Reddit glossary
What is a sticky post on Reddit?
A sticky, or pinned, post is a post that moderators keep at the top of a subreddit regardless of its score. Moderators also pin comments inside a thread. Subreddits use stickies for rules, weekly threads and announcements.
Updated KissMyPost Research
0.24%
of 2025 posts were stickied
Among comments, 2.1% were stickied and 4.0% were written as moderator comments.
Source: KissMyPost, all Reddit posts and comments created in 2025: 494.3 million posts and 3.86 billion comments.
A subreddit can pin only a few posts at once, and they sit above the normal ranking. Moderators can also mark their own comments as moderator comments.
For a poster, this means the top of a subreddit is usually not for you: pinned slots belong to the moderators. For readers, the sticky is where a community keeps its rules and its recurring threads.
Pinned comments are far more common than pinned posts, because AutoModerator pins a comment on many threads.
Common questions
Can I sticky my own post?
Only moderators can pin a post in a subreddit. On your own profile you can feature a post.
How many posts are stickied?
In 2025, 0.24% of posts, about 1 in 420.
What do moderators put in a sticky?
Usually the community rules, a weekly discussion thread or an announcement.
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