Minimum karma and account age thresholds, pulled from live AutoMod configuration across 31 tracked subreddits. Updated August 6, 2026.
TL;DR: Of the 31 subreddits we track, only 8 currently publish an explicit minimum karma or account age requirement in their AutoMod configuration. Where a requirement exists, the average minimum karma is 68 and the strictest is 200. The average minimum account age is 25 days, with the strictest gate at 30 days. Every other tracked subreddit relies on moderator judgment, unpublished spam heuristics, or no formal gate.
31
Subreddits tracked
8
With a published minimum
68
Average min karma
25d
Average min account age
Search by subreddit name, filter by whether karma or account age minimums are published, and sort by threshold. Subreddits not listed have no explicit minimum in our tracked data, see the methodology section below for what that means in practice.
| Subreddit | Min Karma | Min Account Age |
|---|---|---|
| r/marketing | 200 karma | 30 days |
| r/productivity | 200 karma | 30 days |
| r/saas | 5 karma | Not published |
| r/blogging | 3 karma | 3 days |
| r/entrepreneur | 1 karma | Not published |
| r/freelancewriters | 1 karma | Not published |
| r/datascience | Not published | 30 days |
| r/dataisbeautiful | Not published | 30 days |
MediaFast matches your current karma and account age with subreddits you can actually post in, then helps you draft for their rules.
Subreddits with published requirements fall into a few natural bands. Use this to decide where to start posting first.
2 subreddits in this tier.
0 subreddits in this tier.
4 subreddits in this tier.
2 subreddits gate on account age with no karma minimum.
Work through this in order. Each branch tells you what to do next based on where your account currently stands.
If your account is under 25 days old
Skip age-gated and strict-tier subreddits entirely for now. Post and comment in minimal-tier communities that do not gate on age, and let the account age naturally while you build a genuine comment history.
If your account is old enough but has under 68 karma
Focus on comment karma in minimal and moderate-tier subreddits before attempting a strict tier post. Comments accumulate karma faster than posts and carry less risk of removal while your account builds a track record.
If your account clears both the karma and age minimums for a tracked subreddit
You have cleared the automated gate. That does not exempt the post from the subreddit's content rules, so read the wiki before posting, use correct flair, and avoid promotional language in the body.
If a subreddit does not publish any minimum at all
Treat it as moderator judgment, not a free pass. New, low-karma accounts still get removed or banned in unpublished-threshold subreddits when a post reads as spam or self-promotion to a human moderator.
MediaFast helps you find subreddits sized to where your account already stands, so you are not guessing at karma gates.
Assuming karma from any subreddit counts the same everywhere.
AutoMod checks total account karma across all subreddits, not karma earned in that specific community, so this is not usually the issue, but some subreddits do weight recent activity in that subreddit specifically. Read the rules for the one you care about.
Buying karma from a marketplace.
Purchased upvotes come from bot or low-quality accounts that Reddit actively detects. Getting caught risks an outright ban, which is a far worse outcome than a slow, genuine karma climb.
Posting the same content across many subreddits in one sitting.
Even with sufficient karma, rapid identical cross-posting reads as spam to AutoMod's duplicate-content detection and to human moderators scanning new posts.
Confusing a karma-gate removal with a shadowban.
These are different problems with different fixes. A removal in one subreddit is local to that community. A shadowban hides everything you post everywhere and needs a different diagnosis.
Ignoring flair requirements.
A post that fails a flair requirement often gets removed by the same AutoMod rule set as a karma gate, and gets misdiagnosed as a karma problem when it is really a formatting miss.
Giving up after one removal instead of checking why.
Most subreddits log removal reasons in modmail or a bot reply. Check before assuming karma is the cause, since the actual reason is often something else entirely.
A walkthrough of the most common reasons Reddit posts get removed, including the karma and account age gates in this dataset, and how to fix a draft before resubmitting.
In most subreddits with a karma or age gate, AutoMod removes the post the instant it is submitted, often without a visible notice in the subreddit itself. The post may still show on your own profile, making it look live when it is actually invisible to everyone else.
See the full breakdown of why posts get removed →A karma-gate removal is subreddit-specific and does not affect your account anywhere else. A shadowban is account-wide and hides everything you post site-wide. If posts are getting removed in only one or two communities, it is almost always a threshold issue, not a shadowban. Run a check to be sure.
Check your account for a shadowban →Read the sidebar and wiki rules first
Before assuming a subreddit has no requirement, check its wiki and sidebar. Unpublished-in-AutoMod does not mean unwritten in the rules text.
Build comment karma before post karma
Comment karma accumulates faster and safer than post karma. Answer genuine questions in a few relevant subreddits for a week before attempting to post.
Let your account age naturally
25 days is the average published minimum in our dataset. There is no shortcut here, an account created today will not pass an age gate tomorrow.
Check a subreddit's recent approved posts
Sort by new and look at the karma and account age of accounts whose posts survived. It is a rough but useful proxy when a subreddit has not published a number.
Start in lower-threshold communities
Communities in our minimal tier need as little as 1 karma. Post there first to build a track record before attempting stricter subreddits.
Avoid posting the same content across many subreddits at once
Cross-posting identical content quickly reads as spam to AutoMod and to human moderators, regardless of your karma total.
Use flair correctly on your first few posts
Missing or wrong flair triggers automatic removal in many communities independent of karma or age, and gets misread as "I failed the karma gate" when it is really a formatting issue.
Re-check thresholds before a big push
Subreddits change AutoMod rules without announcing it. If you are planning a coordinated posting push, verify the current requirement the same week, not from memory.
There is no legitimate way to skip account age, and karma bought outright routinely gets accounts banned outright rather than helping them post. The realistic path is genuine participation, spread over time.
Comment genuinely in a handful of subreddits relevant to your niche. No links, no self promotion, just useful answers. This is where most early karma comes from.
Post original, non-promotional content in low-threshold subreddits from the minimal tier above. This clears most karma gates and starts building post karma alongside comment karma.
Once your account clears the average 25-day age threshold and has accumulated karma past the moderate tier, most tracked subreddits in our dataset become accessible without hitting an AutoMod wall.
Tools like MediaFast can help you find subreddits sized to where your account currently stands, so you spend early karma-building time in communities you can actually post to instead of hitting the same wall repeatedly.
This dataset is generated from a set of 31 subreddits MediaFast actively tracks for posting eligibility, pulling each subreddit's live minimum karma and minimum account age settings where they exist. Only the subreddit name, minimum karma, and minimum account age are exported here, nothing about individual users or posting outcomes.
Not every subreddit publishes a hard number. Many rely on moderator discretion, spam-scoring heuristics that are not exposed as a fixed threshold, or informal norms enforced by human review instead of AutoMod. Those subreddits show as "not published" in the table above rather than being assigned a false zero.
Last generated August 6, 2026. Subreddit moderators change AutoMod configuration without announcing it, so treat older snapshots of this data as directional rather than exact, and verify a specific subreddit's current rules before a high-stakes post.
Comment karma
Points earned from upvotes on your comments. Usually the fastest way to raise total karma without posting original content.
Post karma
Points earned from upvotes on your submitted posts. Slower to build and higher variance, since post performance depends heavily on timing and subreddit fit.
Account age
Time elapsed since the Reddit account was created, measured in days. Cannot be changed or sped up by any legitimate method.
AutoMod
Reddit's built-in automated moderation tool. Subreddits configure it to auto-remove posts that fail karma, age, flair, or keyword checks before a human moderator ever sees them.
Karma gate
A minimum karma threshold, enforced by AutoMod, that a post must clear to avoid automatic removal.
Age gate
A minimum account age threshold, enforced by AutoMod, separate from and sometimes combined with a karma gate.
Shadowban
An account-wide restriction where a user's posts and comments are hidden from other users site-wide, distinct from a single-subreddit karma gate removal.
Flair
A tag applied to a post or user, often required by subreddit rules. Missing or incorrect flair can trigger automatic removal independent of karma or age.
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Common questions about karma gates, account age minimums, and what to do about them.
Of the 31 subreddits we track, 8 currently enforce an explicit, AutoMod-visible minimum karma or account age. The rest rely on moderator discretion, AutoMod spam heuristics that are not published as a fixed number, or no formal gate at all.
The strictest published threshold in our current dataset is 200 karma. Communities that set thresholds this high are usually larger, more established subreddits that see heavy spam and self-promotion attempts.
A karma minimum is a floor, not a guarantee. AutoMod can still remove a post for other reasons: banned domains, promotional language, missing flair, or posting frequency limits. Meeting the number gets you past the gate, it does not exempt you from the rest of the subreddit's rules.
No. Some subreddits gate on karma only, some on account age only, and some on both. A handful of the strictest communities require both a karma floor and a minimum number of days since account creation before AutoMod will approve a post automatically.
This dataset was last generated on August 6, 2026 from live tracked subreddit configuration. We treat it as a monthly refresh, since subreddits change their AutoMod rules without announcing it.
Treat 'not published' as unknown, not as zero. Read the subreddit's wiki and sidebar rules directly, check recent posts from accounts with visible karma and age to spot a pattern, and warm up your account with genuine comments before posting anyway. Unpublished thresholds still exist as unwritten mod judgment calls.
