How much of Reddit is AI-generated?
of sampled content classified AI-generated · 30-day average
As of 2026-10-06, 22.7% of content sampled from Reddit was classified AI-generated by Dead Internet Monitor (30-day volume-weighted average, across 30,692 classified items).
- Sample: 30,692 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 13.8%. Reddit runs 1.6× that rate — elevated.
- Excluding automated moderation: 21.9% (removes AutoModerator-type posts).
- Excluding org-handle syndication: 22.7% (removes verified-org auto-posts).
- Dead Internet Index: 11.5.
Communities within Reddit
The 15 highest-rate of 17 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 — 44.4% (3.2× the internet-wide rate)
- r/changemyview — 38.0% (2.8× the internet-wide rate)
- r/science — 35.8% (2.6× the internet-wide rate)
- r/Futurology — 32.4% (2.3× the internet-wide rate)
- r/explainlikeimfive — 27.3% (2.0× the internet-wide rate)
- r/worldnews — 24.5% (1.8× the internet-wide rate)
- r/todayilearned — 20.0% (1.4× the internet-wide rate)
- r/technology — 19.3% (1.4× the internet-wide rate)
- r/relationship_advice — 18.3% (1.3× the internet-wide rate)
- r/politics — 17.7% (1.3× the internet-wide rate)
- r/personalfinance — 16.4%
- r/news — 15.3%
- r/gaming — 15.3%
- r/AmItheAsshole — 13.8%
- r/books — 11.8%
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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).