diff --git a/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.service.js b/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.service.js
index e59273f478..83a0f6a719 100644
--- a/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.service.js
+++ b/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.service.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const schema = Joi.object({
   }).required(),
 }).required()
 
-module.exports = class SubredditSubscribers extends BaseJsonService {
+module.exports = class RedditSubredditSubscribers extends BaseJsonService {
   static get category() {
     return 'social'
   }
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ module.exports = class SubredditSubscribers extends BaseJsonService {
       url: `https://www.reddit.com/r/${subreddit}/about.json`,
       errorMessages: {
         404: 'subreddit not found',
+        403: 'subreddit is private',
       },
     })
   }
diff --git a/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.tester.js b/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.tester.js
index 9e4d12e3c7..b9d4265d55 100644
--- a/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.tester.js
+++ b/services/reddit/subreddit-subscribers.tester.js
@@ -23,3 +23,22 @@ t.create('subreddit-subscribers (not existing subreddit)')
     label: 'reddit',
     message: 'subreddit not found',
   })
+
+t.create('subreddit-subscribers (private sub)')
+  .get('/centuryclub.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'reddit',
+    message: 'subreddit is private',
+  })
+
+t.create('subreddit-subscribers (private sub)')
+  .get('/centuryclub.json')
+  .intercept(nock =>
+    nock('https://www.reddit.com/r')
+      .get('/centuryclub/about.json')
+      .reply(200, { kind: 't5', data: {} })
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'reddit',
+    message: 'subreddit not found',
+  })
diff --git a/services/reddit/user-karma.service.js b/services/reddit/user-karma.service.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8e0d0fa7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/reddit/user-karma.service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const Joi = require('@hapi/joi')
+const { nonNegativeInteger } = require('../validators')
+const { metric } = require('../text-formatters')
+const { BaseJsonService } = require('..')
+
+const schema = Joi.object({
+  data: Joi.object({
+    link_karma: nonNegativeInteger,
+    comment_karma: nonNegativeInteger,
+  }).required(),
+}).required()
+
+module.exports = class RedditUserKarma extends BaseJsonService {
+  static get category() {
+    return 'social'
+  }
+
+  static get route() {
+    return {
+      base: 'reddit/user-karma',
+      pattern: ':variant(link|comment|combined)/:user',
+    }
+  }
+
+  static get examples() {
+    return [
+      {
+        title: 'Reddit User Karma',
+        namedParams: { variant: 'combined', user: 'example' },
+        staticPreview: {
+          label: 'combined karma',
+          message: 56,
+          color: 'red',
+          style: 'social',
+        },
+      },
+    ]
+  }
+
+  static get defaultBadgeData() {
+    return {
+      label: 'reddit karma',
+      namedLogo: 'reddit',
+    }
+  }
+
+  static render({ variant, karma, user }) {
+    const label =
+      variant === 'combined'
+        ? `u/${user} karma`
+        : `u/${user} karma (${variant})`
+    return {
+      label,
+      message: metric(karma),
+      color: 'red',
+      link: [`https://www.reddit.com/u/${user}`],
+    }
+  }
+
+  async fetch({ user }) {
+    return this._requestJson({
+      schema,
+      url: `https://www.reddit.com/u/${user}/about.json`,
+      errorMessages: {
+        404: 'user not found',
+      },
+    })
+  }
+
+  transform({ json, variant }) {
+    let karma
+    if (variant === 'link') {
+      karma = json.data.link_karma
+    } else if (variant === 'comment') {
+      karma = json.data.comment_karma
+    } else {
+      const total = json.data.link_karma + json.data.comment_karma
+      karma = total
+    }
+
+    return { karma }
+  }
+
+  async handle({ variant, user }) {
+    const json = await this.fetch({ user })
+    const { karma } = this.transform({ json, variant })
+
+    return this.constructor.render({
+      variant,
+      karma,
+      user,
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/reddit/user-karma.tester.js b/services/reddit/user-karma.tester.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e02496e5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/reddit/user-karma.tester.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { isMetric } = require('../test-validators')
+const t = (module.exports = require('../tester').createServiceTester())
+
+t.create('user-karma (valid - link)')
+  .get('/link/user_simulator.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'u/user_simulator karma (link)',
+    message: isMetric,
+  })
+
+t.create('user-karma (valid - comment')
+  .get('/comment/user_simulator.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'u/user_simulator karma (comment)',
+    message: isMetric,
+  })
+
+t.create('user-karma (valid - combined)')
+  .get('/combined/user_simulator.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'u/user_simulator karma',
+    message: isMetric,
+  })
+
+t.create('user-karma (non-existing user)')
+  .get('/combined/thisuserdoesnotexistandhopefullyneverwill.json')
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'reddit karma',
+    message: 'user not found',
+  })
+
+t.create('user-karma (link - math check)')
+  .get('/link/user_simulator.json')
+  .intercept(nock =>
+    nock('https://www.reddit.com/u')
+      .get('/user_simulator/about.json')
+      .reply(200, { kind: 't2', data: { link_karma: 20, comment_karma: 80 } })
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'u/user_simulator karma (link)',
+    message: '20',
+  })
+
+t.create('user-karma (comment - math check)')
+  .get('/comment/user_simulator.json')
+  .intercept(nock =>
+    nock('https://www.reddit.com/u')
+      .get('/user_simulator/about.json')
+      .reply(200, { kind: 't2', data: { link_karma: 20, comment_karma: 80 } })
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'u/user_simulator karma (comment)',
+    message: '80',
+  })
+
+t.create('user-karma (combined - math check)')
+  .get('/combined/user_simulator.json')
+  .intercept(nock =>
+    nock('https://www.reddit.com/u')
+      .get('/user_simulator/about.json')
+      .reply(200, { kind: 't2', data: { link_karma: 20, comment_karma: 80 } })
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'u/user_simulator karma',
+    message: '100',
+  })
+
+t.create('user-karma (combined - missing data)')
+  .get('/combined/user_simulator.json')
+  .intercept(nock =>
+    nock('https://www.reddit.com/u')
+      .get('/user_simulator/about.json')
+      .reply(200, { kind: 't2', data: { link_karma: 20 } })
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'reddit karma',
+    message: 'invalid response data',
+  })