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Reddit is unusual among big platforms: shadowbans there are a real, admin-level mechanism, not just a community nickname for low reach. A shadowbanned account can post, comment, and vote as normal, but everything it does is auto-removed before other users see it, and its profile page returns "page not found" to anyone who isn't logged in as that account.
That gives us something concrete to test. Our checker looks at your account the way a logged-out stranger would: whether your profile resolves publicly and whether your recent activity is actually visible. You get a shadowban risk rating and a visibility score on screen, plus a detailed breakdown by email. Just your username (no u/ prefix needed), no password, no login.
One thing worth knowing before you panic: most "am I shadowbanned?" cases on Reddit turn out to be something narrower, like AutoModerator quietly removing posts in one specific subreddit. A true sitewide shadowban and a subreddit-level filter look identical from the inside, and telling them apart is exactly what a visibility check is for.
Type your username (without the u/) into the box above and add the email address where you want the full report. No login, no password, no account access.
We check your account from the outside: whether your profile page resolves for logged-out visitors and whether your recent posts and comments are publicly visible. That outside view is the one a shadowban changes.
A few seconds later you'll see your shadowban risk and visibility score on screen, with the detailed report in your inbox. Free, no downloads, and worth re-running after you appeal.
A Reddit shadowban comes with no notification whatsoever. People have posted daily for months into a void before a stranger tipped them off. Everything on your side renders normally; the only way to know is to look from the outside, which is what this does.
The community methods work: open your profile logged out and look for "page not found", or post in r/ShadowBan and wait for the bot to reply. This does the same logged-out visibility check in seconds, without the incognito window or the wait for a bot.
Zero engagement in one community usually means AutoModerator or a karma threshold, not a shadowban. Zero engagement everywhere plus an invisible profile means the sitewide spam filter got you. The two have completely different fixes, so diagnose before you act.
The checker reads publicly visible data only. It never asks for your password, never logs in as you, and Reddit has no way of knowing a check ran. Check once or check after every appeal update; nothing about your account changes.
The Reddit shadowban has one giveaway the other platforms don't: the logged-out profile test. Here's the full symptom list, roughly in the order people usually notice them.
Not low engagement, zero: no votes in either direction, no comments, across multiple active subreddits. Even a bad post in a busy community normally collects a couple of downvotes; a shadowbanned post collects literally nothing.
You ask direct questions and never get answers. You correct someone and they don't argue back, which on Reddit is genuinely unheard of. Weeks of total silence across threads means nobody is seeing the comments at all.
Open reddit.com/u/yourusername in a logged-out or incognito browser. A shadowbanned account's profile returns "page not found", as if the account didn't exist. This is the definitive test; if you see it, you're shadowbanned, full stop.
Submit a post, then open the subreddit's "new" tab from a logged-out window. A visible post appears there instantly. If yours is missing, it was auto-removed on arrival, by either the sitewide filter or that subreddit's own AutoModerator.
A suspension comes with a message from Reddit and locks you out. A shadowban sends nothing: you stay logged in, everything works, and the absence of any notice is itself part of the pattern.
Karma that doesn't move by a single point despite daily posting is mathematically strange; even mediocre content drifts a little. A perfectly flat karma line means no human has voted on anything you've posted since the freeze began.
Reddit recovery is different from every other platform on this list: waiting doesn't work, because sitewide shadowbans don't expire. The path back runs through Reddit's appeal form.
Check your profile from a logged-out browser, or post in r/ShadowBan for a bot verdict. If the profile loads fine, you're not shadowbanned; your problem is a specific subreddit's filters, and the fix is messaging that subreddit's moderators instead.
This is the actual fix. Sitewide shadowbans are placed by Reddit's systems or admins and only admins remove them. Keep the appeal short, honest, and polite; identify what likely triggered it (if you know) and say it won't recur. First offenses get reversed regularly.
While the appeal is pending, cut whatever caused it: cross-account voting, posting the same link everywhere, rapid-fire submissions, ban evasion. An unbanned account that resumes the old pattern gets re-flagged fast, and second appeals are a much harder sell.
How long does a Reddit shadowban last? Forever, if you do nothing; sitewide shadowbans have no expiry date. With a successful appeal, some accounts are restored within a day or two, while others wait weeks for a response. Either way, the appeal is the clock that matters.
The questions we get most often about Reddit shadowbans, answered without the fluff.
