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AskReddit

r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.

Subscribers

57.3M

Active users

Category

other

Refreshed

1 day ago

Coverage score

4 / 4 evidence checks passed

Can you post here?

Post here

Yes, likely a fit

The current data suggests this subreddit is relatively approachable.

Strictness

Permissive

Posting gates

Min karma
Account age (days)
Submission type
self
NSFW
No

Rules at a glance

Rules captured on Apr 20, 2026 with current flair and self-promotion context.

  1. 01

    Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox

    * All questions must be clear, written in English, and conclude with a question mark * All context in the title must be ***necessary to understanding the question***; do not give “example answers” in the post title (i.e. “Other than your mom, \_\_\_\_\_\_?”) * No text in the text box - any additional info from you must be added as a comment to your post [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_1-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox

  2. 02

    Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests

    * Askreddit is NOT your personal or professional advice platform * Do not makes posts asking for professional advice - medical, legal, financial, or otherwise * All posts asking for advice must be generic and not specific to your situation alone * Do not use first person pronouns * No crowdsourcing naming or purchasing decisions [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_2-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests

  3. 03

    Rule 3 - Open ended questions only

    * Post must be an open-ended discussion question * Title must not be phrased to allow a simple yes/no answer * No questions that have definite answers * Question must not be a poll or survey * No “Either/Or” type questions * Do not ask for NSFW links * Do not specify a length (eg "in three words...") or make your post into a game [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_3-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 3 - Open ended questions only

  4. 04

    Rule 4 - No personal info

    * Do not post or seek any **real or fake** personal information (examples include: full names, phone numbers, email addresses, or social media accounts) * Only link another user's comment when it is relevant and **never** when it is to launch a personal attack or encourage others to do so * Do not ask questions designed to target specific usernames or links to social media [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_4-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 4 - No personal info

  5. 05

    Rule 5 - No loaded questions

    - Do not include an opinion, bias, or lead respondents towards expressing a specific opinion in your post title - Do not use this subreddit to promote a specific agenda or to gain positive or negative publicity for an entity or person [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_5-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 5 - No loaded questions

  6. 06

    Rule 6 - [Serious] tagged posts are off-limits to jokes or irrelevant replies

    * [Serious] posts are off-limits for joke replies and irrelevant or off-topic comments and discussion * If the OP asks for answers from a specific group in a [Serious] post, top level comments must be made from members of that group * Posts that do not receive relevant answers within an hour will be removed [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_6-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 6 - [Serious] tagged posts are off-limits to jokes or irrelevant replies

  7. 07

    Rule 7 - No begging for goods or services, or Reddit rewards

    * Do not ask for Reddit rewards, money, goods, services,or favors * Do not form a brigade to draw positive or negative attention to posts or comments in AskReddit, even from other subreddits [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_7-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 7 - No begging for goods or services, or Reddit rewards

  8. 08

    Rule 8 - Be respectful to other users at all times and conduct your behaviour in a civil manner

    * Do not make personal attacks, insult, or demean a specific group or person * Do not use slurs without relevant context and quotes * No blatant statements of bigotry * No posts that 'bait' users into breaking other rules * Zero tolerance for posts/comments that sexualize minors * Zero tolerance for posts/comments that encourage suicide [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_8-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 8 - Be respectful to other users at all times and conduct your behaviour in a civil manner

  9. 09

    Rule 9 - No image only replies or large ascii art

    * Comment replies must consist of more than just an image or link * No ASCII/emoji images over one line [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_9-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 9 - No image only replies or large ascii art

  10. 10

    Rule 10 - Harmful Misinformation

    * Do not downplay the effects of a medical crisis * Do not undermine the efficacy of vaccines where there is widespread agreement among the medical and scientific communities * Do not encourage illegal activity * Do not encourage delayed medical treatment [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-harmful_misinformation-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 10 - Harmful Misinformation

  11. 11

    Rule 11 - No spam, machine generated content or karma farming

    * Do not post spam * Do not edit comments to mislead and/or advertise * Do not farm karma or shotgun comments * Bots are not allowed in r/AskReddit [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_11-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 11 - No spam, machine generated content or karma farming

  12. 12

    Rule 12 - All content must be written in English

    * All content must be written in English so that it is widely understood by the user base of the sub. * Posts not in English will be removed. * Comments not in English may be removed. [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_12-)

    Common violation trigger: Rule 12 - All content must be written in English

Common flairs

No public flair list captured yet.

Self-promotion

Promotion rules exist here; review the subreddit rules before posting anything commercial.

Brands winning here

When cited Reddit discussions from AskReddit show up in our LLM-observation dataset, these brands appear most often.

YouTube logo

1. YouTube

329

Reddit logo

2. Reddit

96

WhatsApp logo

3. WhatsApp

14

Lazy Masquerade logo

4. Lazy Masquerade

11

Google logo

5. Google

10

Reddit logo

6. Reddit

10

CapCut logo

7. CapCut

10

Krispy Kreme logo

8. Krispy Kreme

10

Based on 1147 observed brand mentions across all indexed citation history. Rankings prioritize the last 30 days. Last updated Apr 20, 2026.

See the broader citation dataset

Best times to post

Observed posting velocity across a seven-day, two-hour-bucket heatmap.

Not enough post-timing observations yet to map when this subreddit is most active.

Activity

A simple read on whether the subreddit is accelerating, stable, or contracting in recent observed data.

We do not yet have enough observed activity to describe how this subreddit is trending.

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Managed path

If this community matters to your pipeline, scope it like a campaign.

Use AskReddit as one signal, not the whole strategy. The plan needs the surrounding communities, posting constraints, and the commercial context for your category.

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Last updated 1 day ago·Rules refresh 1 day ago·Method notes