# How to Use AI to Repurpose Reddit Posts into Viral Content

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A Reddit thread just hit 12,000 upvotes. The comments are a goldmine — real stories, raw opinions, heated debates, genuine expertise. You screenshot it, think “this would make a great LinkedIn post,” and then… nothing happens. Because turning one Reddit post into five platform-native pieces of content takes hours you don’t have.

That’s the gap this post fills.

By the end, you’ll have a repeatable system for turning any Reddit thread into a full content flywheel — YouTube Shorts, TikTok hooks, Twitter threads, LinkedIn posts, Instagram captions — using AI to do the heavy lifting.

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Why Reddit Is a Content Goldmine (And Why Most People Miss It)

Reddit has 430+ million monthly users. It’s organized around specific interests (subreddits), which means the content is already filtered by topic. Every subreddit is a curated feed of ideas, opinions, and stories that people actually care about.

**The problem:**

– Most people consume Reddit passively

– They bookmark threads but never do anything with them

– The 3-hour task of repurposing feels worse than the 0-hour task of doing nothing

**The opportunity:**

– Reddit content is inherently engaging (upvoted by real people)

– Reddit stories are naturally shareable (“has anyone else experienced this?”)

– Reddit opinions are often contrarian in useful ways

– One great thread can fuel a week’s worth of content

If you’re a content creator, marketer, or founder who struggles to consistently produce content, Reddit is the cheat code you’re not using.

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The Reddit Repurposing Workflow: Before vs. After

**Before (manual):**

1. Find a Reddit thread worth repurposing

2. Screenshot or copy-paste the content

3. Manually rewrite it for LinkedIn (30 min)

4. Rewrite it again for Twitter (15 min)

5. Write a YouTube Shorts script (20 min)

6. Write an Instagram caption (10 min)

7. Adapt for Threads (10 min)

8. Total: 85+ minutes per thread

**After (AI-assisted with Bolta):**

1. Find a Reddit thread worth repurposing

2. Paste the URL into Bolta

3. AI generates 5 platform-native pieces of content in 60 seconds

4. Review, tweak, and publish

5. Total: 10 minutes per thread

That’s the difference between dreading content creation and treating it as a reliable, repeatable system.

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Step 1: Find the Right Reddit Threads

Not every Reddit thread is worth repurposing. Here’s how to find the ones that will actually perform:

**Look for threads with:**

– High upvote-to-comment ratio (engaged audience)

– Emotional resonance (relatable, funny, surprising, or controversial)

– Specific stories vs. abstract opinions (“I made $50K freelancing in 6 months” > “freelancing is hard”)

– Ask Reddit-style prompts (easy to extract stories from answers)

– r/ChangeMyView, r/progression, r/real\_estate, r/smallbusiness, r/entrepreneur — all goldmines

**Red flags:**

– Heavily edited posts (usually less authentic)

– AMA threads without clear takeaways

– Political threads (high risk of backlash)

– Anything you can’t verify or don’t understand well enough to comment on

**Pro tip:** Set up Reddit alerts for keywords in your niche. When a thread about your industry hits r/all, you want to know immediately.

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Step 2: Extract the Core Content

Once you’ve found a thread, you need to pull out the actual substance.

**What to capture:**

– The original post (the prompt or story)

– The top comments (real stories beat opinions)

– Any data points, statistics, or specific claims

– The emotional hook (why people cared)

**Quick method:** Copy the URL and let AI tools do the extraction. Bolta’s Reddit-to-content pipeline can take a URL and pull out the key themes, stories, and takeaways automatically — no manual copy-pasting.

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Step 3: Turn One Thread Into 5 Platform-Native Pieces

Here’s where the system pays off. One Reddit thread becomes:

LinkedIn Post
– Format: Story hook → the Reddit content → your take → call to action
– Length: 1,500-2,000 characters
– Tone: Professional but personal (no corporate voice)
– Example: “I saw a thread on Reddit last week that hit 15,000 upvotes. A freelancer shared exactly how they went from $0 to $50K in 6 months. Here’s what most people are getting wrong about freelancing…”

Twitter/X Thread
– Format: Hook tweet → 5-8 substantive tweets → close tweet with link
– Length: Each tweet 200-280 characters max
– Tone: Direct, punchy, opinionated
– Key: Don’t just copy the Reddit post. Add your own commentary and perspective.

YouTube Shorts Script
– Format: Visual hook (text on screen) → the story → the lesson
– Length: 45-55 seconds (perfect for Shorts)
– Tone: Conversational, fast-paced, direct
– Key: Lead with the most surprising or relatable part of the Reddit story

TikTok Script
– Format: Camera hook (speaking to camera) → “This is wild…” → the Reddit story → your reaction
– Length: 30-60 seconds
– Tone: Casual, authentic, slightly dramatic
– Key: TikTok audiences value realness over polish. Don’t over-produce.

Instagram Caption
– Format: Short hook → the story (broken into 2-3 sentences max) → hashtags
– Length: 150-300 characters for the caption body
– Tone: Conversational, relatable, personal
– Key: Instagram is visual-first. Use a screenshot of the Reddit thread as your image, add value with your caption.

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Step 4: Add Your Unique Perspective

Here’s the part most people skip — and it’s the most important step. Anyone can copy-paste a Reddit thread. What makes your content different is what YOU add to it.

**Ask yourself:**

– Have I had a similar experience?

– Do I agree or disagree with the Reddit consensus?

– What would I tell someone who just read this thread?

– What questions does this raise that I can answer?

Your perspective is what turns repurposed content into original content. A Reddit thread about “how to negotiate a raise” becomes an original LinkedIn post when you add your own negotiation story and the specific phrases that worked for you.

AI generates the foundation. You add the soul.

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Step 5: Automate the Repetitive Parts

Once you’ve done this manually a few times, you’ll notice patterns. The structure, the tone, the format — it’s all learnable. That’s exactly what AI does.

**What AI handles automatically:**

– Extracting content from a Reddit URL

– Rewriting for platform-specific character limits

– Adapting tone (LinkedIn vs. TikTok vs. Twitter)

– Generating multiple variations so you can A/B test

**What you still do:**

– Verify the Reddit content is accurate and appropriate

– Add your personal take and original commentary

– Make the final publish decision

– Engage with comments (this is irreplaceable)

The goal isn’t to remove yourself from the content creation process. It’s to remove the parts that waste your time — so you can focus on the parts that actually build an audience.

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The AI Reddit Workflow: A Real Example

Let’s walk through a concrete example:

**Reddit thread:** r/Entrepreneur — “I built a $10K/month freelance writing business in 8 months. Here’s what I learned.”

**AI-generated outputs (60 seconds):**

**LinkedIn:** Hook about hitting $10K/month → the 5 most actionable lessons from the thread → CTA to comment your number
**Twitter thread:** Hook tweet (“This freelancer went from $0 to $10K/month in 8 months”) → 6 numbered lessons → “The #1 thing that got them there was…”
**YouTube Shorts script:** “A Reddit user just revealed exactly how they hit $10K/month freelance. Thread…” (45-second script)
**TikTok script:** Camera-on, reacting to the thread with “okay but real talk — this is actually solid advice”
**Instagram:** 3-sentence story + hashtags

**Human additions:**

– Personal freelance experience (“I did something similar in 2022…”)

– Industry-specific nuance (“In B2B writing specifically, this third point is even more important…”)

– Counterpoints (“I actually disagree with #4 because…”)

One thread. 10 minutes of work. 5 pieces of content.

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Tools to Make This Work

You can build this workflow with:

– **Bolta** (Reddit URL → multi-platform content generation) — bolta.ai/public-apps/reddit-stories

– **Reddit** (source content)

– **ChatGPT or Claude** (optional secondary editing)

The key is choosing tools that reduce friction at every step. If your “workflow” requires you to manually copy between 5 different tools, you’ll stop doing it after week two.

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How Often Should You Repurpose Reddit Content?

**Recommended cadence:**

– 2-3 Reddit threads per week → 10-15 pieces of platform-native content per week

– That’s enough to maintain consistent posting without spending hours on content creation

**Quality over quantity:** One excellent repurposed thread beats five mediocre ones. Pick threads you genuinely find interesting. Your enthusiasm will come through in the content.

**Mix it up:** Don’t only repurpose Reddit. Use it as one input among many — your own experiences, industry news, competitor content, customer stories.

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Common Mistakes to Avoid

1. **Just copying without adding perspective** — Your audience follows you, not the Reddit thread. Always add your take.

2. **Repurposing without verifying** — Reddit threads can be fake, exaggerated, or misleading. Do a 30-second sanity check before building content around a claim.

3. **Ignoring the comments** — Often the best content in a Reddit thread is in the top comments, not the original post.

4. **Republishing without credit** — If you’re quoting a specific person, link back to the original thread. It’s good practice and good SEO.

5. **Over-automating** — AI generates drafts, not final content. Always review before publishing.

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The Bottom Line

Reddit is the most underutilized content source for creators and marketers. It’s free, it’s organized, it’s full of real stories that people actually engage with — and with AI, the 85-minute manual repurposing process becomes a 10-minute automated workflow.

The only thing stopping you is starting.

**Find a thread that resonates with your audience. Turn it into 5 pieces of content. Publish. Repeat.**

That’s the Reddit content flywheel. And with tools like Bolta, it runs itself.

**Ready to build your content flywheel?** [Try Bolta free](https://bolta.ai/signup) and connect a Reddit URL to generate platform-native posts for LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and more — in under a minute.