Reddit: “Welcome to the front page of the internet.

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An information aggregator

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By Falcon Bigney
Community
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 Percentage of
U.S. internet
users, by age
group, who use
Reddit (as of
January 2018)

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Interact with
people all around
the world
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Connection
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Uses:
oVoice an opinion
oNews
oEntertainment
oConnecting

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I would not and do
not use Reddit.

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 Most popular subreddits on Reddit
Rank Category Thread Followers
1. Humor “/r/funny” 3,713,299
2. Images, Gifs, and Videos “/r/pics” 3,634,681
3. Discussion and Stories “/r/askreddit” 3,461,705
4. Learning and Thinking “/r/todayilearned” 3,319,855
5. News and Issues “/r/worldnews” 3,310,493
6. Emotional Reaction Fuel “/r/wtf” 3,134,518
7. Entertainment/Gaming “/r/gaming” 3,100,154
8. Technology “/r/technology” 3,000,439
9. Entertainment/Other “/r/movies” 2,570,277
10. Race, Gender, and Identity “/r/atheism” 1,948,012
11. Sports “/r/nfl” 1,568,987
12. Lifestyle and Help “/r/protips” 476,370
13. Entertainment/Television “/r/gameofthrones” 186,686
14. Places “/r/Canada” 103,318
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 Founders:
Steve Huffman
Co-founder/CEO

Alexis Ohanian
Co-founder
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330M+ average 14B average
138K active
monthly active monthly screen
communities
users views

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