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Reddit Text Formatter

Format Reddit posts and comments with buttons for bold, spoilers, superscript, tables and code blocks, with a live preview and a character count.

40,000 of 40,000 characters remaining.

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Reddit preview

Your rendered post appears here.

Characters that need a backslash to appear literally

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Reddit’s markdown is close to standard Markdown but adds superscript (^(text)) and spoilers (>!text!<), and it needs a genuinely blank line between paragraphs. Reddit does not publish its length limits, so the 40,000 and 10,000 figures used here are the long-standing community consensus rather than a documented number. Everything here is rendered in your browser — nothing is posted or uploaded.

What is the Reddit Text Formatter?

Reddit's markdown is close to standard Markdown but adds its own quirks: superscript is written with a caret and brackets, spoilers are wrapped in a bracket-and-bang pair, code blocks want four leading spaces, and paragraphs only break when a genuinely blank line separates them.

  • Buttons for bold, italic, strikethrough, superscript, spoilers and inline code
  • Line tools for quotes, bullet and numbered lists, code blocks and tables
  • One-click escaping of the characters Reddit treats as markdown
  • Live preview that renders tables, quotes, headings and hidden spoilers
  • Length bar against the widely reported 40,000-character post limit
  • Fully client-side — nothing is posted, uploaded or stored

How to use the Reddit Text Formatter

  1. 1

    Type or paste your post, or press Load an example to see every supported construct.

  2. 2

    Select some words and click Bold, Italic, Spoiler, Superscript or Inline code to wrap them.

  3. 3

    Use the line buttons for quotes, lists, four-space code blocks or a table skeleton.

  4. 4

    Click Escape special characters to backslash anything that should appear literally.

  5. 5

    Check the preview and the length bar, then copy the markdown into Reddit.

About the Reddit Text Formatter

Reddit's markdown is close to standard Markdown but adds its own quirks: superscript is written with a caret and brackets, spoilers are wrapped in a bracket-and-bang pair, code blocks want four leading spaces, and paragraphs only break when a genuinely blank line separates them. This formatter gives you a button for each of those, so you can build a post without memorising the syntax.

Select some text and click Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Superscript, Spoiler or Inline code to wrap it. Line-level buttons turn the selection into a quote, a bullet or numbered list, or a four-space code block, and the Table button drops in a ready-made table skeleton. A separate button backslashes the characters that would otherwise trigger formatting.

The rendered preview updates as you type, showing tables, quotes, headings and hidden spoilers the way Reddit will. Everything happens 100% locally in your browser — nothing is posted, uploaded or saved — so you can draft privately and copy the finished markdown only when you are ready to publish it.

Frequently asked questions

How do you write a spoiler on Reddit?

Wrap the hidden text in a greater-than sign plus an exclamation mark, and close it with the mirror image of that pair. The Spoiler button does the wrapping for you, and the preview greys the text out the way Reddit hides it until a reader clicks.

How do I add superscript text on Reddit?

Reddit uses a caret. A caret followed by bracketed text raises everything inside the brackets, while a caret with no brackets raises only up to the next space. The Superscript button inserts the bracketed form, which is the safer and more predictable of the two.

Why does my Reddit code block lose its formatting?

Reddit's markdown needs every code line indented by four spaces and a genuinely blank line before the block starts. Triple-backtick fences work in the newer editor but not everywhere, so the four-space button here produces the form that renders in the most places.

What is the character limit for a Reddit post?

A self-post body is generally capped at 40,000 characters and a comment at around 10,000. Reddit does not publish these numbers itself, so they are long-standing community consensus rather than documented values and can change without notice.

Do I have to escape special characters on Reddit?

Only when you want them shown literally. An asterisk, underscore, caret or square bracket triggers formatting unless a backslash precedes it. The escape button adds those backslashes to your selection, or to the whole post when nothing is selected.

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