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title: "What's Reddit Gold and why do people “give” Reddit Gold?"  
description: "What's Reddit Gold and why do people “give” Reddit Gold?"  
author: "Austin Dcruz"  
published: 2022-02-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96101/what-s-reddit-gold-and-why-do-people-give-reddit-gold  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["reddit", "troubleshooting", "reddit gold"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What's Reddit Gold and why do people “give” Reddit Gold?

What's Reddit [Gold](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31705/what-is-sovereign-gold-bond-scheme) and why do [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health) “give” Reddit Gold?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![What](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1e98f15b-8037-49a3-ba66-f6cf9b30daf2/images/87456a1f-87d0-4159-9b76-5235d29ebdba.jpeg) **\**

- **[Reddit](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96105/how-can-you-use-reddit-to-increase-your-traffic) Gold** is a premium Reddit membership. Gold used to cost $3.99 per month or $29.99 per year, and if you signed up for it back then, you're still considered a 'legacy subscriber.' Reddit premium, on the other hand, is now $5.99 a month for everyone else.
- You can donate gold to other Reddit members with your premium account as a reward for good posting or simply because you like them. If you wanted to confuse an enemy, you could certainly offer it to them as well.
- When someone makes a particularly smart or amusing post, the Reddit community has a long-standing custom of awarding gold as a means of saying 'excellent job.' Regardless of whether the topic matter is awful, touching, or hysterical, Reddit Gold is a great equaliser, granted in threads.
- When it comes to receiving Gold, only the quality of your posting matters.

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