Reddit Terms Scorecard

Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 64/100)

Reddit claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to your content for AI training and reserves broad rights to terminate your account at any time.

Perpetual content license, AI training, and broad termination rights.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
YES
Collects biometric data
UNCLEAR
Shares data with government
UNCLEAR
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
YES
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Section 5 — Your Content

you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use... For example, this license includes the right to use Your Content to train AI and machine learning models.

Reddit takes a permanent, non-revocable right to use everything you post, including for training AI models, which you cannot opt out of.

Section 17 — Termination

we may suspend or terminate your Account, moderator status, or ability to access or use the Services at any time for any or no reason

Reddit reserves the right to ban you or delete your account whenever they want, without needing a specific justification.

Section 13 — Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE REDDIT ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR ANY AMOUNT YOU PAID REDDIT IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS

If Reddit causes you harm, their financial responsibility to you is capped at $100 or what you paid them recently.

Section 15 — Changes to These Terms

If the changes, in our sole discretion, are material, we may also notify you by sending an email... at least 30 days before the date they become effective.

For European users, Reddit provides a 30-day notice period before material changes to the terms take effect.

Section 17 — Termination

You may terminate these Terms at any time and for any reason by deleting your Account and discontinuing use of all Services.

You have a clear, self-serve way to end your relationship with the service by deleting your account.

Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.

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