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Links are in the comments — Danny Ishay makes great vegan parodies and vegan videos in general, so please show him some support! 💚

Danny Ishay: https://youtube.com/shorts/M9ZJ98YDRRU?si=Uf86FZRD0yqSdt8B

Danny Ishay: https://youtube.com/shorts/UYf03e7v2KE?si=giM\_CNXQoaYITQrJ

Reddit's been around for a little over 20 years now and it still feels way more male-dominated than it should be. I see that ~35% of users are women as of 2026, but in a lot of subs it honestly doesn't feel anywhere close to that.

Women get drowned out in a lot of the bigger or non-serious subs and it feels like we're pushed into smaller or more serious spaces instead. Meanwhile those bigger subs can get weirdly hostile or casually sexist, which just makes it worse. Sometimes it feels like the whole site is drifting in a worse direction, not better.

For people who've been on Reddit a long time, has it always felt like this? Or is it actually getting worse?
Is there anything to be optimistic about here, or is this just what Reddit is now?

Reddit’s been around for a little over 20 years now and it still feels way more male-dominated than it should be. I see that ~35% of users are women as of 2026, but in a lot of subs it honestly doesn’t feel anywhere close to that.

Women get drowned out in a lot of the bigger or non-serious subs and it feels like we’re pushed into smaller or more serious spaces instead. Meanwhile those bigger subs can get weirdly hostile or casually sexist, which just makes it worse. Sometimes it feels like the whole site is drifting in a worse direction, not better.

For people who’ve been on Reddit a long time, has it always felt like this? Or is it actually getting worse?
Is there anything to be optimistic about here, or is this just what Reddit is now?