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73%
73% -- share of reddit users who downvote promotional content for Reddit users (2025)
73% of Reddit users actively downvote content they perceive as promotional, even when it is factually useful.
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73%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Buffer
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Tier C
https://upvote.net/blog/reddit-post-removed ↗
Source Article
Why Reddit Posts Get Removed & How to Prevent It
Why Reddit Posts Get Removed and How to Prevent It
Table of Contents▼
- The Five Mechanisms That Remove Reddit Posts
- How to Check Whether Your Reddit Post Was Actually Removed
- Why Posts Get Removed: The Most Common Triggers by Category
- Shadow Removal vs. Shadowban: Understanding the Difference…
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Buffer
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Cited by blog as Buffer social media research; original survey methodology not stated
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IndustryMedia
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelsocial
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Reddit users: 73% share of reddit users who downvote promotional content. Source: Buffer (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/reddit-users-downvote-promotional-content
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