Reddit Ban Risk Checker
If your Reddit posts keep getting removed, the cause is usually sitting on your profile rather than in the post you just wrote. Enter your username and this free checker reads your recent public activity and scores the four things moderators and automod actually act on: your comment-to-post ratio against the 9:1 rule, how much of what you post is promotional against 3:1, how often you link off Reddit and to where, and whether you post in bursts. You get the numbers and the specific fix for each one. No login, nothing stored.
VoicePost (voicepo.st) runs this same ban-safety math continuously for founders promoting on Reddit.
How it works
The checker opens your public Reddit feed — the same one any logged-out visitor can see — and reads your most recent activity, up to the roughly 25 items Reddit exposes there. It then computes, with no AI involved:
- Comments per post (the 9:1 rule). Reddit's self-promotion guidance implies nine non-promotional contributions for every self-promotional submission. On a profile that reads as comments versus posts, so that is what gets counted.
- Value posts per promotional post (3:1). Your submissions are classified as promotional or not from first-person product language and from posts that are mostly a link, then divided.
- Link density and repetition. How many items carry an outbound link, and whether one domain keeps reappearing across them.
- Cadence. The most submissions you made in a single day, because rate-based filters are built to catch bursts.
Why the account matters more than the post
The 9:1 rule comes from Reddit's 2014 moderator clarification of its self-promotion guidelines: “For every 1 time you post self-promotional content, 9 other posts (submissions or comments) should not contain self-promotional content.” It extends the older 10% guideline in Reddit's self-promotion wiki, and Reddit's current small-business posting guide restates it as “be a user first”.
Enforcement is not a counter running on Reddit's servers. A moderator opens your profile after something trips their attention and skims how much of the account is about its product. That is why the unit of judgment is the account rather than the post, and why gaming the letter of the ratio fails: nine one-word comments around every plug still reads as a promoter.
The test that decides whether a promo post survives
Delete the product mention and reread the post. If nothing of value remains, it was an advertisement with context attached, and it will be removed. If it still teaches something, the mention is a footnote on a real contribution. This checker approximates that test by looking at how much substance sits around the mention, and flags the posts that would not survive it.
What this cannot see
Reddit's public feed shows recent activity only, so this is a read of your current habits and not your full history. It cannot see individual removed posts, per-subreddit bans, your karma, or your account age — check those gates with the karma and warmup calculator and confirm your profile is publicly visible with the shadowban checker. Each subreddit's own rules are frequently stricter than anything sitewide, and they win.
The full paper trail, and the warmup that should precede any of this, is in the 9:1 rule explained.
Frequently asked questions
- Why do my Reddit posts keep getting removed?
- Almost always one of four things: your account submits far more than it comments, too many of your submissions promote something, the same link keeps appearing across your history, or the subreddit has an age or karma gate you have not met. The first three are visible on your public profile, which is exactly what this checker reads and scores.
- Why do I keep getting banned on Reddit for self-promotion?
- Because enforcement is account-level, not post-level. A moderator opens your profile after one post trips their attention and skims what fraction of the account is about its product. A single reasonable post attached to a profile that is mostly promotion still reads as a promoter, so it goes, and often the account with it.
- What is the 9:1 rule on Reddit?
- The 9:1 rule says that for every one self-promotional submission you should have about nine contributions that have nothing to do with your product. It descends from Reddit's 2014 moderator clarification of its 10% self-promotion guideline, and Reddit's current small-business guide restates it as 'be a user first'. In practice it is read off your profile as comments versus posts, which is how this tool computes it.
- What is the 3:1 rule for promotional posts?
- It is the second ratio, and it applies to your submissions rather than your whole account: at most one promotional post for every three that stand on their own. Clearing 9:1 while every post you make is a plug still reads as a marketing account.
- How do I know if a promotional post is good enough to survive?
- Delete the product mention and reread it. If nothing of value is left, the post was an advertisement with context attached and it will be removed. If it still teaches something, the mention is a footnote to a genuine contribution, which is what gets left up.
- Should I stop linking my own site on Reddit?
- Link far less than you want to. Every platform ranks down content that sends people away, and a profile whose links all point at one domain is the clearest pattern automod and moderators filter on. When the information matters, write it in the comment itself — a self-contained answer outperforms a link to the same answer.
- Does this need my Reddit login?
- No. It reads the same public feed any logged-out visitor could open, so there is no login, no password, no OAuth, and nothing is stored. You can check any username, including one that is not yours.
- It says Reddit serves no public profile. Am I shadowbanned?
- Possibly, but four different situations produce that identical response: a misspelled or unregistered name, a deleted account, a suspension, and a shadowban. No external tool can tell them apart. Open your own profile in a logged-out window: visible logged in but invisible logged out is what a shadowban looks like.
By hand vs with VoicePost
You can do all of this yourself. Here is what it takes to keep it up every day, and what VoicePost handles for you.
| By hand | With VoicePost | |
|---|---|---|
| Knowing your real ratio | Scrolling your own profile and counting posts against comments by hand, then recounting every time the window moves. | Your live post-to-comment ratio is tracked against 9:1 automatically, and you are warned before a promo would break it. |
| Judging whether a post is too promotional | Guessing, posting it, and finding out when it disappears. | Value-first drafts are written so the product mention can be removed and the post still stands on its own. |
| Following each subreddit's rules | Reading every sidebar and remembering which sub allows what, then hoping you remembered right. | A daily plan calibrated to your real account tells you what to post where, inside the 9:1 floor. |
| Recovering a profile that already looks promotional | Knowing you should comment more, without knowing how many or where. | An age-calibrated warmup gives you the exact daily cadence until promo is safe to unlock. |
Related free tools
- Reddit Karma & Warmup CalculatorEnter your account age and karma to see your warmup phase, what is safe to post now, and when promo unlocks.
- Find My SubredditsMatch your product to the subreddits that actually tolerate promotion, with rules and promo ratings for 104 communities.
- Reddit Shadowban CheckerEnter a username to see whether Reddit still shows the profile publicly, plus what to do if it does not.
- Free AI Reddit Post GeneratorWrite a value-first Reddit post and see how promotional it reads before you submit it.
The 9:1 Rule on Reddit, Explained (With Its Real History)
The paper trail from Reddit’s 2014 moderator guidance to its current business guide, how mods actually enforce it, and the second ratio most founders miss.
Last reviewed: July 2026