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Best time to post in r/tails

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

Posts in r/tails are most often removed for self-promotion issues. It is a public subreddit that allows both text and link posts and does not require post flair. In our latest sample of 20 recent posts, an estimated 100% were still up about a day later.

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The best and worst hours to post in r/tails

In our sample of 444 recent and top r/tails posts, activity and scores peak around Thursday 7am UTC, and are weakest around Tuesday 9pm 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
Thu around 7am
avg score 328 · 2 posts sampled
Window 2
Sat around 6pm
avg score 132.5 · 4 posts sampled
Window 3
Wed around 4pm
avg score 22.8 · 5 posts sampled

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

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Estimated survival rate

100%

of 20 recent r/tails 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 3, 2026.

Strictness: RelaxedPublic subText + link postsFlair optionalSelf-promo banned

r/tails 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.Read the stickied thread before posting
Enforcement varies
Read the [stickied thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/tails/comments/ljkpvj/read_before_posting/) before posting
2.Things you shouldn't post
Removed by moderators
This is not for posting general privacy-related news, other privacy-focused software or individual onion services. Please see the "Related Subreddits" list regarding these topics. It's also not a place to be anti-social, soapbox in blog form about your favorite cause, harass others, discuss illegal activities, etc. Moderators will remove comments and ban offenders they deem to be unsavory. Lastly, all questions/problems/advice/solutions must be posted publicly for all to see and benefit from.
3.Things you should post
Enforcement varies
This subreddit is for the latest news and updates regarding Tails, requesting Tails support, and discussion regarding the Tails project.
4.Not official support channel
Enforcement varies
Ask anything you like, but remember that the community responding may not give you good advice. If it's important, ask Tails support through the proper channel.
5.Keep all discussions public. No asking for DMs.
Enforcement varies
Users should retain their privacy and not ask others to violate their own by providing information. If someone asks for help and the only way to help is to provide personal information such as, locale, etc, refer them to the official support channel where that information will not be cached indefinitely on search engines. This does *not* mean ‘just ask for/provide that information in DMs’. All advice, solutions, questions and problems must be posted *publicly* so everyone can benefit.

r/tails 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/tails?

No. r/tails bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "This is not for posting general privacy-related software or individual onion services.". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.

r/tails by the numbers

Members: 135K
Active right now: Not public
Posts / day: 1; 10 comments / day
Community age: 14 years; since May 15, 2012

What a successful r/tails post looks like · 44 top posts from the last month
Median title length	Posts with a link	Posts with flair	Dominant format
40 characters	18%	100%	text posts

What gets removed in r/tails

Self-promotion
r/tails bans self-promo outright. Product links, launch posts, and thinly framed "feedback" posts are removed.
Low karma or a new account
r/tails 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/tails

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

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r/tails posting questions

Can I post links in r/tails?

Yes. r/tails 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/tails require karma to post?

r/tails 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/tails?

Is r/tails strict?

Relaxed, by our estimate (20/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 5 rules, and its stated gates). About 0% 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/tails?

Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Thursday 7am UTC and Saturday 6pm 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/tails?

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 0% of r/tails 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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