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Best time to post in r/userexperience

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

Posts in r/userexperience 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.

A community where professionals, enthusiasts, and individuals interested in the field of user experience can share knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions about various UX-related topics.

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The best and worst hours to post in r/userexperience

Not enough data yet to name a best hour for r/userexperience. We sampled 415 posts, but no single hour has 10or more, so any "best time" would rest on a handful of posts. The grid below shows the raw counts.

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

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Survival rate

We are still collecting enough recent posts from r/userexperience to publish an honest estimate. Every number on this page is measured, not guessed, so this box stays empty until the sample is big enough.

Strictness: ModeratePublic subText + link postsFlair optionalSelf-promo banned

r/userexperience 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.No off-topic posts

    Enforcement varies

  2. 2.No surveying or research recruitment

    Enforcement varies

    Try /r/SampleSize if you're looking to survey a reddit population or recruit users for research.

  3. 3.No blog-spam, paid events, or marketing materials

    Enforcement varies

  4. 4.No memes, images of poor UI, or other non-constructive image posts

    Enforcement varies

    Informative images, images necessary to illustrate questions, or imagery accompanied with useful analysis or discussion prompts are generally allowed.

  5. 5.No job postings

    Enforcement varies

    We are not accepting job postings on this sub at the moment, but are considering ways to announce job opportunities to our subscribers. For now, please do not post jobs on this sub-reddit and consider alternative channels like Glassdoor, LinkedIN, or Monster.

  6. 6.No Rants

    Enforcement varies

  7. 7.Post career questions and requests for critique in their respective stickied threads

    Enforcement varies

    You can find sticky threads pinned at the top of the subreddit. Career questions include those about how to get started in or learn about UX.

  8. 8.No self-promotion without prior contributions

    Enforcement varies

    Please contribute to the community before showing off your own work or materials. Aim for a 10:1 ratio.

r/userexperience 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/userexperience?

No. r/userexperience bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "No self-promotion without prior contributions: Please contribute to the community before showing off your own work or materials". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.

r/userexperience by the numbers

Members
149K
Active right now
Not public
Posts / day
1
6 comments / day
Community age
18 years
since Jun 19, 2008
What a successful r/userexperience post looks like · 15 top posts from the last month
Median title lengthPosts with a linkPosts with flairDominant format
57 characters47%47%text posts

What gets removed in r/userexperience

  • Self-promotion

    r/userexperience bans self-promo outright. Product links, launch posts, and thinly framed "feedback" posts are removed.

  • Low karma or a new account

    r/userexperience 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/userexperience

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/userexperience posting questions

Can I post links in r/userexperience?

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

r/userexperience 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.

Is r/userexperience strict?

Moderate, by our estimate (23/100 on our strictness scale, from its 8 rules and stated gates; no removal sample yet). Strictness is about enforcement, not hostility: a strict sub is predictable if you follow its rules.

Why do posts get removed in r/userexperience?

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. Many removals are silent: the post looks live to you and invisible to everyone else. Checking your draft first beats finding out after.

Rules last checked Oct 21, 2026

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