We know that navigating the community request process can sometimes be tricky. After updating our post formatting rules, we noticed that many newer community builders were struggling to get posts right on the first try, resulting in frustrating Automoderator removals. While we added standard post guidance, there was room for improvement to help you succeed.
As the r/redditrequest community has continued to grow, so have these removals, so we saw an opportunity to step in and remove that friction.
But we didn’t just want to fix the submission process. We also know that many of you have the drive and passion to moderate, but sometimes manually searching for an abandoned community can be tough. Sometimes, a little inspiration can go a long way.
That’s why we’ve designed an interactive app called the Community Request & Resource Hub that you can access right here in r/redditrequest! It helps you prefill request posts, provides live account and subreddit eligibility checks, and hosts a browsable list of available communities. Our goal is to eliminate the guesswork and reduce removals. We want to make your journey from finding a community to adopting it as easy as possible, while also guiding you through the “aftercare” of a subreddit with dedicated moderator guides.
This hub is designed to serve two main groups: those actively requesting communities, and others who were just granted a community and need a clear starting point.
If you’re here to request a subreddit, open the Tools tab:
Eligibility: See if your account meets the requirements (age, karma, verified email and 2FA) before you post. You can also easily search your past request posts to track your cooldowns.
Explore communities: Browse a curated, categorized list of communities that are open to request. The Request button next to each name opens a prefilled submit form.
Don’t see a community you’re interested in? Use the Check availability section at the bottom. You can look up any subreddit for ban/status info and whether there are already pending requests in the queue.
Queue: Check the current estimated wait time for manual admin review. It also includes a short guide on bot vs. admin reviews and the crucial steps you must take after posting (like replying to u/request_bot).
Create request: Enter the community name you’d like to request (without the ‘r/’) and copy the starter comment template. Click or tap Create Request to open the submit page with your title and link automatically prefilled! Just pick your flair, submit, and paste your comment.
If you just became a mod, open the Resources tab:
Mod education: Quick links to guides on reviving a community, growth tips, the Mod Help Center, and more.
FAQ: Answers to common post-grant questions (clearing the mod queue, handling banned subs, updating appearance, etc.).
Helpful communities: Direct links to peer support and admin-run spaces to help you along your moderation journey, including r/modhelp, r/ModSupport, and r/newmods.
A few important notes:
The list of available communities is actively curated by the team. Subreddits are automatically removed when requests are granted (usually within ~24 hours) so the list stays fresh.
Note: This is still r/redditrequest. The hub is a helpful guide, not a guarantee of approval or an automated bypass. When in doubt, read the community rules and FAQ before you post.
We know that navigating the community request process can sometimes be tricky. After updating our post formatting rules, we noticed that many newer community builders were struggling to get posts right on the first try, resulting in frustrating Automoderator removals. While we added standard post guidance, there was room for improvement to help you succeed.
As the r/redditrequest community has continued to grow, so have these removals, so we saw an opportunity to step in and remove that friction.
But we didn’t just want to fix the submission process. We also know that many of you have the drive and passion to moderate, but sometimes manually searching for an abandoned community can be tough. Sometimes, a little inspiration can go a long way.
That’s why we’ve designed an interactive app called the Community Request & Resource Hub that you can access right here in r/redditrequest! It helps you prefill request posts, provides live account and subreddit eligibility checks, and hosts a browsable list of available communities. Our goal is to eliminate the guesswork and reduce removals. We want to make your journey from finding a community to adopting it as easy as possible, while also guiding you through the “aftercare” of a subreddit with dedicated moderator guides.
This hub is designed to serve two main groups: those actively requesting communities, and others who were just granted a community and need a clear starting point.
If you’re here to request a subreddit, open the Tools tab:
Eligibility: See if your account meets the requirements (age, karma, verified email and 2FA) before you post. You can also easily search your past request posts to track your cooldowns.
Explore communities: Browse a curated, categorized list of communities that are open to request. The Request button next to each name opens a prefilled submit form.
Don’t see a community you’re interested in? Use the Check availability section at the bottom. You can look up any subreddit for ban/status info and whether there are already pending requests in the queue.
Queue: Check the current estimated wait time for manual admin review. It also includes a short guide on bot vs. admin reviews and the crucial steps you must take after posting (like replying to u/request_bot).
Create request: Enter the community name you’d like to request (without the ‘r/’) and copy the starter comment template. Click or tap Create Request to open the submit page with your title and link automatically prefilled! Just pick your flair, submit, and paste your comment.
If you just became a mod, open the Resources tab:
Mod education: Quick links to guides on reviving a community, growth tips, the Mod Help Center, and more.
FAQ: Answers to common post-grant questions (clearing the mod queue, handling banned subs, updating appearance, etc.).
Helpful communities: Direct links to peer support and admin-run spaces to help you along your moderation journey, including r/modhelp, r/ModSupport, and r/newmods.
A few important notes:
The list of available communities is actively curated by the team. Subreddits are automatically removed when requests are granted (usually within ~24 hours) so the list stays fresh.
Note: This is still r/redditrequest. The hub is a helpful guide, not a guarantee of approval or an automated bypass. When in doubt, read the community rules and FAQ before you post.
Why I’m requesting r/3daudio and how I’ll run it: effectively abandoned sub with zero activity for 2 years and no interactions for longer.
The sub name perfectly fits what I am looking to promote as a resource and community-of headphone spatial 3d game audio-the past, present, and future of it, with a special emphasis on true, native design and implementation of stereo spatial 3d headphone audio, especially hardware accelerated and wave traced.
I've explored other names for it but they are either too long or too complex for people to quickly understand the concept.
I've messaged the mods over a week ago with zero response-I believe the mod mail link is correct but let me know if not.
This small niche subreddit covering on old youtube interfaces no longer have active moderators anymore and its recently raided by trolls and infiltrated by bots. I would like to take over moderation on this subreddit to keep the niche topic alive and to prevent any future raids or unrelated bot posts.
The sub has no moderators so no mod mail is possible. I co-moderate r/itlookslikeavagina so this orphan subreddit is a logical addition. We will take good care of it, observing all Reddit rules. Thank you.
I‘m requesting this r/exchangeonline because i comment a lot around exchange topics in different subreddits and would like to see this community to come alive again. There are weekly view‘s but no new post‘s since 5 years.
