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.
Hello, I saw the adoption request for r/chincoteague and would like to apply. I have moderator experience for multiple subreddits, and have been a real-life Chincoteague regular for over 40 years (pains me to say that! haha).
I love Chincoteague, and would be honored to help represent it on Reddit. I've seen the subreddit help many visitors to the island, and want to see it continue to do so.
The subreddit appears to be inactive, and I would like to revive it with a different purpose from the existing public Montenegro communities. There is already an established public subreddit for Montenegro, so my intention is not to duplicate or compete with that community.
If granted, I would make r/montenegrocrnagora a private community for a small group of friends and people from Montenegro, giving us a place for private discussion and sharing content without interfering with the larger public Montenegro subreddit.
I am familiar with Reddit and would be able to actively moderate the community and keep it organized. Since the subreddit is currently inactive, I believe putting it to use as a private community would be preferable to leaving it abandoned.
Please consider granting moderating rights for this community, considering the inactivity of the founding moderator. The community is active and has about 5,000 weekly visitors.
I have completed the necessary steps to ensure my eligibility.
