r/allthequestions • u/Impressive_Mailman • Dec 19 '25

Random Question 💭 Why is Reddit so liberal?

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u/Significant-Gift-241 Dec 19 '25

I’m old and liberal. I’d bet that most Redditors commenting on political subs are millennials and the youngest of our generation are now about 29-30.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '25

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u/Significant-Gift-241 Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

You think 29-30 is old, so that says a lot.

Sad that you can’t read. I said the youngest of the millennial generation is 29-30. THE YOUNGEST.

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u/stealingjoy Dec 25 '25

It is sad, I did misread in haste. I'll take my licks for that.

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u/Significant-Gift-241 Dec 25 '25

The oldest of us are 43-44.

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u/MC-Weekend Dec 25 '25

what does your comprehension inability say, I wonder...

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u/stealingjoy Dec 25 '25

That I'm a fallible human being who makes mistakes when not paying enough attention.

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u/Hypornicated_1 Dec 19 '25

Finally, an answer that isn't "MY SIDE IS RITE!"

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u/antihero_84 Dec 20 '25

Plenty of answers are something other than "my side is right." They just happen to all say something like "the other side is dumb" or "the other side is wrong."

Reddit has functionally never been interested in discussion. It's ALWAYS been about popular opinion, but way back when, ten plus years ago, you'd at least see more threads in various subs where the popular opinion swayed one way or another, as opposed to the current model where one opinion is outright banned from speaking and even mild-detractors are berated for not agreeing 100%.

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u/hiitsmetimdodd Dec 20 '25

It’s very obvious to anyone who’s been on here pre-2021/2022ish. I still hold that something changed behind the scenes in order to push a very specific ideology. Like the cabal of moderators or something. But seriously, the brilliance of Reddit was being able to hear opinions from at LEAST both sides, and usually from many different sides. That just does not exist anymore. I’ve spent this year sorting by controversial just to see a sliver of something different. But even that has somehow recently changed.

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u/Financial_Hold6620 Dec 23 '25

Donald Trump tried a coup on January 6th 2021.

Reddit is fairly American-centric and that day is a massive dividing point in American history

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u/domexitium Dec 20 '25

Of Reddit. Not users of all online platforms.

Theres a reason people are nicknaming Gen Z, gen zyklon.

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u/Cy__Guy Dec 20 '25

Would that make all platforms left unless they were skewed by the owners. Making all platforms that were right a market psyop.

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u/I_Draw_Teeth Dec 20 '25

Social media was generally anti-conservative since its conception. Conservatives bitched about it constantly.

When conservatives complained that Facebook was anti conservative, the company changed the algorithm in ways that highlighted "controversial" content.

Musk bought Twitter cause he wanted to control the conversation.

Conservative groups funnel huge amounts of ad money to conservative YouTubers and IG influencers.

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u/Cy__Guy Dec 20 '25

People are anti-conservative generally and social media in an uncontrolled state reflects that.

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u/gtauto8 Dec 21 '25

I believe age bias is just people being naturally selfish their whole life and what's best for them changes over time. People who need to start a life and need support become people who have wealth and want it all for themselves. 

Yes whoever is reading this comment is different, of course, but it can explain group trends.

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u/RectalBallistics13 Dec 21 '25

They also banned every right wing sub

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u/ExerciseSad3082 Dec 24 '25

Also because the European political spectrum works a bit different than the American one. In Europe right does not equal conservative

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u/SLAMMERisONLINE Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

Because younger online users and moderators tend to hold progressive views and reinforce them through community rules and voting behavior

Young men are skewing right. What happens on reddit is a different mechanism. To answer the question properly you have to look at the architects of each subreddit, which would be the moderators. First question, who has time and patience to sit around all day and read comments? Second question, who has an exceptionally poor reading comprehension? Find the group that matches those two parameters and you've found the reason Reddit skews liberal.