A Reddit shadowban hides your posts and comments from other users while still showing them to you. You appear to be posting normally, but nobody else can see your content. Reddit applies shadowbans silently, without notifying the account holder. Suspected spam accounts and rule-breaking accounts are the most common targets.
Reddit Shadowban Checker
Paste any Reddit username below. The checker reads the public profile exactly as a logged-out visitor would, and returns an honest verdict: visible, not publicly reachable, or suspended.
Check a Reddit username
Reads public data only. No login or API key needed.
This tool reads the Reddit public profile API with no authentication. A 404 result is the standard shadowban indicator but can also occur if the account does not exist or was deleted. Results reflect the account state at the time of the check. Reddit can change the account status at any time after.
What is a Reddit shadowban?
A shadowban hides your posts and comments from every other user while showing them to you as normal. You can keep posting and commenting, but the content is invisible to the rest of Reddit and to search engines. Reddit applies shadowbans silently, without any notification to the account holder.
The most reliable detection method is to view your profile as a logged-out visitor. If the profile returns a 404, your account is not publicly reachable, which is the defining sign of a shadowban. This tool does that check automatically and returns a plain-English result.
A suspension is different: Reddit applies it explicitly and it shows a suspension notice on the public profile page. The checker distinguishes between the two cases. For a full breakdown of causes, detection steps, and how to appeal, read the complete Reddit shadowban guide.
How the check works.
Enter a username
Type or paste any Reddit username. The tool strips leading u/ or /u/ prefixes automatically, so either format works.
Public profile fetch
The checker reads the Reddit public profile API with no cookies and no session, exactly as a logged-out visitor would see it.
Honest verdict
A 200 response means publicly visible. A 404 is the shadowban signal. A suspended flag in the response data indicates a formal Reddit suspension.
The public-profile lookup this checker runs maps to one of the 23 REST endpoints documented per the RedditAPIs OpenAPI spec at docs.redditapis.com/openapi.json, so you can automate the same shadowban check across many accounts with a RedditAPI key.
FAQ.
The checker reads your public Reddit profile as a logged-out visitor using the Reddit public API. If the profile returns a 404, your account is not publicly reachable, which is the main signal of a shadowban. A 200 response with your account data confirms you are publicly visible. Suspended accounts carry an explicit suspended flag in the API response.
A suspension is an explicit Reddit action that displays a notice on your public profile page. A shadowban is silent: your profile looks normal to you but returns a 404 to everyone else. This checker distinguishes between the two so you get an accurate reading rather than a guess.
The checker reads your public Reddit profile exactly as a logged-out user would see it. A 404 is a strong shadowban signal, but it can also mean the account does not exist or was recently deleted. The result copy is honest about that ambiguity and explains what each verdict means, rather than claiming certainty the tool cannot have.
No. The checker reads public Reddit profile data that any visitor can access without logging in. No Reddit account, no API key, and no personal data are required to run the check.
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