If you're not visiting Reddit regularly, you're missing out. It's a fantastic way to find articles that interest you, discover new passions, or simply discuss the biggest news stories of the day with other users.

It doesn't matter how obscure your interests are, there is almost certainly a section of the site dedicated to it. Everything from your favorite sports team to ancient Egyptian architecture has a subreddit, and there are now more than 2.8 million individual subreddits to choose from.

But can you make your Reddit experience even better? Of course, you can—just follow these awesome hacks!

1. Personalize Your Reddit Experience: Reddit Enhancement Suite

Reddit Enhancement suite

The most frequent criticism of the old Reddit site is that it looks like it's stuck in 2005. It's not exactly a highly polished, feature-laden offering, and some features may be dated. You can, however, switch to the newer version of Reddit.

The Reddit Enhancement Suite goes some way toward solving this problem for the older version; it's packed with cool tricks that make using Reddit more enjoyable. For instance, it includes an account switcher and a comment karma counter in the header, NSFW filters, comment previews, a subreddit tagger, and converts pages into endlessly-scrolling lists.

It's free to use and is available on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.

2. Get a Closer Look at Images: Imagus

There are loads of subreddits that are dedicated solely to imagery—for example, r/earthporn. It follows, therefore, that some people mainly use Reddit to look at images.

If you fall into that bracket, you can improve your experience by installing the Imagus browser plugin. It will enlarge thumbnails and show images or videos by simply hovering your mouse over the link.

3. View a Slideshow of Your Favorite Subreddit

Did you know you can view any picture-based subreddits in a slideshow? It's a great hack if you're not interested in reading any of the comments.

slideshow view in reddit page

It's really easy to do. Simply add a "P" to a subreddit's URL – so reddit.com/r/EarthPorn would become redditp.com/r/EarthPorn. In true slideshow style, you can change the speed at which the images rotate along with a few other settings.

4. Create a Multireddit or a Custom Feed

If you're a long-time Reddit user, there's a good chance you'll be subscribed to many subreddits. However, it's nearly impossible to keep track of all your favorite pages.

The solution is to use multireddits, which are personally curated collections of subreddits that act like another mini front page. However, do keep in mind that multireddit features are only available for the old Reddit page. The new Reddit version allows you to create custom feeds instead.

Create a Multireddit

If you're using the old Reddit version, here's how you can create a multireddit:

  1. Expand the multireddit tab on the extreme left of the screen and click Create.
  2. Give it a name and click Create again. You'll then be shown the multireddit's page.
  3. You can add subreddits by typing the name in the appropriate field on the right-hand side of the screen.
    Multireddits bar on the old Reddit page

Create a Custom Feed on Reddit

If you've switched to the new version of Reddit, you'll have the option to create custom feeds. Here's how to do this:

  1. Visit the subreddit of your choice. Navigate to About Community, and click the overflow menu (the three dots) on the top right of the box.
  2. Select Add To Custom Feed > Create A Custom Feed.
  3. Assign a name and tap Create.
  4. Select the feed and click Update to add the community to the feed. You can also create a custom feed from the drop-down menu on the Home page, and click on the "+" button.
    Create a custom feed on Reddit

You can explore the best parts of subreddits and participate to enhance your Reddit experience. You could use them to group subreddits around a similar topic or to collect your favorite ones into a single list. You can also incorporate a few other ways to customize your Reddit home feed.

If you want to switch to the old version of Reddit, click your profile icon, and go to User Settings > Beta Tests > Opt out of the redesign.

On the older version of Reddit, go to Preferences > Beta Options, and check the box for Use new Reddit as my default experience, if you wish to use the new version.

5. Add Widgets to Your Dashboard

Did you know that you could add widgets to your old-style Reddit dashboard? If you're using Reddit's older version, you can include these widgets or "shortcuts" to your favorite subreddits and view them in the dashboard. To do this, follow the steps listed below:

  1. Navigate to My Dashboard > +subreddit widget.
  2. Type in the subreddit(s) you wish to add, e.g. r/cricket.
  3. Assign a display name and click Add. You'll see the entire list of comments pop up in your dashboard.
  4. To collapse the widget, click on the "-" (minus) button in the top-right corner of the widget.
    Add a widget for multireddits

You can also add multireddits to your dashboard. Just click on the + icon in the top right corner, as illustrated above. Type ../me/m/[multireddit name] in the field labeled Subreddit (replacing [multireddit name] with whatever you assigned to your creation, for instance, "Football").

This will appear as a widget or mini-page on your dashboard. You can also add user widgets, search widgets, and mail widgets to sort your Reddit feed and make it more manageable.

6. Find Public Multireddits

If you can't be bothered going through the hassle of creating your own multireddits, you could subscribe to some existing multireddits that have been made public.

Once again, you'll need to navigate to the multireddit bar on the extreme right of your screen and click on Explore Multis (alternatively, navigate to reddit.com/r/multihub). Once you're there, you can use the Find Multireddits feature to find interesting content.

7. Keyword Search: Use Google Search Operators

Reddit's native search feature is notoriously poor. If you're looking for something specific, or you are frequently searching the site to find new content, it's better to make Google do the leg work instead.

The easiest solution is to make a keyword search for your browser. You can use popular Google search operators to find out the content you're looking for.

8. View Relevant Reddit Comments on Web Pages: Voat

Voat is a browser plugin that allows you to access Reddit comments easily from a subreddit or any webpage. You can also view relevant Reddit comments on YouTube videos.

Voat extension for Reddit

To get started, go to a subreddit or webpage, and tap the extension. It will turn blue once the URL has been submitted, and you can view relevant comments on a pop-up screen.

Voat is free to use. It is available for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera.

9. Save Comments and Threads

There is so much awesome content on Reddit that from time to time you'll want to save some of it. Thankfully, the site will let you save both individual comments and entire threads.

To save a whole thread, click Save underneath the thread's title from the subreddit's homepage. To save an individual comment, hit the Save button below it.

Save Reddit comments and threads

On the old version, you can find all your saved content by going to your profile page and clicking on the Saved tab at the top.

Hint: Bookmark this page and come back to it on a regular basis.

10. Finding New Content & Communities: Redditlist

How can you find cool new subreddits to subscribe to? Unsurprisingly, there are a few routes you can take.

If you wish to search for subreddits related to your interests, Redditlist makes it easy. It collects and keeps track of Reddit's most popular subreddits. You can filter them by type (NSFW or SFW). Just scroll down until you find one that looks interesting!

Collection of subreddits on the Redditlist website

In addition, check out Reddit's main subreddit list. It'll mix some of the currently trending subreddits in with the ones you currently subscribe to.

You could also try some of the subreddits dedicated to the subject of finding new subreddits. One of the popular subreddits is r/newreddits. You can check out some of the third-party services such as Subreddits.

How Do You Hack Reddit?

If you've been a user of Reddit for even a short while, you should know by now that it's a treasure trove of interesting facts, insightful articles, and just plain fun conversations.

If you're not using this site to its maximum potential though, now is the time to start. The list of Reddit hacks is almost endless. We hope these tips will make your Reddit experience more engaging and rewarding.