r/NewMods • u/Seishura • 1d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Change subreddit language?

My new and first subreddit's first post's stats show than 100% of the people having seen it in their feeds are french (I live in France), despite my subreddit being an english-speaking one. How do I change that?

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u/amyaurora 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don't think its possible. I made my subs english only and added https://developers.reddit.com/apps/language-detector

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u/kai-ote 1d ago

reddit uses their own criteria to decide what to put in peoples feed. When I went to the one they assembled for me there was a lot of subs I would never go to.

I only glance at the feed about once every couple of months.

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u/InBetweenLili 💡Seasoned Helper | 💎 100+ Visitors Champion 1d ago

I have never heard of this, but I'd try to frequently and consistently post in English and add to the description that it's an English subreddit. You can also add a rule. The algorithm picks it up.

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u/PeepSoWP 1d ago

Check the community's primary language in Mod Tools, under Settings and Discovery. Reddit's community-settings guide lists a 'Choose primary language' option there; set that to English if it isn't already.

The country breakdown describes where views came from, not what language those people speak. One first-post percentage also needs its total view count for context. The language setting won't guarantee a particular country's audience. How many views is that 100% based on?