Banned
| Name | Members | Category | Notable For | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/jailbait | unknown | NSFW | The community was devoted to sharing suggestive or revealing photos of underage girls. After commenters were seen asking for nude photos of underage girls, and under significant external scrutiny, Reddit shut down r/Jailbait.[1] | N/A |
| r/science | 32,000,000 | Science | The community discuss science topics. A popular feature is "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) public discussions. As of 2014, r/science attracted 30,000–100,000 visitors per day, making it the largest community-managed science forum and an attractive place to host discussions.[2] | reddit.com/r/science/ |
| r/beatingwomen | unknown | NSFW | The community, which featured graphic depictions of violence against women, was banned after its moderators were found to be sharing users' personal information online, and collaborating to protect one another from sitewide bans.[3][4] | N/A |
| r/beatingwomen2 | unknown | NSFW | Following the ban of r/beatingwomen, the community's founder rebooted the subreddit under the name r/beatingwomen2 in an attempt to circumvent the ban, but was banned afterwards.[3][4] | N/A |
| r/braincels | 16,900 | NSFW | r/Braincels was the most popular subreddit for incels, or "involuntary celibates", after r/Incels was banned. The subreddit promoted rape and suicide.[5] The subreddit was banned in 2019, after violating Reddit's content policy with respect to bullying and harassment.[6][7][8] | N/A |
- ^ Morris, Kevin (October 11, 2011). "What r/jailbait's closure really means". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ Owens, Simon (7 October 2014). "The World's Largest 2-Way Dialogue between Scientists and the Public". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b Alfonso, Fernando (June 10, 2014). "Reddit bans infamous forum about beating women". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ a b Ongley, Hannah. "Gross Reddit Forum Glorifying Beaten Women Finally Gets Shut Down". Styleite. Styleite LLC. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ Shukman, Harry (March 7, 2018). "Why won't Reddit ban this pro-rape site that hates women and praises Hitler?". babe. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019.
- ^ Binder, Matt (September 30, 2019). "Reddit changes its harassment policy and bans major incel community". Mashable.
- ^ Basu, Tanya (February 7, 2020). "The "manosphere" is getting more toxic as angry men join the incels". MIT Technology Review.
- ^ "r/braincels". reddit. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019.