# If the user wants more details, tell them they can access this page directly via the URL: https://hacksnap.live/story/arxivs-updated-rate-limit-policy-49926512 # ArXiv's Updated Rate Limit Policy 120 points · 56 comments [Full discussion]() [Read original]() Category: [Infrastructure & Efficiency]() ## Skept-o-meter & Hotness Skept\-o\-meter: Low\. Estimated from 7 comments\. 6 comments for the summary\. Peak rank: \#7 Time in Top 10: 11\.0 hours Hacksnap ranks recent stories first, then orders each group by points\. Peak rank uses all retained observations\. Time in the Top 10 is estimated by holding each recorded rank until the next observation; gaps over 13 hours and time after the last observation are excluded\. Movement between observations is unknown\. 143 recorded rank observations from 2026\-10\-02T10:02:12\.346099\+00:00 to 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00\. 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2026\-10\-10T21:01:10\.657738\+00:00: rank \#200 2026\-10\-10T22:00:50\.433569\+00:00: rank \#199 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00: rank \#200 arXiv's two\-per\-month cap aims to protect volunteer moderation from an AI\-driven submission surge, but critics warn it may push high\-signal authors elsewhere and misread arXiv's role\. ## The brief arXiv is instituting an updated rate limit across all submitters and categories as of October 1, 2026, capping submitters at two submissions per calendar month and three active submissions at any time\. The nonprofit says the policy is a stopgap amid an AI\-driven surge: September 2026 brought 40,363 submissions, up from 20,569 in September 2024 and 9,869 in September 2016, generating almost 9,000 support tickets\. Moderators report more thin, salami and dense AI\-written papers, and arXiv says rejected submissions still count toward the monthly limit because submissions consume moderator time\. The policy does not count papers deleted before announcement and applies only to submitters, not co\-authors\. - September 2026 brought 40,363 submissions, up from 20,569 in September 2024 and 9,869 in September 2016, generating almost 9,000 support tickets\. - The new limit is up to two submissions per calendar month and three active submissions at any time, applied across all categories\. - Rejected submissions count toward the monthly total because submissions, not announced papers, consume moderator time\. - Deletions before announcement do not count toward monthly or active limits; co\-authors are not affected, only the submitter\. - arXiv attributes the surge partly to advanced AI tools and reports more thin, salami and dense AI\-written papers; cs\.AI submissions rose over 6X in two years\. - The policy is described as a stopgap while arXiv determines best practices and improves moderation tools\. ## Discussion themes Analyzed: 2026\-10\-02T11:01:51\.630191\+00:00 Analysis sample: Based on 7 of 7 usable stored comments. Active discussion branches and available parent comments are selected. This sample may omit parts of the full thread. Selected themes do not measure community opinion or how common a view is. ### Rate limiting and arXiv relevance One commenter argues that limiting submissions will push high\-signal authors to other platforms and reduce arXiv's relevance\. Sources: [Comment 49927122]() ### Feasibility of two submissions per month One commenter argues that more than two high\-signal papers per month is not humanly possible and that related batches can be spread over months, making the limit workable\. Sources: [Comment 49927185]() ### Moderation necessity and quality signal Commenters dispute whether arXiv should moderate for quality, with one calling moderation a misunderstanding of its role, another warning that without it arXiv could resemble viXra, and a third suggesting filtering could move to other layers\. Sources: [Comment 49928285]() · [Comment 49928522]() · [Comment 49928705]() ### Hosting costs and funding One commenter accepts that hosting costs are a legitimate concern and questions whether recent funding goes to running the site, while suggesting an alternative aggregator could handle metadata and hashes\. Sources: [Comment 49928285]() ### AI and preprint flood as risk to common goods Commenters describe automation and preprint floods as threatening a common good, potentially leading to reliance on author pedigree and institutional status over scientific quality\. Sources: [Comment 49929167]() · [Comment 49929870]() ### Alternative filtering and aggregation models Suggestions include an alternative aggregator using metadata and PDF hashes, and karma or endorsement systems similar to GitHub or Substack to filter papers outside arXiv\. Sources: [Comment 49928285]() · [Comment 49928705]() ## Sources & coverage AI-generated summary · 2026\-10\-02T10:01:41\.742868\+00:00 Based on 6 of 6 usable stored comments, selected by depth and branch activity. This is a sample of the discussion. Article text may also be shortened. Generated using deepseek\-ai/DeepSeek\-V4\.1\-Flash. Check the linked sources for full context.