Reddit shadowban checker

How this Reddit shadowban checker works

A shadowban hides everything you post without telling you. Your profile looks fine to you, but strangers see nothing. This checker reads Reddit's public JSON the way a logged-out stranger would: username availability, the public about page, then a recent post permalink without cookies. If the name is taken but the profile 404s, that is the classic shadowban signature. If the profile loads but a recent post 404s, we call it likely shadowbanned.

How the verdict is calculated

1. 1

   Is the name even taken?

   We ask Reddit's username_available endpoint. If the name is free, there is no account to ban.

2. 2

   Can strangers see the profile?

   We load /user/name/about.json. A 404 on a taken name means hidden — shadowbanned or banned-and-hidden. A 200 with is_suspended means suspended, not shadowbanned.

3. 3

   Can strangers see the posts?

   If the profile is public we open up to 3 recent post permalinks as .json. A 404 on a fresh post while the profile loads means content is hidden site-wide.

New or quiet accounts also look empty — no posts is not proof of a ban. We show karma, cake day, and verification flags so you can tell a fresh account from a hidden one.

Who this is for

• Anyone whose posts suddenly get zero views, zero votes, zero replies.
• Marketers checking aged accounts before a campaign.
• Mods confirming whether a user is site-hidden versus subreddit-muted.

Limits

No scan cookie is used and results cache 10 minutes. We cannot see site-wide comment filters, appeal status, or subreddit-level mutes. A "not shadowbanned" result means public posts load today — a subreddit can still remove you. If the score looks weak, run the CQS estimator.