Reddit Saved Posts Disappeared?

If your Reddit saved posts disappeared, you're not alone. Every week, thousands of Redditors open their saved list and realize that posts they saved months or years ago are simply gone. No warning, no notification, no explanation. The posts look like they vanished into thin air. But here's the thing: Reddit didn't delete your saves. In almost every case, the cause is Reddit's hidden 1,000-item display limit. Reddit only shows your most recent 1,000 saved items (posts and comments combined) in the saved list. Once you save your 1,001st item, the oldest one drops off the visible list. Save ten more, and ten more disappear from view. The posts are still technically saved on Reddit's servers - if you visit the original URL directly, it will still show as saved - but there is no interface anywhere on Reddit that will list them for you.

Reddit's API and interface both enforce this limit. When you go to reddit.com/user/YOUR_USERNAME/saved, the page only loads your most recent 1,000 items. There's no "page 2" button, no way to scroll further back, and no setting to change this behavior. It works the same on the website, old Reddit, the official mobile app, and every third-party Reddit client. The limit has existed for over a decade, and Reddit has never acknowledged it as a bug or announced plans to change it. If you've been an active Redditor for more than a year and save posts regularly, you have almost certainly lost access to older saves this way. The average active Redditor saves 2-5 posts per week, which means you hit the limit in under four years of casual saving.

While the 1,000-item limit is by far the most common cause, there are other reasons your Reddit saved posts might have disappeared. The post was deleted: if the author deleted their post or a moderator removed it, your save still exists but the content shows as [deleted] or [removed]. The subreddit went private or was banned: saves from banned or private communities become inaccessible. You accidentally unsaved it: the save button is a toggle and it is easy to tap it twice without realizing, which unsaves the post with no undo. Wrong account: if you have multiple Reddit accounts, your saves belong to whichever account you were logged into when you saved the post. Stale app cache: the Reddit mobile app sometimes shows an incomplete list due to caching issues. Try loading reddit.com/user/YOUR_USERNAME/saved in a desktop browser as the definitive check.

Technically, yes. The 1,000-item limit is a design decision, not a technical constraint. Reddit could display all saved items if they chose to. But the saved posts feature has received essentially zero development attention in over a decade. Reddit's priorities are the main feed algorithm, advertising, and community moderation tools - features that drive engagement and revenue. A better saved posts experience doesn't serve those goals. There are no known plans to increase the limit, add search, or add organization features to the saved list. If managing your saves matters to you, a third-party tool is not a workaround - it's the only option.