Bypassing Reddit IP blocking while using a VPN

[Perfectly Innocent]

[UPDATE: This method no longer works as of 2025-04-30]


If you're having trouble accessing Reddit anonymously while using a VPN, here's a very simple userscript to bypass the Reddit "network security" and/or "network policy" blocks:

Spoiler: Click here if you have no idea WTF I am going on about

Userscripts are user-installed snippets of JavaScript which allow you to modify how websites function with your web browser. A lot of websites and pages which are "taken down" or "blocked" actually aren't. In some circumstances, userscripts can help automate unblocking things for you. You can use scripts like these with extensions like Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey, or load them into system-wide adblockers like AdGuard.

If you're seeing the below screens when trying to access Reddit, this userscript will resolve that, at least for now.

// ==UserScript==
// @name               reddit.com to redditmedia.com
// @description        Always redirects reddit.com to redditmedia.com
// @include            *://www.reddit.com/*
// @include            *://old.reddit.com/*
// @version            1.00
// @run-at             document-start
// @grant              none
// ==/UserScript==

window.location.replace("https://www.redditmedia.com" + window.location.pathname + window.location.search);

All this code does is redirect any request directed at www.reddit.com or old.reddit.com to www.redditmedia.com, which does not implement filtering at the moment. A very simple, elegant solution for those who never wish to uniquely identify themselves but who still need access to all publicly available subreddits.

Spoiler: Note, if you're a Firefox or other similar Gecko-based browser user

There's a minor bug where Firefox currently blocks stylesheets if you're using aggressive known tracker blocking, as they haven't yet added an exception to their lists to allow redditstatic.com connections from users accessing redditmedia.com directly; just set Firefox to use normal tracker blocking and rely on your usual content blockers (e.g. uBlock Origin or Adblock Plus) to keep things clean instead.

Edit: Neutered the automatic links to point at thread itself.

 

[Masturbator]

thank you knowledgable schizophrenic

 

[Masturbator]

reddit has every vpn rangebanned short of self vpns

 

[Liossercal]

reddit has every vpn rangebanned short of self vpns

I've had luck with China servers (slow) havent checked specific VPN server location; Hong Kong, faster. My guess is they want to tap into that sweet sweet market in spite of the firewall.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

They call it "network security" now, but when they started doing this it used to say "we need to see your papers."

Would have loved to see their internal argument about changing that.

 

[an retard]

I haven't had this problem with most ProtonVPN servers so far but back when I was using Mullvad, Reddit would throw this shit at me every time. Good to know this kinda shit exists even if I don't really use Reddit at all because its gay

 

[skunt]

A very simple, elegant solution for those who never wish to uniquely identify themselves but who still need access to all publicly available subreddits.

An even easier way is using a redlib frontend of your choosing https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md

 

[August Levasseur]

I always open a Tor window in brave and that seems to get around it. Very strange to ban the IPs of VPNs but not Tor exit nodes, but Reddit is a very strange website.

 

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If you're having trouble accessing Reddit anonymously while using a VPN, here's a very simple userscript to bypass the Reddit "network security" and/or "network policy" blocks:

OK, that's very cool. I have, like August Levasseur, also found that Reddit seems to be perfectly fine with Tor exit nodes and particularly bad about blocking Mullvad (I think even the free ProtonVPN servers aren't all blocked by Reddit) but it makes sense that they would hate the one VPN that's particularly good about privacy the most. Probably taking money from the CyberGhost kikes to block their competitors.

I'll give it a go. One alternative to this might be to use something like FoxyProxy to redirect Reddit traffic specifically through Tor.

 

[Valery Irinei]

Cheers, was sick of getting blocked using Mullvad, Proton which I have since switched to doesn't have the same issue but this is helpful nonetheless.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

Is there something like that for Facebook? I'm on a VPN and I can't browse it without an account. Endless scroll doesn't work even if you zap 500 different elements (which have randomized names) with uBlock.

 

[Haunted Dishwasher]

Is there something like that for Facebook? I'm on a VPN and I can't browse it without an account. Endless scroll doesn't work even if you zap 500 different elements (which have randomized names) with uBlock.

Try FB Purity? It gets rid of anything that Facebook shoves down your throat and displays actual posts/videos only.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

Try FB Purity? It gets rid of anything that Facebook shoves down your throat and displays actual posts/videos only.

You still need to be logged in to even see the Purity bar.

"To open the F.B. Purity settings screen please click the "FBP" link in the bar at the top of any Facebook page (you first need to be logged in to Facebook to see it)."

 

[break these cuffs]

I tried the script this morning and it worked. Neat. I just tried to use to screenshot some trannies and I get the blocked message. URL shows it was switched to redditmedia.

Hi redditnigger jannies!

 

[David Brown]

I tried the script this morning and it worked. Neat. I just tried to use to screenshot some trannies and I get the blocked message. URL shows it was switched to redditmedia.

Hi redditnigger jannies!

I can corroborate this. The redditnigger jannies are coping and blocked my VPN on redditmedia as well

 

[Perfectly Innocent]

I tried the script this morning and it worked. Neat. I just tried to use to screenshot some trannies and I get the blocked message. URL shows it was switched to redditmedia.

Hi redditnigger jannies!

Now they've modified it to redirect to reddit.com, so this method definitely no longer works.

 

[HahaYes]

Using redlib/libreddit can help with this if you still really want to laugh at reddit faggots. Here's a list of currently operational public instances, you can also pretty easily self host your own if you'd prefer (and you're based). All you do is replace old.reddit.com/www.reddit.com with redlib.sneed.TLD and you're good, for example redlib.fucknigge.rs/r/totalniggerdeath

 

[mellstroy]

There are some VPN IPs that let you browse reddit even while using the VPN, it somehow goes undetectable but it only works for me in one IP

 

[Palmer Bangs]

Congrats on pwning those faggot's infra while it worked

 

[Markass the Worst]

There are some VPN IPs that let you browse reddit even while using the VPN, it somehow goes undetectable but it only works for me in one IP

Reddit, like many sites, blocks based on IP reputation. If there are too many people being abusive on the IP then it gets blocked. If it's a new IP it likely has a clean reputation until enough people use it.

Archive.is and Ghostarchive fall victim to this too. Archive.is at least will retry up to 10 times if it gets blocked.