Despite Reddit's age restrictions, the platform hosts a vast range of content communities and has historically faced criticism regarding minor access, meaning parents and guardians should be aware that COPPA protections are only as strong as Reddit's age-verification mechanisms.
Reddit collects a wide range of personal data including browsing activity, location inferences, device identifiers, and all content you post, and uses this data for targeted advertising and to train AI and machine learning models. Users who have not reviewed their privacy settings may be unknowingly contributing their content and behavioral data to third-party ad targeting and AI development without realizing the scope. You can limit data sharing for advertising and exercise deletion or opt-out rights by visiting Reddit's Privacy Settings at reddit.com/settings/privacy or submitting a data request at reddit.com/settings/data-request.