By default, most aspects of a Reddit user's profile are publicly visible to anyone — logged in or not — who visits the profile page. Your complete post history, showing every post you have submitted to any subreddit, is publicly visible by default. Your complete comment history, showing every comment you have made across the platform, is also publicly visible by default. Your karma totals — both post karma and comment karma — are displayed on your profile. Your account age, shown as your "cake day" (the anniversary date of account creation), is visible. Any trophies you have earned are displayed in a section of your profile. Your Snoovatar or custom profile picture is visible. Your "about" or bio section, if you choose to fill it out, is public. Your username is of course public everywhere on the platform. As of a feature update in mid-2025, Reddit introduced the ability for users to hide their posts and comments from their profile page, giving individuals the ability to make their activity invisible to profile visitors without deleting content. However, as noted in Reddit's own discussions about this feature, hiding content from your profile does not remove it from the subreddits where it was posted, from search results, or from third-party archiving tools. The visibility change affects only what is displayed when someone navigates directly to your profile URL. Content that has been hidden from your profile still exists in threads and can still be seen by anyone who encounters it there. What is not publicly visible by default: your email address, your IP address history, which subreddits you are subscribed to (subscriptions are private), your saved posts, your drafts, and your direct message history.
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