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Key Takeaways

  • You can customize your Reddit avatar to stand out by selecting outfits, hair, and more elements for free on the app or website.
  • There's a difference between the Reddit avatar and profile picture options: an avatar is a customized Snoo, while your profile picture is an uploaded image.
  • You can easily customize your avatar, but changing your profile picture requires you to use your profile settings.

You can customize your Reddit profile to represent your personality, including changing your Reddit avatar or profile picture. Here's how you can edit and set your avatar so that your profile stands out a bit more.

Reddit Avatar vs. Profile Picture: What's the Difference?

Most Reddit users opt for an avatar, which is a customized version of the platform's mascot Snoo. As such, your avatar is a personal take on this small alien. Everyone gets a default avatar that they can customize.

However, you can also use a profile picture on Reddit, like any other social media website. This involves uploading a picture you have from your device.

While you can create a Reddit Avatar for free, there are also premium options for those who purchase them. Many of these are NFTs, but there are also specific clothing or style items that are available to Reddit Premium subscription users.

How to Change Your Reddit Avatar

Styling your Reddit avatar is easy and you can do it in the app or on the Reddit website.

To access your avatar style options on the app, follow these steps:

  1. On the home screen, click the yellow avatar icon in the top right.
  2. In the popup menu, select the Create Avatar button. If you already have an avatar, you can choose the Style Avatar button instead.
  3. Reddit will take you to its avatar shop. To create your avatar with free elements, tap the Edit tab at the top.
  4. Here you will be able to select outfits, hair, facial features, and more. Once you're done selecting your elements, tap Save and then Confirm to display your new avatar.

The steps are similar on the website, but the user interface is slightly different.

To change your profile picture on the Reddit website, follow these steps:

  1. Select the profile icon at the top right of the website and select Create Avatar.
    create avatar option on reddit website
  2. You can use the Explore, Style, and You tabs to add elements to your avatar.
    styling reddit avatar on website
  3. When you're done, click Save. Your profile will start displaying your new avatar.

Any time you want to go back and edit your avatar, you can just click on your profile icon and choose Style Avatar.

How to Change Your Reddit Profile Picture

The process of changing your Reddit profile picture is quite different compared to changing your avatar. To edit your profile picture, you need to access your profile settings.

A Reddit profile picture can be more personal, so you may not want to use it if you want to keep your Reddit profile private.

To change your Reddit profile picture on the app, follow these steps:

  1. On the Reddit home tab, tap the profile icon in the top right.
  2. From the popup menu, select My profile.
  3. On your profile page, tap the Edit button. On the Edit Profile page, select the pen icon below your avatar.
  4. To upload a profile picture, select the Pick image option. This will open your phone's gallery and you can select an image from there.
  5. Once you have selected an image, tap the Add button.
  6. Don't forget to tap the Save button to update your profile.

This will save your new profile picture to your account.

To upload a profile on the Reddit website, the steps vary slightly:

  1. On the Reddit home page, click your profile icon in the top right and select User Settings.
    reddit user settings
  2. On the next page, select the Profile tab. Then scroll down to Avatar and banner image.
    reddit user settings on website including images
  3. Select the plus icon to upload a profile picture. This will open your computer's file explorer so that you can choose an image.
  4. Once your image is uploaded, your profile will automatically update with your new profile picture.

And that's all you need to do to customize the profile image of your Reddit account. If you ever feel like a change again, you can swap between your avatar or profile image. You can also restore your avatar to a default if you want to start from scratch.