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The data
Aggregate views of the archive. Chart data is drawn from the documented issues database and curated datasets sourced from Reddit's transparency reports and major reporting.
| year | Issues |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2015 | 21 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 29 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 24 |
| 2022 | 23 |
| 2023 | 24 |
| 2024 | 39 |
| 2025 | 39 |
| 2026 | 29 |
| name | value |
|---|---|
| Moderation & Power Abuse | 95 |
| Defamation & Legal Issues | 57 |
| Real-World Harm & Doxxing | 114 |
| Major Scandals & Backlashes | 199 |
| Policy Changes & User Revolts | 96 |
| Current / Ongoing Issues (2024–2026) | 77 |
| Crime & Illicit Markets | 36 |
| Security & Data Breaches | 29 |
| year | Bans | Quarantines |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 33 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15 | 0 |
| 2018 | 59 | 4 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020 | 36 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| name | value |
|---|---|
| Hate | 93 |
| Illegal/transactions | 31 |
| Violence | 21 |
| Misinformation | 15 |
| Harassment | 14 |
| Other | 12 |
| Gore/shock | 9 |
| Sexualization of minors | 6 |
| Doxxing | 4 |
| Spam/manipulation | 2 |
| year | Moderation issues |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 |
| name | value |
|---|---|
| News reporting | 1867 |
| Other | 711 |
| Official / Reddit | 398 |
| Academic | 296 |
| Court documents | 68 |
| year | Added |
|---|---|
| Jun 26 | 319 |
| Jul 26 | 18 |
| Aug 26 | 9 |
| name | value |
|---|---|
| Critical impact | 8 |
| High impact | 60 |
| Moderate impact | 60 |
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| Feb 2021 | 6 |
| Aug 2021 | 10 |
| IPO | 9.5 |
| year | value |
|---|---|
| Q1 24 | 243 |
| Q2 24 | 281.2 |
| Q3 24 | 348.4 |
| Q4 24 | 427.7 |
| Q1 25 | 392.4 |
| Q2 25 | 499.6 |
| Q3 25 | 585 |
| Q4 25 | 725.6 |
| Q1 26 | 663.4 |
| Q2 26 | 804.9 |
| year | value |
|---|---|
| IPO | 50.44 |
| Q1 24 | 49.32 |
| Q2 24 | 63.89 |
| Q3 24 | 65.92 |
| Q4 24 | 163.44 |
| Q1 25 | 104.9 |
| Q2 25 | 150.57 |
| Q3 25 | 229.99 |
| Q4 25 | 229.87 |
| Q1 26 | 134.65 |
| Q2 26 | 173.58 |
| year | value |
|---|---|
| Q1 24 | 2.94 |
| Q2 24 | 3.08 |
| Q3 24 | 3.58 |
| Q4 24 | 4.21 |
| Q1 25 | 3.63 |
| Q2 25 | 4.53 |
| Q3 25 | 5.04 |
| Q4 25 | 5.98 |
| Q1 26 | 5.23 |
| Q2 26 | 6.18 |
| year | value |
|---|---|
| Q1 24 | -575.1 |
| Q2 24 | -10.1 |
| Q3 24 | 29.9 |
| Q4 24 | 71 |
| Q1 25 | 26.2 |
| Q2 25 | 89.3 |
| Q3 25 | 162.7 |
| Q4 25 | 251.6 |
| Q1 26 | 204 |
| Q2 26 | 252.8 |
| year | value |
|---|---|
| Q1 24 | 82.7 |
| Q2 24 | 91.2 |
| Q3 24 | 97.2 |
| Q4 24 | 101.7 |
| Q1 25 | 108.1 |
| Q2 25 | 110.4 |
| Q3 25 | 116 |
| Q4 25 | 121.4 |
| Q1 26 | 126.8 |
| Q2 26 | 130.3 |
| year | value |
|---|---|
| Q1 24 | 306.2 |
| Q2 24 | 342.3 |
| Q3 24 | 365.4 |
| Q4 24 | 379.4 |
| Q1 25 | 401.3 |
| Q2 25 | 416.4 |
| Q3 25 | 443.8 |
| Q4 25 | 471.6 |
| Q1 26 | 493.1 |
| Q2 26 | 514.6 |
Note: counts reflect documented entries currently in the archive, not the total universe of all incidents. The bans/quarantines dataset is curated and illustrative; see each issue's sources for primary figures.
The whole archive is also available as static bulk-download files — no authentication, regenerated on every deploy. Same data as the JSON API, packaged for a one-time download instead of per-record queries.
Every file above is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0): copy, redistribute, and adapt it — including commercially — provided you credit Reddit Watch (redditwatch.org) with a link to https://redditwatch.org.
APA
Reddit Watch. (2026). Reddit Watch: A documented archive of Reddit's controversies, 2005–2026 [Data set]. https://redditwatch.org/data
BibTeX
@misc{redditwatch2026,
author = {{Reddit Watch}},
title = {Reddit Watch: A documented archive of Reddit's controversies, 2005--2026},
year = {2026},
url = {https://redditwatch.org/data},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}Full endpoint reference (query params, per-dataset JSON exports) lives on the API & Data Access page. These files are also mirrored to GitHub (aimaniac555/redditwatch-data) for anyone who prefers to fork or watch a repository rather than re-download from here on every visit.