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Best time to post in r/help

The best and worst hours to post, the rules that get posts removed, and a check of your draft against both.

r/help enforces 7 posting rules. It is a public subreddit that allows both text and link posts and does not require post flair. In our latest sample of 800 recent posts, an estimated 94% were still up about a day later.

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The best and worst hours to post in r/help

In our sample of 800 recent and top r/help posts, activity and scores peak around Thursday 7pm UTC, and are weakest around Friday 1pm UTC. Based on posts sampled through Sep 4, 2026. Times in this sentence are UTC; the grid below converts to your local timezone. Timing helps a clean post get seen. It does not save a post that breaks a rule.

Times in your timezoneUTC · GMT+0
  1. Window 1

    Thu around 7pm

    avg score 107.9 · 10 posts sampled

  2. Window 2

    Mon around 12pm

    avg score 100.2 · 6 posts sampled

  3. Window 3

    Wed around 4pm

    avg score 60.3 · 9 posts sampled

Your timezone: UTC (GMT+0). Darker cells mean more posts in our sample.

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Estimated survival rate

94%

of 800 recent r/help posts we sampled were still publicly visible about a day later.

How this is measured

Estimate. We sample recent public posts and check again about 18 hours later to count how many are still publicly visible. Posts removed at the moment of submission never become publicly visible at all, so the true removal rate is at least this high. Last sampled Sep 5, 2026.

Strictness: RelaxedPublic subText + link postsFlair optional

r/help rules: what actually gets removed

Each rule below is paired with the way it is most likely enforced. Where the rules state a number, we quote it. Where they do not, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 1.Questions must be about Reddit itself.

    Enforcement varies

    Questions posted to /r/help must be about reddit's features or culture. For suggestions on where to ask questions unrelated to reddit, please try /r/findareddit.

  2. 2.Keep it civil.

    Enforcement varies

    Remember the human, don't post slurs or insults.

  3. 3.Keep it helpful.

    Enforcement varies

    Keep suggestions and comments helpful and relevant.

  4. 4.Calling out or complaining about subreddits/users/moderators

    Enforcement varies

    Post or comments complaining/calling out users, subreddits, subreddit policies, moderator actions, or similar content will be removed.

  5. 5.Appeals/Bans

    Enforcement varies

    This is not the place to appeal your subreddit ban, shadowban, or reddit suspension. Contact subreddit moderators or use http://www.reddit.com/appeals as appropriate.

  6. 6.Do not Hijack Posts.

    Enforcement varies

    Please make your own thread/post in r/help and don't use another users thread to get help with your own problem on Reddit.

  7. 7.Search the subreddit before posting

    Removed by moderators

    Posts that are commonly/were recently posted to the subreddit may be removed at the discretion of the moderation team. Please search before posting and if you find a similar recent post, comment and upvote there for better visibility. If you're experiencing a bug, please take a look at r/RedditBugs to see if a fix is already in the works.

r/help does not publish karma or account-age minimums in its rules. Subreddits often enforce unpublished filters on top of what they write down, which is why posts from new accounts can vanish without a message here.

Can you self-promote in r/help?

r/help does not state a clear self-promo policy in its rules. Treat that as caution, not permission: mods remove promo at their discretion, and Reddit's sitewide spam filter still applies. A value-first post that mentions your project beats a launch-style post here.

r/help by the numbers

Members
1.3M
Active right now
Not public
Posts / day
49
418 comments / day
Community age
18 years
since Jan 25, 2008
What a successful r/help post looks like · 400 top posts from the last month
Median title lengthPosts with a linkPosts with flairDominant format
48 characters26%100%text posts

What gets removed in r/help

  • Low karma or a new account

    r/help publishes no karma or age minimum, but unpublished account filters are common at this size. New accounts should comment before posting.

  • Reddit's sitewide spam filter

    A separate layer before the subreddit ever sees your post. New accounts posting links, URL shorteners, and repeated domains are its favorite targets. Removals are instant and silent.

  • A shadowbanned account

    If the account itself is shadowbanned, every post looks live to you and invisible to everyone else, in any subreddit.

Wondering about a post that already disappeared? Start with why Reddit posts get removed or run the free shadowban check.

Subreddits like r/help

Posting somewhere adjacent? Each of these has its own rules and its own removal pattern. Check the one you actually plan to post in.

See all subreddits like r/help →

r/help posting questions

Can I post links in r/help?

Yes. r/help accepts link posts. The usual sitewide traps still apply: URL shorteners, affiliate parameters, and brand-new domains get filtered fast, and promotional links are judged against the sub's self-promo rules. One clean link to the original source is the safe pattern.

Does r/help require karma to post?

r/help does not publish a karma minimum. That does not mean there is none: many subreddits enforce unpublished karma and account-age filters that remove posts silently. If your account is new or has little karma, that is the first thing to rule out when a post disappears.

Can you self-promote in r/help?

r/help does not state a clear self-promo policy in its rules. Treat that as caution, not permission: mods remove promo at their discretion, and Reddit's sitewide spam filter still applies. A value-first post that mentions your project beats a launch-style post here.

Is r/help strict?

Relaxed, by our estimate (10/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 7 rules, and its stated gates). About 6% of recent posts disappeared within a day in our sample. Strictness is about enforcement, not hostility: a strict sub is predictable if you follow its rules.

What is the best time to post in r/help?

Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Thursday 7pm UTC and Monday 12pm UTC. Treat this as a starting point, not a guarantee: a post that breaks a rule gets removed at any hour. The heatmap on this page converts these windows to your local time.

Why do posts get removed in r/help?

Every subreddit runs several removal layers: its own rules, unpublished AutoMod filters, Reddit's sitewide spam filter, and account-level gates like karma and age. In our recent sample, roughly 6% of r/help posts disappeared within about a day of going up. Many removals are silent, so checking your draft first beats finding out after.

Rules last checked Sep 2, 2026

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