How much of Reddit is AI-generated?
of sampled content classified AI-generated · 30-day average
As of 2026-08-11, 20.5% of content sampled from Reddit was classified AI-generated by Dead Internet Monitor (30-day volume-weighted average, across 29,097 classified items).
- Sample: 29,097 classified items (cumulative, whole platform). The rate is the 30-day, volume-weighted average — the same figure shown on the dashboard and the per-platform badge.
- Versus the internet-wide rate: Dead Internet Monitor's all-source 30-day AI rate is 14.0%. Reddit runs 1.5× that rate — elevated.
- Excluding automated moderation: 18.7% (removes AutoModerator-type posts).
- Excluding org-handle syndication: 20.5% (removes verified-org auto-posts).
- Dead Internet Index: 10.5.
Communities within Reddit
The 15 communities tracked on this platform, ranked by 30-day AI rate. Each links to its full evidence record — trend, sample size, and methodology.
- r/askscience — 48.5% (3.5× the internet-wide rate)
- r/changemyview — 47.3% (3.4× the internet-wide rate)
- r/Futurology — 25.6% (1.8× the internet-wide rate)
- r/science — 24.6% (1.8× the internet-wide rate)
- r/personalfinance — 23.5% (1.7× the internet-wide rate)
- r/explainlikeimfive — 22.2% (1.6× the internet-wide rate)
- r/todayilearned — 18.9% (1.3× the internet-wide rate)
- r/worldnews — 16.1%
- r/news — 14.3%
- r/movies — 14.0%
- r/books — 12.1%
- r/AskReddit — 10.0%
- r/politics — 8.8%
- r/gaming — 6.9%
- r/technology — 6.5%
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How this is measured
Each item collected from Reddit is classified by an LLM as AI-generated, human, or uncertain. The headline figure is the 30-day, volume-weighted share classified AI-generated — high-volume days count proportionally more. Read the full methodology, explore every community on the dashboard, or pull the underlying data from the open data API (CC BY 4.0).