r/ModSupport • u/Bitmango_Games • 1h ago
r/BubblePop doesn't appear in the search bar dropdown, even though settings look correct
Hello admins,
I moderate r/BubblePop, a community for the game Bubble Pop. When users type the game's name into the Reddit search bar, our community does not appear in the community suggestions dropdown. Other communities with very low activity do appear, so this doesn't seem to be a traffic threshold issue.
Here's what I've already checked:
- Community settings (from r/BubblePop/about.json):
- over18: false
- subreddit_type: public
- allow_discovery: true
- quarantine: false
Autocomplete API: When logged in as the moderator, /api/subreddit_autocomplete_v2.json?query=bubblepop&include_over_18=true does return r/BubblePop as the first result. However, since I'm a moderator and subscriber, I'm not sure whether this reflects what regular users see.
Non-subscriber test:Tested with an account that hasn't joined r/BubblePop, and the community does not appear in the search dropdown.
For context, the community was created about three weeks ago (late September 2026) and currently has 2 subscribers.
Could you check whether r/BubblePop is being excluded from search suggestions for any reason (e.g., new community filtering or a spam flag), and let me know if there's anything I can do on my end to make it discoverable?
Thanks for your help!