My Aged Reddit Accounts are not performing well

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Ghost Optimizer

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Hi everyone,

I have noticed something strange recently.

Some of my older Reddit accounts have decent karma, account age and a clean posting history but their new posts are struggling to get traction. At the same time, I have seen newer accounts get much better engagement on similar content.

I always thought account age and karma played a bigger role but now I am not so sure.

Has anyone else noticed this ? What factors do you think matters most for post visibility these days ?
 
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Age and karma matter a lot less than they used to. If the account has a clean history but the recent posts are off-topic for the sub, Reddit will quietly bury them.
Newer accounts can still do better when they’re active in the right communities and their posts match the subreddit’s current appetite.
 
Age + karma does play a role, but they’re not the only metrics. Reddit’s algo is pretty strict and something as simple as a low quality IP can get you flagged.
 
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Age and karma matter a lot less than they used to. If the account has a clean history but the recent posts are off-topic for the sub, Reddit will quietly bury them.
Newer accounts can still do better when they’re active in the right communities and their posts match the subreddit’s current appetite.
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According to you what matters more, creating content that matches the user search or being active in the subreddit.
 
Account age and karma help with credibility , but they don't guarantee visibility and engagement .

Reddit can be a bit unpredictable, But I think content relevance and community interest have a bigger impact these days than account age alone.
 
Lately, I've seen newer accounts get better results simply because the post connected better with the subreddit.
 
The issue is that the content you're posting isn't engaging enough to attract people's interest and attention.
 
I do not think karma is a strong ranking factor anymore. On Reddit, it feels more like a mix of timing, engagement velocity, and relevance. Old accounts still help with trust, but they don’t guarantee reach.
 
I think account age and karma still matter, but not as much as they use to. Reddit has become much stricter and nowadays content relevance, subreddit fit, posting consistency and early engagement seem to have a bigger impact on visibility. Aged accounts help, but they are no longer enough to guarantee good reach on their own.
 
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According to you what matters more, creating content that matches the user search or being active in the subreddit.
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If I had to pick one, content that fits the sub reddit and gets early engagement matters more. Being active helps but it won’t carry an off-topic post.
 
I think you should experiment with different types of content on each account to identify the root cause of the problem. Testing various formats, topics, and posting styles can help you determine what works best and what may be limiting your growth.
 
Recently, I also noticed the same thing. Reddit seems much stricter now than it was a few years ago. Reddit account age and karma still help, but they are no longer the main factors for reach. According to my observation, subreddit relevance, posting consistency, early engagement, and overall account activity have a much bigger impact on visibility these days.
 
yeah i noticed same thing, seems like reddit now cares more about post engagement signals like early upvotes, niche relevance and user interaction than just account age or karma.
 
You need to test for a long enough period before drawing any conclusions. I think the timing of your posts and where you publish them can both have a significant impact on how well your content performs and how much interest it generates from users.
 
You need to test consistently over a sufficient period before drawing any conclusions. I believe both the timing of your posts and the platforms or communities where you publish them can significantly influence your content's performance and the level of engagement it receives.
 
You're doing something wrong , period.

I did a post proving the Aged accounts get better traction -- view real-time post here with screenshots for proof

Specifically, every test i've ran shows 95%'-ish of aged accounts get 3x-4x more reach, even in super competitive keywords.

I've been doing this since 2018 as a business, never seen this trend change.

There will always be 'exceptions' to the rule, a good post just happens to get more going in the algorithim, but it's just rare.

Your issue, maybe the LLM content filters do not like how you're writing your content.

Your text isn't working for the current generation on Reddit
 
Reddit doesn't reward an account for sticking around. Karma and account age mostly buy you a pass through its spam filters, and that's about where their job ends. Neither one lifts a post's ranking, so an old account gets no placement bonus. What moves a post is the engagement it pulls in the first hour, how well it fits that sub, whether that crowd's awake when you post, and your title. A newer account with a sharper, better-timed post beats an old one because content-fit and early traction outweigh history.

Your old accounts probably lag for plainer reasons. Their usual audience may have gone stale, or if several share an IP, fingerprint, or similar content, Reddit can quietly throttle correlated accounts. Even a clean-looking profile can carry a silent trust hit from past borderline activity.

Run one old account alone on a clean IP with a fresh angle at the right sub and time. If it still stalls, it's the account's trust or footprint. If it does fine, it was the content or the throttle.

Best,
Floqal
 
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According to you what matters more, creating content that matches the user search or being active in the subreddit.
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content fit wins but the two arent really separate. being active in the sub is what builds the trust that gets your post seen, then it has to land in the first hour or it just dies. a matched post from an account with no history in that sub still flops
 
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