China has blocked Reddit since August 2018, and Iran has blocked it too. Russia and Turkey blocked it briefly in 2015 and Nepal in 2025, while Indonesia lifted an 11-year block in July 2026.
Every day we open Reddit from inside 24 countries, mostly over home broadband, and record
where it’s blocked, since when and how.
2 of 24tested countries with a confirmed block of Reddit
Blocked in China and Iran. 24 of 24 results confirmed in the last 48 hours.
Blocked means the networks we test there failed to open www.reddit.com, twice, while it opened elsewhere.
“Turned away by the site” means Reddit itself refused visitors from that country.
* First observed on this date: the block may be older. Older results are excluded from current totals.
Background
Where Reddit is restricted, and why
Reddit tends to get blocked over a sliver of its content. In August 2015 Roskomnadzor blacklisted a single thread on growing hallucinogenic mushrooms at the request of Russia’s drug control service. Because Reddit is encrypted, many providers could block that page only by cutting off the whole site, until Reddit hid the thread from Russian users the next day. Turkey blocked Reddit for three days in November 2015 over obscenity.
Reddit’s own answer is to restrict content country by country. In 2015 it said it reserves the right to do so when an authorised body makes a valid request, and in 2016 it complied with all six Turkish government requests, hiding one post and five subreddits from Turkish users; researchers found some were LGBTI-friendly forums. Indonesia lifted its block in July 2026 after Reddit agreed to geoblock content Indonesian law treats as illegal, mostly gambling and pornography.
China and Iran block Reddit along with most big foreign platforms. China’s block began in August 2018, when the site and app stopped loading without explanation, and independent tests in September and October 2026 found reddit.com blocked on most Iranian networks. Russia has also blocked Reddit by mistake: in March 2021, filtering aimed at Twitter’s t.co link shortener caught every address containing “t.co”, reddit.com included.
In September 2025 Nepal’s telecoms authority put Reddit on a list of 26 unregistered platforms to block, and the government lifted the ban days later, after 19 people were killed in protests. Since 10 December 2025 Australia’s under-16 social media law has required Reddit to keep younger Australians off the site. Reddit, which says it is mainly a forum for adults, said it would comply while it challenged the law in the High Court.
Key dates
Indonesia lifts its 11-year block after Reddit agrees to geoblock content Indonesian law treats as illegal, mostly gambling and pornography.
Reddit becomes one of 10 platforms that must keep Australians under 16 off them, as Australia’s social media minimum age law takes effect.
Nepal’s telecoms authority lists Reddit among 26 unregistered platforms to block; the government lifts the ban days later.
China blocks Reddit’s website and app, without giving a reason.
Turkey blocks Reddit for three days over obscenity.
Russia blocks Reddit for about a day over one thread on growing hallucinogenic mushrooms, until Reddit hides it from Russian users.
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History
Changes for Reddit
No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a re-check on several machines agrees, it shows up here.
Method
How we test
Test machines on the two biggest home-internet providers in most countries open the homepage every day.
A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
A change is published only after re-checks a few hours later and again the next day, on several machines per provider, confirm it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
We test websites, mostly over home broadband. Apps, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.
China has blocked it since August 2018, and independent tests in September and October 2026 found it blocked in Iran. Indonesia lifted an 11-year block in July 2026, while Russia and Turkey each blocked it for a few days at most in 2015, and Nepal did the same in September 2025.
Why Was Reddit Blocked in Russia?
In August 2015 Roskomnadzor blacklisted one thread on growing hallucinogenic mushrooms, at the request of Russia’s drug control service. Providers couldn’t block a single encrypted page, so many blocked the whole site until Reddit hid the thread from Russian users the next day. In March 2021 filtering aimed at Twitter also blocked it by mistake.
Is Reddit Banned for Under-16s in Australia?
Yes. Since 10 December 2025 Reddit has been one of the platforms that must stop Australians under 16 from having accounts, and serious breaches can cost up to 49.5 million Australian dollars. Reddit says it is mainly a forum for adults, and in December 2025 it said it would comply while challenging the law in the High Court.
