Top Indicators

What indicators people cite when judging whether an image is AI. Counts are in mentions — one per indicator per comment. A single comment can mention several indicators across several categories, so category totals sum to more than the number of comments. Phrases are alias-resolved, so merged indicators (see Curate → Merge) collapse into their canonical form (e.g. '3 hands' and 'weird hands' may have been merged, and each counted simply toward 'Hands'). The two over-time charts go a step further: each post is counted once per indicator (not once per comment), so a single viral post can't dominate a trend. Every chart and the table can be filtered by the medium of the post (video / image / text / other — classified from Reddit's flags plus the link itself); "All media" is always exactly the sum of the four.

Top 10 indicators over time

Hands98 mergedShadow70 mergedOlder content7 mergedPhotoshopped3 mergedYellow filter31 merged'AI style'2 mergedBackground25 mergedReflection11 merged'Vibes'2 mergedLighting32 merged
The ten most-cited indicators overall, each tracked over time. Click a name in the legend to inspect that indicator.

Top indicators

IndicatorCategoryComments
Hands98 mergedAnatomy2,637
Older content7 mergedMeta1,489
Shadow70 mergedPhysics1,392
Photoshopped3 mergedStyle890
Yellow filter31 mergedMeta833
Reflection11 mergedArtifacts729
'AI style'2 mergedArtifacts660
'AI voice'6 mergedStyle590
Background25 mergedContext512
Lighting32 mergedStyle497
Movement37 mergedMotion477
Teeth18 mergedAnatomy473
'Vibes'2 mergedMeta426
Inconsistent details17 mergedText & Detail410
Warped Text14 mergedText & Detail393
Appearance12 mergedAnatomy316
Face19 mergedAnatomy301
Camera movement1 mergedMotion263
video too long9 mergedMeta234
Artifacts3 mergedArtifacts231
Perspective30 mergedPhysics231
Watermarks40 mergedMeta171
AI enhancedMeta152
Resolution39 mergedMeta147
Skin23 mergedAnatomy123
upscalingArtifacts110
upscaled imageArtifacts108
weird eyes1 mergedAnatomy105
Lines17 mergedArtifacts102
video compressionArtifacts97
uncanny valleyStyle94
fur2 mergedAnatomy88
same clothesArtifacts85
optical illusionPhysics79
weird ear2 mergedAnatomy78
missing limbs3 mergedAnatomy75
weird hair1 mergedAnatomy74
weird textures2 mergedStyle74
too perfectStyle73
Behaviour23 mergedContext69

Mentions by category

Total mentions in each taxonomy category. A comment can contribute to several categories. Noise = phrases marked as non-indicators; toggle it in with Show noise.

Mentions over time

Mentions per bucket, stacked by category. Toggle 100% to compare each period's mix regardless of volume.

Mentions by subreddit

Category mentions split by subreddit, to compare what each community focuses on.

How indicators were found

Where each indicator row came from — LLM extraction, semantic expansion, or keyword match.

Example comments

Example comments aren't shown in this public edition. To stay within Reddit's content terms, the public site serves aggregate data only — no verbatim comments or usernames. Run Uncanny Atlas yourself to browse them. Why, and how →