Short answer: agencies get up to 100 points from six criteria anyone can check on the agency's own website, with the most weight (30) on whose Reddit accounts post and whether readers are told it is the brand. Our Reddit-in-Google numbers come from our own snapshot of Google's first page for 1,360 buyer searches in 20 niches (US, English, desktop, 13 November 2026). AI numbers come from ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews answering nine Reddit SEO questions every day.
How we rank agencies
Who is on the lists
- Ranked: agencies whose own site has a page (or a clearly named section) selling work in the Reddit threads that rank in Google or that AI answers cite. A blog post about Reddit SEO is not a service.
- Reviewed, not ranked: agencies whose own site sells upvotes or paid engagement, or sends buyers to services that do. We still describe them, because buyers ask about them.
- Not on this site: agencies that sell only general Reddit marketing (see threadagencies.com) or only Reddit Ads (see communityadsagencies.com).
- Same company, two brands: one entry. Karma Alien's site says it is "A service of Obility"; we list them once.
The rubric
Whose Reddit accounts post, and whether readers are told it is the brand.
A monthly price or range on the agency's own site.
Named clients with Reddit results in Google or AI answers.
How long you are locked in.
How often ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews name the agency on Reddit SEO questions.
Whether reports show the threads' Google positions or AI citations.
| Criterion | Points | How it is scored |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts and disclosure | 30 | 30 — the client's own or branded accounts, and the agency states that it discloses. 20 — a stated disclosure policy or employee/real-person accounts with affiliation shown, for all or part of the work. 10 — agency-held, persona or aged accounts with no general disclosure. 5 — not published. 0 — sells upvotes or paid engagement, or links buyers to such services (not ranked). |
| Published price | 20 | 20 — a monthly price or range on the agency's own site. 10 — a partial signal: a price only inside a wider plan, or figures whose meaning is unclear. 0 — not published. |
| Proof of Reddit work | 20 | 20 — a named client with Reddit results in Google or AI answers. 10 — anonymised cases with such results, or named clients with other Reddit results. 5 — testimonials only, or proof that is not about Reddit. 0 — none. |
| Contract terms | 15 | 15 — month to month. 10 — a minimum of 3 months or less. 5 — 6 months or longer. 3 — not published. |
| AI recognition | 10 | Answers naming the agency among 612 answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews to nine Reddit SEO questions, 22 October – 13 November 2026. 10 — 90+; 7 — 40–89; 4 — 15–39; 2 — 1–14; 0 — none. |
| Reports threads in Google / AI | 5 | 5 — the agency says its reports show thread positions in Google or AI citations. 2 — general reporting. 0 — not published. |
Ties are broken by the number of AI answers naming the agency, then by points for accounts and disclosure. The same rubric scores every agency, including Verticality, which is connected to this site (see about).
OutreachBloom87
Discovered Labs74
Siege Media72
Verticality67
ReddiReach64
Red-engage61
Growthner60
Scalerrs60
Karma Alien60
GrowReddit59Each bar is out of 100. Rubric: methodology. Facts checked 13 Nov 2026.
Show as a table
| Agency | Accounts & disclosure | Published price | Proof of Reddit work | Contract terms | AI recognition | Reports threads in Google / AI | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OutreachBloom | 30 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 87 |
| SAASY LINKS | 10 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 80 |
| Discovered Labs | 10 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 74 |
| Siege Media | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 72 |
| Verticality | 20 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 67 |
| ReddiReach | 20 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 64 |
| CommunityMentions | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 62 |
| Red-engage | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 61 |
| Growthner | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 60 |
| Scalerrs | 20 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 60 |
| Karma Alien | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 60 |
| GrowReddit | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 59 |
Where agency facts come from
- The agency's own website, read directly: its Reddit SEO page, pricing page, case studies, terms and FAQ. Every fact links to the page we read it on. Where a site blocks automated reading, we use an archived copy and say so.
- Clutch and LinkedIn for address and founding year, when the agency's site does not publish them.
- What we do not use: other "best agencies" lists, star ratings without reviews behind them, and anything an agency says about a competitor.
Unknown facts are written as "not published". We do not estimate prices. A Clutch minimum project size is not a monthly price and we never present it as one.
How we count AI mentions
Our AI-answer tracking asks nine Reddit SEO questions every day ("Best Reddit SEO agencies", "Which agencies use Reddit to improve Google rankings?", "Alternatives to Single Grain for Reddit SEO services" and six more) to ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. For 22 October – 13 November 2026 that gave 612 answers. We count an answer once per agency if its text contains the agency's name or domain. "Reddit Agency" is counted only by domain, because two different agencies use the name. Karma Alien's count includes answers naming its parent, Obility.
How we measure Reddit in Google
Keywords
- Public keyword data only, no client lists: DataForSEO Labs keyword suggestions for Google US, English, monthly volume of 50 or more. Navigational searches and searches containing "reddit", "quora", "forum", "login", "near me" or "jobs" are removed.
- 20 niches, from B2B SaaS and CRM to home services, insurance and supplements. Each niche starts from 4–5 category phrases ("crm software", "project management software"), then adds buyer modifiers ("hubspot vs", "asana alternatives", "is pet insurance worth it", "roof replacement cost").
- One search per word set ("crm software best" and "best crm software" count once), up to 70 per niche, off-topic matches removed by hand.
Snapshot settings
- Google, United States, English, desktop, depth 10, AI Overview loaded, all on 13 November 2026, through DataForSEO's SERP API.
- A snapshot is kept only if it reports between 50 and 1,000 results: outside that range the data provider sometimes returns a shifted page. Shifted snapshots were re-requested up to three times; 8 searches were left out.
- Inside a niche, a search whose top 10 shares 6 or more URLs with a higher-volume search is treated as the same search and left out of the shares (32 cases). 1,360 searches remain.
What counts as "Reddit on page one"
- Organic: a reddit.com result in the top 10 organic results.
- Discussions and forums: a reddit.com thread in Google's forum block.
- AI Overview cites Reddit: a reddit.com URL among the AI Overview's sources. Only Overviews whose source list loaded are counted (1,303 of the Overviews).
- Not counted: pages that only borrow Reddit's name, such as "Best Facial Cleanser — Reddit Reviews" on another site. We found six of those in the top 10.
Confidence intervals are 95% Wilson intervals. With 64–70 searches per niche, a niche's share carries about ±10–12 points; the all-niche figure, about ±3.
an organic Reddit result on page one
a Reddit result in the top 3
Reddit in the "Discussions and forums" box
AI Overview cites a Reddit thread
Share of 1,360 searches, Google US desktop, 13 Nov 2026. Counting every placement, Reddit was somewhere on page one for 73% of them.
Limits
- One snapshot per search on one date, desktop, signed out. Rankings move from day to day; we re-run the measurement every quarter and log changes on the changelog.
- The keyword mix sets the level. Our first pilot set, mostly plain category terms, gave 39%; adding buyer modifiers gave 48%. That is why we publish the split by type of search.
- Each niche is "buyer searches around these products", not the whole niche.
Corrections
Agencies can send corrections to editors@threadseoagencies.com with a link to the page on their own site that shows the new fact. We update the entry and the date, and log the change. We change a score when the published fact changes, not because an agency asks.
FAQ
How do you rank Reddit SEO agencies?
On six criteria worth 100 points: accounts and disclosure (30), published price (20), proof of Reddit work (20), contract terms (15), AI recognition (10) and whether reports show thread positions or AI citations (5). Facts come from each agency's own website.
Do agencies pay to be listed?
No. Agencies do not pay for inclusion or position. Verticality is connected to this site and is scored on the same rubric; see about.
How often is the data updated?
Agency facts and AI counts every month; the Reddit-in-Google measurement every quarter. Every page shows the date of the last check.
Why does whose accounts post count for 30 points?
Because that is where the risk sits for the buyer. Reddit's Rule 2 asks users to "participate authentically" and not to engage in "content manipulation" (Reddit Rules); a brand recommended by accounts that do not say they work for it is what gets called out, removed or banned.