new member states | European Union
- 3.3kBrazil elects third transgender person to national Congress
- 2.7kHundreds Quarantined in Russia After Suspected Pneumonic Plague Death
- 1.5kTrump mixes up India and Brazil, says 125 million voted in presidential election
- 1.5kIndia Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi
- 1kRussia says no plague found in contacts of Siberian lab worker who died
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.