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Best time to post in r/worldnews
The best and worst hours to post, the rules that get posts removed, and a check of your draft against both.
Posts in r/worldnews are most often removed for self-promotion issues. It is a public subreddit that allows only 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.
A place for major news from around the world, excluding US-internal news.
The best and worst hours to post in r/worldnews
In our sample of 800 recent and top r/worldnews posts, activity and scores peak around Wednesday 5pm UTC, and are weakest around Friday 7am 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.
- Window 1
Wed around 5pm
avg score 10644.6 · 14 posts sampled
- Window 2
Fri around 10am
avg score 10574.6 · 11 posts sampled
- Window 3
Mon around 12am
avg score 12522.2 · 6 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/worldnews 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.
r/worldnews 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.No US Internal News or Politics
Enforcement variesArticles about events within the US or related to the US internal political process with no involvement of foreign officials or international organizations and no effect on people outside the US are not allowed here. The large subreddits for these topics are /r/news and /r/politics.
2.No Editorialized or Misleading Titles
Enforcement variesDo not add opinion/commentary to the submission title. Don't add something that isn't covered by the article, and don't misrepresent the article. Adding a sentence from within the article that is more representative of the content is generally OK. An article's title must not be misleading. It may be removed if the title states a source's opinion as fact, or misrepresents the facts in the article or multiple other sources. All caps words are not allowed, except for acronyms of course.
3.No Feature stories
Enforcement variesFeature stories are journalistic reports providing more descriptive background information than a straight news report will contain. Dictionary.com: "a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style."
4.No Editorials, Opinion or Analysis Pieces
Enforcement varies/r/worldnews is for news, rather than analysis. There are several subreddits listed at the top of the page that are good for this. If the writer injects his/her opinion in the article or tries to draw any conclusion about a set of events, then it is no longer straight news and is not permitted in /r/worldnews.
5.No Articles In Languages Other Than English
Enforcement variesThis includes articles that are auto-translated.
6.No Images, Videos or Audio Clips
Enforcement variesIf images, videos or audio files are part of an article that's fine, but the accompanying article must have some value of its own. Merely providing image captions or video descriptions isn't sufficient.
7.No Old News Articles (≥ 1 Week old)
Enforcement variesOld News is any news older than one week.
8.Your content might be removed if /r/worldnews is not the appropriate subreddit for the story.
Enforcement variesExamples include but are not limited to: Celebrity gossip, local crimes, sports results, social media posts, goofy/zany/oddball stories, conspiracy/UFO/UAP/paranormal stories, commercial product and financial news, etc. Please refer to our full rule in the [wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/wiki/rules/#wiki_inappropriate_content) .
9.No Bigotry or Other Offensive Content
Enforcement variesHate speech directed towards an entire group of people who share a race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, nationality, social status or disability is not allowed. This also applies to user names.
10.No Personal Attacks On Other Users
Enforcement variesYou may criticize a user's comment but not their person. Calling people names shuts down discussion. Accusing another user of being a "shill" is considered a personal attack. Stick to the issues and remain civil.
11.No Memes, Gifs, unlabeled NSFW images
Enforcement variesMemes may show up in image or in text form. Both are not allowed. Besides, porn or shock images unrelated to the story discussed will always be removed and posting them is an easy way to get banned.
12.No chatGPT bots or copy/paste bots
Enforcement varies
r/worldnews 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/worldnews?
No. r/worldnews bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "No mention of self-promotion being allowed; rules focus on news content only, excluding commercial/product news.". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.
r/worldnews by the numbers
- Members
- 47.5M
- Active right now
- Not public
- Posts / day
- 75
- 11K comments / day
- Community age
- 18 years
- since Jan 25, 2008
| Median title length | Posts with a link | Posts with flair | Dominant format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78 characters | 100% | 54% | link posts |
What gets removed in r/worldnews
Self-promotion
r/worldnews bans self-promo outright. Product links, launch posts, and thinly framed "feedback" posts are removed.
Low karma or a new account
r/worldnews 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.
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r/worldnews posting questions
Can I post links in r/worldnews?
Yes. r/worldnews 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/worldnews require karma to post?
r/worldnews 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/worldnews?
No. r/worldnews bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "No mention of self-promotion being allowed; rules focus on news content only, excluding commercial/product news.". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.
Is r/worldnews strict?
Moderate, by our estimate (28/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 12 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/worldnews?
Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Wednesday 5pm UTC and Friday 10am 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/worldnews?
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 6% of r/worldnews 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 3, 2026
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