Reddit Contributor Monetization (2024)

Reddit's Contributor Program encourages eligible users to contribute quality content on Reddit and enables them to earn cash on these contributions.

Redditors may award valuable content you share by giving it upvotes and awards, resulting in you accumulating karma and/or gold. In turn, Reddit may compensate you for these contributions based on eligibility requirements detailed in the Contributor Terms and this Contributor Monetization Policy.

As with all content on Reddit, please be aware that monetizable contributions are subject to Reddit’s User Agreement and Content Policy. We will take appropriate enforcement actions against contributions breaking Reddit’s rules, as well as withhold any earnings on content that violates the Content Policy, this Contributor Monetization Policy, or the Contributor Terms.

For your account to qualify as a contributor in this program, Reddit requires that:

• You reside in a country where Reddit's Contributor Program is available

• You have a Reddit account that has been active for a minimum of 30 days and is registered with a verified email address

• You successfully verify your identity with Persona

• You connect a verified Stripe account

• You keep your Reddit account in good standing by complying with Reddit's User Agreement, Content Policy, and Contributor Terms

• Your account isn't associated with an advertiser account that was suspended for violating our Ads Policy

We want to reward community members for their great contributions across Reddit by allowing eligible contributors to earn money on most forms of content.

All content on Reddit must comply with Reddit’s Content Policy and User Agreement (aka our rules). If an eligible contributor's content is awarded and abides by our rules, they may be able to qualify for payouts as part of Reddit's Contributor Program.

However, certain topics are ineligible from receiving monetary payouts even if the content is otherwise allowed on the platform. Reddit will not provide compensation for any content that, at the time of posting or at any time prior to payout:

• Is posted to a quarantined community

• Is tagged as NSFW ("Not-Safe-For-Work") or posted in a community tagged as NSFW

• Is sexually explicit or suggestive, including nudity, explicit or implicit sexual activity, sexual items, sexual entertainment, or sexual services. This also applies to sexual or suggestive digital or animated content, as well as links redirecting to sexual content.
  • We may consider exceptions for content relating to non-sexual nudity (e.g., breastfeeding, sexual health education, or academic research).
• Depicts or promotes violence, death, severe physical injury, or gore, including graphic footage of war or military conflict.

  • Exceptions: This prohibition does not apply to content depicting professional combat sports, fictional entertainment, animated or digital content (e.g., video games), or in some instances, newsworthy content.

• Promotes the use of the following categories of goods or services:

  • Drugs (recreational, prescription, or over-the-counter), alcohol, tobacco, or any other controlled substances.

  • Firearms, firearm parts, accessories, ammunitions, and explosives

  • Gambling or lottery services, including offers to enter into a contest, sweepstakes, or raffle.

• Solicits, encourages, or offers:

  • Deceptive money/crypto-making services, programs or memberships (e.g., "get-rich-quick" schemes)

  • Payments or donations to a charitable or political cause, campaign, or organization

  • To engage in illegal or harmful/dangerous behavior

In order to earn cash in the Reddit Contributor Program, you must stay in compliance with all the requirements listed above and in the Contributor Terms.

If Reddit becomes aware that you no longer meet eligibility requirements to be a contributor, you will no longer be able to participate in the program, and we will pause or permanently remove your ability to earn money on your eligible contributions. This may affect future and past earnings that haven't been paid out depending on when you stopped meeting eligibility requirements.

For any contribution found in violation of the program’s earning eligibility requirements, we will withhold payout on earnings and may take additional enforcement actions as applicable. In addition, if your contributions repeatedly violate the program’s requirements, we may consider temporarily or permanently ending your participation in the program. For serious violations of the program’s requirements (e.g., giving yourself suspicious amounts awards or gold), we may consider immediately ending your participation in the program.