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Best time to post in r/legaladvice

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

Posts in r/legaladvice are most often removed for self-promotion issues. It is a public subreddit that does not allow link posts and does not require post flair. In our latest sample of 700 recent posts, an estimated 89% were still up about a day later.

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The best and worst hours to post in r/legaladvice

In our sample of 800 recent and top r/legaladvice posts, activity and scores peak around Tuesday 2pm UTC, and are weakest around Monday 11am UTC. Based on posts sampled through Aug 31, 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

Window 1
Tue around 2pm
avg score 1680 · 4 posts sampled
Window 2
Thu around 9pm
avg score 1065.3 · 7 posts sampled
Window 3
Wed around 11pm
avg score 1210.8 · 4 posts sampled

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

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Estimated survival rate

89%

of 700 recent r/legaladvice 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: ModeratePublic subText posts onlyFlair optionalSelf-promo bannedAI content banned

r/legaladvice 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.All responses must offer an answer to the legal question posed by the OP. We enforce this with bans.
Enforcement varies
Anecdotes are not permitted. Neither is advice that encourages someone to break the law. Nor is "get a lawyer" a sufficient response. There's a pinned post at the top of the subreddit specifically addressing this rule. We will absolutely ban you for commenting without answering the legal question.
2.Personally Identifying Information
Enforcement varies
Posts or submissions that ask for or contain information that could be used to identify either party are subject to immediate removal.
3.Advertising or Recommending a Lawyer or Business
Enforcement varies
We do not allow referrals to particular lawyers, law firms, or other businesses.
4.Do not request or send a PM
Enforcement varies
All discussions must stay on the subreddit for everyone's protection.
5.Include your location
Enforcement varies
You must include your location in the following format: location: yourlocationhere . It must be that exact format, and it must be in the body of your post.
6.Read our full list of rules
Enforcement varies
Read our full list of rules here: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/wiki/index#wiki_general_rules
7.This subreddit is for simple legal questions.
Enforcement varies
This subreddit is for simple legal questions. We can't help with preparing a defense, legal research, etc. We cannot review contracts, plan your defense, or give you specific advice on exactly how to present your case with the court. You need a local attorney for that. Additionally, we do not accept medical malpractice questions.
8.NO LLMS
Removed by moderators
No LLMs. No ChatGPT. Don't recommend it, don't use it to answer questions, and don't use it to compose your modmail when you get banned for using it. Using it to compose questions is generally ok. We will permanently and irrevocably ban you for this.
9.Mods can remove things we deem inappropriate or disruptive
Enforcement varies
Any post and any comment can be removed by the mods at any time if the mods decide the post/comment is or has the potential to be disruptive or is otherwise inappropriate.
10.Posts must be about a real scenario that you or someone you know is facing.
Enforcement varies
To expand on this, we additionally do not allow anyone but the immediately involved parties to ask custody related questions. Not friends, not significant others, not grandparents. Reddit is free.
11.Post must contain a legal question
Enforcement varies
A legal question is one that can be answered with the law, be it a law or ordinance, or caselaw. Do *not* ask if anyone has had similar experiences. Do *not* ask people to share their own stories. You *must* ask a legal question.
12.US and Canada only
Enforcement varies
Laws are different everywhere. We can only help with legal problems in the US or Canada because we have no regular, reliable commenters from other countries. For other countries, please search for an appropriate subreddit.

r/legaladvice 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/legaladvice?

No. r/legaladvice bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "Advertising or Recommending a Lawyer or Business: We do not allow referrals to particular lawyers, law firms, or other businesses.". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.

r/legaladvice by the numbers

Members: 3.5M
Active right now: Not public
Posts / day: 117; 1K comments / day
Community age: 16 years; since Oct 26, 2009

What a successful r/legaladvice post looks like · 400 top posts from the last month
Median title length	Posts with a link	Posts with flair	Dominant format
71 characters	0%	53%	text posts

What gets removed in r/legaladvice

Self-promotion
r/legaladvice bans self-promo outright. Product links, launch posts, and thinly framed "feedback" posts are removed.
Low karma or a new account
r/legaladvice publishes no karma or age minimum, but unpublished account filters are common at this size. New accounts should comment before posting.
AI-generated content
r/legaladvice removes content it judges to be AI-generated. Obvious AI phrasing in a draft raises removal risk even when a human wrote most of it.
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.

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Subreddits like r/legaladvice

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r/legaladvice posting questions

Can I post links in r/legaladvice?

No. r/legaladvice accepts text posts only, so a link-only submission is rejected at the door. You can usually mention a link inside the body text, but the sub's rules on self-promotion still apply to it. Check your draft against the rules before posting.

Does r/legaladvice require karma to post?

r/legaladvice 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/legaladvice?

Is r/legaladvice strict?

Moderate, by our estimate (35/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 12 rules, and its stated gates). About 11% 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.

Does r/legaladvice allow AI-generated content?

No. r/legaladvice removes content it judges to be AI-generated. That includes obviously AI-phrased text even when a human edited it, so rewrite drafts in your own voice before posting here.

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

Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Tuesday 2pm UTC and Thursday 9pm 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/legaladvice?

The most common reasons are self-promotion violations, plus the layers every subreddit has: Reddit's sitewide spam filter, unpublished AutoMod rules, and account-level gates like karma and age. In our recent sample, roughly 11% of r/legaladvice 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 Aug 31, 2026

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