Reddit native media (i.redd.it)
- Free allowance
- 20 MB per image post, ~1 GB per video post, no stated total
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported3 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | 20 MB per image post, ~1 GB per video post, no stated total unit GB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Identity | institution (inferred, not read) not published |
| Egress | free, direct image URLs on Fastly (probe headers show 'Fastly-Restarts' and a versioned S3-style origin); no auth on i.redd.it GETs |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | rest rest |
| Tooling | official Reddit API has a /api/submit image path (submit_image + image_path / upload lease); PRAW and Late/Zernio wrappers expose it |
| Composes with | 20 MB x unlimited posts x unlimited subreddits x N accounts. 500 GB = 25,000 image posts; OAuth rate limits (100 QPM) make that ~4 hours of posting, far faster than a human, which is exactly what gets flagged |
| Reliability | i.redd.it is Fastly-backed and 404s cleanly (probe returned a 2016-dated 404 with x-amz-version-id), i.e. real object storage behind CDN; but media is tied to the post lifecycle and API-scoped uploads are heavily moderated |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | help.postpone.app/platforms/reddit/media-limits | 'Reddit accepts images up to 20 MB' / 'Reddit accepts videos up to 1 GB' |
| 2026-10-21 | i.redd.it/ | probe: HEAD -> 404 with 'Fastly-Restarts' and 'x-amz-version-id' headers (Fastly + S3-style origin, image/png content-type on 404) |
| 2026-10-21 | www.reddit.com/dev/api/ | /api/submit documented; submit_image present in PRAW (github.com/praw-dev/praw issue 1359 shows the API path in use) |
Unknown values 4
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read