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09/05/2025 Friday

Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion platform founded in 2005, often referred to as "the front page of the internet." It was designed to provide an open, community-driven space for sharing content, discussions, and opinions across countless topics. Supporting features like upvotes/downvotes, subreddits (topic-specific communities), and moderators, Reddit enables users to engage in real-time conversations, share multimedia, and crowdsource information. It prioritizes anonymity and free expression while allowing communities to self-regulate through customizable rules. Integrated with third-party apps and available on web and mobile, Reddit is accessible for free with optional premium memberships.

Digital Forensics Value of iOS Reddit

The iOS Reddit app is a significant source of digital evidence in forensic investigations, as it stores various artifacts that can reveal user activity and interactions. Key forensic data includes cached content (temporarily stored images and videos), chat messages (both private and group conversations), contacts (user connections and followed accounts), direct channels (active communication threads), and posts. These artifacts provide insights into user behavior, social networks, and content engagement. Additionally, metadata such as timestamps, media content, and device information may further aid in reconstructing digital activities.

Location of iOS Reddit Artifact

Information related to the user’s Reddit can be found in the following locations:

/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<APP-GUID>/Library/Caches/com.reddit.Reddit/Cache.db
/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<APP-GUID>/Documents/release**/accountData/****ch/chat/v**/chat.sqlite
/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<APP-GUID>/Documents/release**/accountData/****ch/ostHistory

Analyzing iOS Reddit Artifact with ArtiFast

This section will discuss how to use ArtiFast to extract iOS Reddit artifacts from iOS and what digital forensic insights we can gain from them.

After you have created your case and added evidence for the investigation, at the Artifact Selection phase, you can select the iOS Reddit artifact.

Once ArtiFast parser plugins complete processing the artifact for analysis, it can be reviewed via “Artifact View” or “Timeline View,” with indexing, filtering, and searching capabilities. Below is a detailed description of iOS Reddit artifact in ArtiFast.

iOS Reddit Cache

• Date/Time: The cache entry creation date and time.
• Hash Value: The hash value of the cached request.
• Request Key: The identifying the cache request.
• Entry ID: Unique identifier for the cache entry.

iOS Reddit Contacts

• Time: The time when the account was created.
• User Name: The Reddit username.
• Real Name: The user’s real name.
• User ID: The user’s unique identifier.
• Profile Thumbnail URL: URL of the user profile picture’s thumbnail.
• Blocked by User: Indicates whether the profile is blocked by the user.
• NSFW Profile: Indicates whether the profile is marked as NSFW.
• Account Updated At: The date and time when the account was last updated.

iOS Reddit Chat Messages

• Time/Date: The message time and date.
• User ID: The user’s unique identifier.
• Channel ID: The channel's unique ID.
• Message Body: The text content of the message.
• Failed to Send Error: The error message if the message failed to send.
• Costume Type: The costume message type.
• GIF URL: The URL of the GIF sent message.
• Image URL: The URL of the sent image.
• Sendbird Message ID: The unique message identifier from Sendbird.
• Client Message ID: Client-side generated message ID.

iOS Reddit Calls

• Time/Date: The date and time when the channel was created.
• Channel ID: The channel's unique ID.
• Channel Name: The channel's name.
• Channel URL: The channel's URL.
• Joined: Indicates whether the user joined the channel.
• Has Messages From Network: Indicates if the channel has messages from the network.
• Matrix Room ID: Matrix protocol room ID.
• Costume Date: Costume data related to the channel.
• Members Count: The number of channel participants.
• Last Message ID: Unique message identifier of the last message in the channel.
• Inviter User ID: User ID of the person who invited the user.
• Draft Text: Draft message saved in the channel.
• Is Distinct: Indicates if the channel is distinct.
• Current User ID: Unique identifier of the current user.
• Logs Token: The login tokens for the channel.

iOS Reddit Post

• Post ID: The unique identifier of the post.
• Post URL: The post URL.

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