Standalone observations worth citing. Each ties back to a methodology revision or a tracked pattern in the data.
[inflation]●
AutoModerator inflates knowledge-subreddit AI rates
observed 2026-04-11 · sources: reddit
u/AutoModerator is a bot posting text, so it counts as AI in DIM's headline rate. On knowledge subreddits it inflates that rate materially — but the organic-discourse rate is still the highest on Reddit.
AutoModerator posts stickied reminders, rule clarifications, and removal notices — not organic discourse.
These items are tagged with content_class='automated_moderation' so the breakdown is reportable without pretending they are not there.
Removing AutoModerator does not change r/askscience's top rank — it still leads DIM's AI-rate table.
Headline AI rate unchanged. The ex-automod view is an editorial tool, not a methodology correction.
Metric
Value
Note
r/askscience (cumulative)
42.4% → 28.5%
headline → ex-automod. AutoModerator = 19.5% of collected items (96/493).
r/askscience (2026-04-10)
52.0% → 50.0%
still the highest-AI subreddit tracked on this day.
r/books (2026-04-10)
16.7% → 9.1%
largest single-day delta in the sample.
r/explainlikeimfive (2026-04-10)
16.7% → 13.0%
r/personalfinance (2026-04-10)
13.0% → 9.1%
Community Explorer
Communities ranked by Dead Internet Index. Click a row to expand.
The arrow beside each AI% is the community’s 30-day rolling trend (last vs first): ▲ rising, ▼ falling. 2.0× + marks communities running at least twice the internet-wide average AI rate. Expand a row for the full sparkline.
Community
DII
Headline AI%
Bot Eng %
Classified
▶asksciencereddit
22.4
46.8%▲0.14.0×
0.0%
2,130
▶pythonstackoverflow
17.4
32.1%▼5.22.7×
0.3%
778
▶ailobsters
16.6
16.2%▼0.5
1.6%
47
▶changemyviewreddit
14.8
26.9%▼6.12.3×
0.0%
2,005
▶scienceguardian
14.2
31.6%2.7×
0.0%
79
▶explainlikeimfivereddit
13.9
29.3%▼2.62.5×
0.0%
1,924
▶culturelobsters
12.7
14.3%
19.4%
41
▶personalfinancereddit
12.6
25.1%▼0.42.1×
0.0%
2,007
▶Futurologyreddit
12.5
23.1%▼6.7
0.0%
1,947
▶sciencereddit
12.4
21.0%▼4.8
0.0%
1,927
▶pythonlobsters
12.2
28.6%2.4×
0.0%
35
▶educationlobsters
11.8
13.0%
0.0%
23
▶databaseslobsters
11.6
100.0%8.5×
0.0%
53
▶rustlobsters
10.2
15.8%
0.0%
82
▶clojurelobsters
10.0
19.1%
0.0%
23
▶maclobsters
9.6
9.5%
0.0%
62
▶securitylobsters
9.5
0.0%▼33.3
0.8%
117
▶privacylobsters
8.9
16.7%▼5.5
0.0%
24
▶clobsters
8.6
6.3%▼3.1
0.0%
62
▶a11ylobsters
8.5
20.8%▲0.8
0.0%
58
▶worldnewsreddit
8.4
16.6%▼1.3
0.0%
1,649
▶distributedlobsters
8.3
20.8%▼4.2
0.0%
28
▶practiceslobsters
8.2
21.1%▲5.5
0.0%
148
▶politicsreddit
8.1
17.0%▲0.6
0.0%
1,654
▶Cyberpunk 2077steam
7.9
14.9%▼4.6
0.0%
99
▶booksreddit
7.7
12.8%▼2.4
0.0%
1,895
▶todayilearnedreddit
7.5
11.9%▼7.7
0.0%
1,497
▶lawlobsters
7.5
16.0%▲1.0
0.0%
25
▶technologyreddit
7.4
14.3%▼1.5
0.0%
1,729
▶programminglobsters
7.3
12.5%▼1.8
0.0%
93
▶graphicslobsters
7.3
22.7%▲4.6
0.0%
44
▶NARAKA: BLADEPOINTsteam
7.2
21.4%▲16.4
0.0%
89
▶retrocomputinglobsters
7.1
20.0%▲7.5
0.0%
21
▶vibecodinglobsters
7.0
14.2%▲4.3
0.9%
264
▶performancelobsters
7.0
45.5%▲16.33.9×
0.0%
24
▶commentisfreeguardian
6.9
9.8%▼4.3
0.5%
1,290
▶newsreddit
6.8
13.7%▲0.8
0.0%
1,723
▶osdevlobsters
6.7
18.2%▼6.8
0.0%
29
▶discoverbluesky
6.6
13.2%▼1.7
0.0%
5,958
▶AskRedditreddit
6.4
13.1%▼0.6
0.0%
1,322
▶techyoutube
6.3
11.9%▼1.0
1.3%
17,707
▶No Man's Skysteam
6.2
18.5%▲11.6
0.0%
118
▶Baldur's Gate 3steam
6.1
9.4%▼4.9
0.0%
112
▶Sons Of The Foreststeam
6.0
14.3%▲5.0
0.0%
117
▶Garry's Modsteam
5.9
13.0%▲8.7
0.0%
56
▶Lethal Companysteam
5.9
11.1%▲1.6
0.0%
164
▶newsyoutube
5.8
9.5%▼1.9
0.4%
25,635
▶gamingreddit
5.7
12.1%▼0.4
0.0%
1,696
▶THE FINALSsteam
5.7
8.9%▼6.3
0.0%
103
▶front_pagehackernews
5.6
10.9%▼1.2
0.0%
91,902
▶Wallpaper Enginesteam
5.6
12.0%▼3.8
0.0%
40
▶launchhackernews
5.5
14.6%▲3.9
0.0%
475
▶Cities: Skylinessteam
5.4
7.5%▼7.1
0.0%
93
▶askhackernews
5.4
10.8%▲2.9
0.0%
2,011
▶nixlobsters
5.3
9.7%▲4.7
0.0%
42
▶moneyguardian
5.0
10.7%
0.0%
28
▶tellhackernews
4.8
0.0%
0.0%
292
▶hardwarelobsters
4.8
8.8%▼10.5
0.0%
112
▶technologyguardian
4.7
6.0%▼4.9
0.0%
102
▶showhackernews
4.7
8.4%▼2.9
0.0%
7,191
▶moviesreddit
4.7
8.9%▼3.0
0.0%
1,529
▶Ruststeam
4.5
6.8%▼0.5
9.1%
89
▶cryptographylobsters
4.5
14.8%
0.0%
38
▶Among Ussteam
4.4
8.0%▼7.6
0.0%
60
▶politicsguardian
4.3
9.3%▼3.0
0.3%
167
▶devopslobsters
4.2
9.2%
0.0%
26
▶designlobsters
4.1
15.8%
0.0%
59
▶The Witcher 3: Wild Huntsteam
3.9
7.1%▼3.4
3.0%
91
▶PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSsteam
3.9
9.4%
0.0%
68
▶Balatrosteam
3.8
6.1%▼8.6
0.0%
80
▶Grand Theft Auto Vsteam
3.8
15.0%▲8.1
0.0%
54
▶infosec.exchangemastodon
3.8
6.8%▼1.3
1.2%
3,119
▶Red Dead Redemption 2steam
3.5
6.1%▼1.1
0.0%
78
▶unixlobsters
3.3
13.3%
0.0%
21
▶Rainbow Six Siegesteam
3.3
12.8%▲9.7
0.0%
76
▶Terrariasteam
3.2
4.9%▼4.8
0.0%
83
▶Path of Exilesteam
3.2
8.5%▲2.4
0.0%
107
▶asklobsters
3.1
13.3%
0.0%
51
▶Geometry Dashsteam
3.1
5.3%▼4.7
0.0%
49
▶Sekirosteam
3.0
4.0%▼4.5
0.0%
109
▶Phasmophobiasteam
2.9
4.9%▼5.1
0.0%
115
▶Factoriosteam
2.8
6.5%▼2.2
0.0%
100
▶historicallobsters
2.6
6.0%
0.0%
36
▶The Sims 4steam
2.5
8.0%▲3.0
0.0%
96
▶Hunt: Showdownsteam
2.4
0.0%▼5.8
0.0%
113
▶vcslobsters
2.4
25.0%▲17.32.1×
0.0%
35
▶linuxlobsters
2.4
5.3%▼7.2
0.0%
178
▶Borderlands 2steam
2.4
7.1%▲4.9
0.0%
94
▶Stardew Valleysteam
2.3
2.4%▼3.6
0.0%
94
▶Warframesteam
2.3
2.1%▼6.6
0.0%
97
▶hachyderm.iomastodon
2.3
5.1%▲1.4
0.5%
3,089
▶Team Fortress 2steam
2.3
7.7%▲7.7
0.0%
63
▶fosstodon.orgmastodon
2.2
3.2%▼0.6
1.2%
3,351
▶Dota 2steam
2.2
8.3%▲4.9
0.0%
55
▶Lost Arksteam
2.2
5.1%▼2.1
0.0%
113
▶gameslobsters
2.1
23.1%▲23.1
0.0%
25
▶Satisfactorysteam
2.1
1.9%▼4.4
0.0%
106
▶ELDEN RINGsteam
2.1
2.9%▼5.0
0.0%
81
▶foodguardian
2.0
5.0%
0.0%
20
▶rantlobsters
2.0
5.0%
0.0%
20
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