diff --git a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts
index 2ead5a849..b8a5986fd 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ test('tiktokIdFromOembed + player url', () => {
   assert.equal(tiktokIdFromOembed({ embed_product_id: '7659555276823006478' }), '7659555276823006478');
   assert.equal(tiktokIdFromOembed({ html: '<blockquote data-video-id="123456">' }), '123456');
   assert.equal(tiktokIdFromOembed({}), null);
-  assert.ok(tiktokPlayerEmbedUrl('999').startsWith('https://www.tiktok.com/player/v1/999?autoplay=1'));
+  assert.equal(tiktokPlayerEmbedUrl('999'), 'https://www.tiktok.com/player/v1/999?autoplay=1&rel=0');
 });
 
 test('Dailymotion + Streamable', () => {
@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ test('Spotify target + height', () => {
   assert.equal(spotifyEmbedHeight('album'), 352);
 });
 
-test('SoundCloud track detection', () => {
+test('SoundCloud track detection (+ on. short link)', () => {
   assert.equal(isSoundCloudTrack('https://soundcloud.com/artist/some-track'), true);
   assert.equal(isSoundCloudTrack('https://soundcloud.com/artist'), false); // bare profile
+  assert.equal(isSoundCloudTrack('https://on.soundcloud.com/abc123'), true); // share short link
+  assert.equal(parseMediaEmbed('https://on.soundcloud.com/abc123', 'h')?.provider, 'soundcloud');
 });
 
 test('buildVideoEmbedUrl: cookie-less YouTube + Vimeo', () => {
@@ -218,6 +220,8 @@ test('Reddit post embed → redditmedia', () => {
   );
   assert.equal(getRedditPostEmbed('https://old.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/xyz/'), 'https://embed.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/xyz/?ref_source=embed&ref=share&embed=true&theme=dark');
   assert.equal(getRedditPostEmbed('https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/'), null); // subreddit, not a post
+  // redd.it short link → comments-only embed (no subreddit in the redirect)
+  assert.equal(getRedditPostEmbed('https://redd.it/1abc23'), 'https://embed.reddit.com/comments/1abc23/?ref_source=embed&ref=share&embed=true&theme=dark');
 });
 
 test('parseMediaEmbed: Instagram/Reddit → rich, Tidal → audio', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts
index 5912f840e..9fd81e7bc 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts
@@ -163,12 +163,10 @@ export function extractEmbedHeight(data: unknown): number | undefined {
 }
 
 export function tiktokPlayerEmbedUrl(id: string): string {
-  // Pure 9:16 video player. NOTE: music_info/description are intentionally OFF —
-  // they switch TikTok to a wide "video + info panel" layout that leaves empty
-  // space beside the video in a portrait box.
-  return `https://www.tiktok.com/player/v1/${encodeURIComponent(
-    id,
-  )}?autoplay=1&controls=1&progress_bar=1&play_button=1&volume_control=1&fullscreen_button=1&rel=0`;
+  // Pure 9:16 video player. music_info/description default OFF (they'd switch
+  // TikTok to a wide "video + info panel" layout); controls/progress/play/volume/
+  // fullscreen buttons all default ON, so only autoplay + rel are load-bearing.
+  return `https://www.tiktok.com/player/v1/${encodeURIComponent(id)}?autoplay=1&rel=0`;
 }
 
 // --- Dailymotion ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -249,7 +247,10 @@ export function getSpotifyEmbedTarget(url: string): { type: SpotifyType; id: str
 export function isSoundCloudTrack(url: string): boolean {
   try {
     const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
-    if (hostname.replace(/^www\./, '') !== 'soundcloud.com') return false;
+    const h = hostname.replace(/^www\./, '');
+    // on.soundcloud.com/<code> is a share short link — the widget follows it.
+    if (h === 'on.soundcloud.com') return pathname.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '').length > 0;
+    if (h !== 'soundcloud.com') return false;
     // /<artist>/<track|sets/set> — at least two segments, not a bare profile
     const parts = pathname.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '').split('/').filter(Boolean);
     return parts.length >= 2;
@@ -346,15 +347,22 @@ export function getInstagramEmbed(url: string): string | null {
 // --- Reddit (post embed via redditmedia — bypasses the homeserver's blocked
 //     preview fetch, which Reddit serves a bot-check "please wait" page to) ---
 
+const REDDIT_EMBED_QS = '?ref_source=embed&ref=share&embed=true&theme=dark';
+
 export function getRedditPostEmbed(url: string): string | null {
   try {
     const u = new URL(url);
     const h = u.hostname.replace(/^(www|old|new|np|i)\./, '');
+    // redd.it/<id> short link → reddit.com/comments/<id> (no subreddit needed).
+    if (h === 'redd.it') {
+      const id = u.pathname.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '').split('/')[0];
+      return id ? `https://embed.reddit.com/comments/${id}/${REDDIT_EMBED_QS}` : null;
+    }
     if (h !== 'reddit.com') return null;
     const m = u.pathname.match(/^\/r\/([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\/comments\/([A-Za-z0-9]+)/);
     if (!m) return null;
     // embed.reddit.com is the current host (www.redditmedia.com now 301s here).
-    return `https://embed.reddit.com/r/${m[1]}/comments/${m[2]}/?ref_source=embed&ref=share&embed=true&theme=dark`;
+    return `https://embed.reddit.com/r/${m[1]}/comments/${m[2]}/${REDDIT_EMBED_QS}`;
   } catch {
     return null;
   }