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A Facebook "shadowban" is really feed demotion: your posts stay up, your friends and followers stay connected, but Facebook quietly stops distributing your content into their feeds. Facebook is open about doing this, it just calls it "reduced distribution", and it applies penalties per-post, per-profile, per-page, per-group, and separately on Marketplace, which is why one part of your account can go dead while the rest looks fine.
Our checker takes your username or page URL, reads the public data, and compares your recent post engagement against what a profile or page your size normally gets. You get a shadowban risk rating and an engagement score on screen, plus a more detailed breakdown by email. No Facebook login, no password, no connected apps.
One advantage you have on Facebook that you don't get elsewhere: the platform will often tell you directly. The Support Inbox and the Account Status screen list violations and active penalties. Our check reads the outside signals; those screens show the official ones. Use both and you'll rarely be left guessing.
Type your username or paste your profile or page URL into the box above, plus the email address where you want the full report. No login, no password, no app permissions.
We read your public profile or page and its recent post engagement, then compare the numbers against what an account your size normally gets. Demoted accounts leave a recognizable pattern in that data.
A few seconds later you'll see your shadowban risk and engagement score on screen, with the detailed report in your inbox. Free, no downloads, re-check as often as you like.
Feed demotion is gradual by design, which makes it easy to write off as "Facebook being Facebook". The sooner you confirm it's a penalty rather than a slow news week, the sooner you can find the flagged post in your Support Inbox and deal with it instead of guessing for a month.
The manual check on Facebook means asking friends whether your posts show up in their feed and having someone search your Marketplace listings from their account. It works, but it's slow and awkward. This reads the equivalent public signals in a few seconds without recruiting anybody.
Facebook penalties are scoped: a profile can be demoted while its Marketplace listings run fine, or Marketplace can go dark while regular posts reach everyone. Pinning down which surface went quiet, and when, tells you where to look for the trigger.
The checker reads publicly visible data only. It never asks for your password, never connects an app to your account, and Facebook has no way of knowing a check ran. Run it as often as you like; nothing on your account changes.
Facebook demotion shows up differently depending on which surface got penalized: feed, Groups, Marketplace, or the whole account. If several of these describe you, run the checker above, then open your Support Inbox.
Reactions and comments collapse within a day or two with no change in what you post. Pages can confirm this in their insights: reach falling off a cliff on a specific date, across every post since, is the demotion signature.
The giveaway conversation: "did you see what I posted?" and a blank look. If people who interact with you regularly say your posts vanished from their feed, Facebook has stopped distributing them; the posts still exist on your profile for anyone who visits directly.
Items that would normally draw messages within hours sit at zero views for days. Have someone else search Marketplace for your listing; if it never appears for them, your Marketplace access has been quietly restricted, separately from the rest of your account.
Posts in active Groups draw zero reactions where they used to spark threads. One caveat before blaming Facebook: group admins can mute members or hold posts for approval, so silence in a single group may be local. Silence across all your groups is the account-level pattern.
Have someone who isn't your friend search your exact name or page name. If your profile used to come up and now doesn't, even on a full-name search, the account itself is being suppressed, not just individual posts.
Check your Support Inbox and Account Status screens. Notices about "reduced distribution", fact-check strikes, or community standards violations are Facebook telling you outright that a penalty is active, no detective work required.
Facebook recovery is more procedural than most platforms because Facebook actually documents its penalties. Work through what it shows you, then give the account room to breathe.
Open the Support Inbox and Account Status screens and deal with everything listed: delete posts that drew violations, and appeal the ones you think were flagged wrongly. A reversed violation lifts the penalty attached to it, which makes appeals the highest-value move on Facebook.
Pause posting, mass-liking, friend requests, and group joins for two or three days, and remove access for any third-party apps you don't fully trust. Automated-looking bursts of activity are a common trigger, and the pause lets flags age out.
Facebook publicly demotes engagement bait ("tag a friend who..."), spammy external links, and reshared content with fact-check labels. Coming back, drop those formats entirely. Original posts that earn comments naturally are what pulls distribution back up.
How long does a Facebook shadowban last? Anywhere from a day to about 30 days for most feed penalties; Account Status sometimes shows the exact expiry. Marketplace restrictions run on their own clock and can drag on for months, which is one more reason to check where the penalty actually sits.
The questions we get most often about Facebook shadowbans, answered without the fluff.
