Buy Reddit upvotes? What happens, and what works instead.
Sites sell them. Reddit calls it vote manipulation, and can remove the post and ban the account. We don't sell upvotes. Here is what Reddit's own rules say, and what gets a brand seen instead.
The short answer
Can you buy Reddit upvotes?
Yes, in the sense that sites sell them. No, in the sense that Reddit allows it. Reddit's rules name it directly: using “voting services, or any automation to manipulate vote counts” is vote manipulation, whether the count is pushed up or down. That's from Reddit's policy page Disrupting Communities.
We don't sell upvotes and we won't point you to someone who does. The rest of this page is what Reddit says happens, and what we'd do with the same money.
What Reddit's rules say
Three ways to move a vote count. All three are named.
Reddit's policy lists what counts as vote cheating or manipulation, however it is done. In our words:
- A voting service. Paying someone else's accounts to vote on your post or comment.
- Several accounts of your own. Making or using more than one account to vote on the same thing.
- A group voting together. People or bots organized to vote on one post, one person's posts, or links to one site.
Source: Reddit Help, Disrupting Communities. Read November 9, 2026.
What happens
What Reddit can do to the post and the account
Reddit says that when something breaks its rules, it may do any of these:
- Remove the content. The post or comment the votes were bought for.
- Warn the account, then ban it for a time. Reddit gives a warning, a 3-day ban and a 7-day ban as one path.
- Ban the account for good, and restrict the person from making new ones.
Which one depends, Reddit says, on how severe the violation is and on the account's history. Reddit acts against the user's account, and for a brand that is often the company's own. Source: Content Moderation, Enforcement, and Appeals.
Reddit also says how it looks for this: reports from moderators, reports from users, and its own internal systems. And it hides vote counts for the first hours after a post goes up, in its words to prevent vote manipulation. Sources: Disrupting Communities and Why can't I see how many upvotes a post or comment has sometimes?.
What nobody can tell you
How often it gets caught
Reddit doesn't publish how it detects bought votes or how often it acts on them. We don't know either, and we haven't tested it. So when a seller says its votes can't be detected, it is promising something it has no way to check.
There is also the plain problem with the product. Reddit describes an upvote as a reader saying a post adds something to the community. A bought one says nothing about what you sell. The person deciding between you and a competitor reads the replies, not the number beside them.
Source for what an upvote means: Reddit Help, What are upvotes and downvotes?.
What works instead
Three ways to be seen on Reddit without buying a vote
A useful comment in a thread that already ranks
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Your own subreddit
In a community you run, you set the rules, so a post about your product is never off topic. Subgrow opens one for your brand and writes one post a day in it, each for a search your buyers make on Google. $99 a month after a 7-day free trial.
Reddit's own ads
If what you want is reach you pay for, Reddit sells it as advertising, including promoting a post of your own. We don't sell or manage Reddit ads. It's here because it is Reddit's own way of paying for reach.
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Questions
Questions about buying Reddit upvotes
- Can you buy Reddit upvotes?
- Sites sell them, so in that sense yes. Reddit's rules forbid it: using a voting service to move vote counts is vote manipulation, and Reddit can remove the post and ban the account. Subgrow doesn't sell upvotes.
- How do you buy upvotes on Reddit?
- We won't walk you through it. Every way of doing it, whether a voting service, a set of accounts or a group voting together, is named in Reddit's policy as vote manipulation. If the goal is for buyers to see your brand on Reddit, a useful reply in a thread they already read does that without the risk.
- Where can you buy Reddit upvotes?
- Not here, and we don't recommend a seller. We can't vouch for any of them, and the thing they sell is what Reddit bans accounts for.
- Can you get banned from Reddit for buying upvotes?
- Yes. Reddit says that for a rule violation it may remove the content, warn the user, ban the account for a time or for good, and restrict new accounts. It also says the action depends on how severe the violation is and on the account's history.
- Does buying Reddit upvotes work?
- We don't know how often the number goes up and stays up, because we have never bought votes and won't. What we can say is that Reddit hides vote counts for the first hours of a post to prevent vote manipulation, and that a higher number tells a reader nothing about your product.
- Can you buy upvotes for a Reddit post or a comment?
- The rule is the same for both. Reddit's policy covers manipulating vote counts on any content, posts and comments alike.
- Does Subgrow sell upvotes, or use them on its own comments?
- No. We never buy upvotes, for customers or for ourselves. What we sell is the comment itself, approved by you, and your own subreddit.
- How do you get upvotes on Reddit without buying them?
- Reddit describes an upvote as a reader saying a post or comment adds to the community. So the honest route is the slow one: answer the question that was asked, in the community where it was asked, and say plainly when you're connected to the product.
- Is there a paid way to get seen on Reddit without buying votes?
- Yes. Reddit sells ads, including promoting your own post. A comment is another: a person who uses your product replies in a thread where it fits. Each community sets its own rules on promotion, so we don't comment where it's banned. Subgrow sells comments, not ads.
What Reddit does is taken from its Help Center pages, read November 9, 2026: Disrupting Communities, Content Moderation, Enforcement, and Appeals, Why can't I see how many upvotes a post or comment has sometimes? and What are upvotes and downvotes?. Reddit can change them; if this page and Reddit disagree, Reddit is right.
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