Founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, Reddit is the home of online communities ('subreddits') where over 70 million daily active users discuss, vote, and share interest-based content.
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Quick Facts
- Founded
- 2005
- Founders
- Steve Huffman & Alexis Ohanian
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Public Ticker
- NYSE: RDDT
About Reddit
Reddit was founded in 2005 by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian as part of Y Combinator's very first batch. The platform was built around user-generated content, upvoting/downvoting mechanisms, and interest-based communities called subreddits.
Reddit has grown into one of the internet's most visited websites, hosting over 100,000 active communities. In March 2024, Reddit went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RDDT). Its business model spans digital advertising, community marketplace features, API data licensing for AI training, and Reddit Premium subscriptions.
What Reddit Does
Community Platform
Interest-based discussion forums (subreddits) covering news, technology, gaming, entertainment, and niche topics.
Reddit Ads
Contextual and community-targeted ad platform for brands to reach passionate user communities.
Data API & AI Licensing
Licensing Reddit's vast corpus of authentic conversational data for AI model training and search.
Reddit Premium & Collectibles
Ad-free browsing subscription, avatar marketplace, and community contributor rewards.
Career Areas
Types of professional roles found inside Reddit.
- Software Engineering (Infrastructure/Web/Mobile)
- Product Management
- Data Science & Machine Learning
- Product Design & UX
- Ad Sales & Partnership Management
- Safety & Community Operations
- Marketing & Communications
- People Operations
Reddit's History
- 2005Founded
Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian launch Reddit through Y Combinator's inaugural startup batch.
- 2006Acquired by Condé Nast
Acquired by Condé Nast publisher Advance Publications, later spun off as an independent entity in 2011.
- 2015Steve Huffman Returns as CEO
Co-founder Steve Huffman returns as CEO to modernise app architecture and monetization.
- 2020WallStreetBets Boom
Reddit communities like r/wallstreetbets gain massive global economic and news prominence.
- 2024NYSE IPO
Reddit lists on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol RDDT.
Purpose & Values
“To bring community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone in the world”
