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{{for|the community in Ontario|Redditt}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{Infobox website | name = Reddit Inc. | logo = Reddit logo new.svg | logo alt = Reddit logo | screenshot = Reddit screenshot.png | caption = Homepage of Reddit in June 2018 | company_type = Private | website_type = [[Social news]] and [[social media|media]] [[Social network aggregation|aggregation]] | language = [[Multilingual]], primarily English | owner = [[Advance Publications]] (majority shareholder)<ref>{{cite web |title=About ADVANCE |url=https://www.advance.com/about_us.html |website=www.advance.com}}</ref> | foundation = {{Nowrap|{{Start date and age|2005|6|23}}<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/33809408@N00/315068778/in/photostream/| accessdate=August 28, 2014| title=Reddit on June23-05| date=2006-12-05}}</ref>}} | area_served = Worldwide | founder = [[Steve Huffman]], [[Aaron Swartz]] and [[Alexis Ohanian]] | location = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | key_people = Steve Huffman (co-founder and [[CEO]]) Jen Wong [[Chief operating officer|COO]] [[Christopher Slowe]] [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] | industry = [[Internet industry|Internet]], [[Online media|media]] | num_employees = 230 (July 2017) | revenue = | url = {{URL|https://www.reddit.com/}} | alexa = {{increasenegative}} 21 {{small|{{nowrap|(Global, {{as of|2019|04|03|alt=April 2019}})}}}}<ref name="alexa">{{cite web |title=Reddit.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors – Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com |website=www.alexa.com |accessdate=3 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> | advertising = [[Banner ads]], promoted links | registration = Optional (required to submit, comment, or vote) | current_status = Active | programming_language = [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[React (JavaScript library)|React]] (Reddit redesign) }} <!-- Please do not replace "Reddit" with "reddit", per MOS:TM --> '''Reddit''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|d|ɪ|t}}, stylized in its logo as '''reddit''') is an American [[social news]] [[Social network aggregation|aggregation]], web content [[rating site|rating]], and [[Internet forum#Discussion|discussion]] website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "subreddits", which cover a variety of topics including news, science, movies, video games, music, books, fitness, food, and image-sharing. Submissions with more up-votes appear towards the top of their subreddit and, if they receive enough votes, ultimately on the site's front page. Despite strict rules prohibiting harassment, Reddit's administrators spend considerable resources on moderating the site.<ref name=Ohlheiser/> As of March 2019, Reddit had 542 million monthly visitors (234 million unique users), ranking as the {{Numero|6}} most visited website in U.S. and {{Numero|21}} in the world, according to [[Alexa Internet]], with 53.9% of its user base coming from the [[United States]], followed by the [[United Kingdom]] at 8.2% and [[Canada]] at 6.3%.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com |title= Reddit.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate=February 28, 2018}}</ref> Reddit was founded by [[University of Virginia]] roommates [[Steve Huffman]] and [[Alexis Ohanian]] in 2005. [[Condé Nast Publications]] acquired the site in October 2006. In 2011, Reddit became an independent subsidiary of Condé Nast's parent company, [[Advance Publications]].<ref name="nyt-ap">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/business/media/reddit-thrives-after-advance-publications-let-it-sink-or-swim.html |title=Reddit Thrives Under Hands-Off Policy of Advance Publications |newspaper=The New York Times |date= September 2, 2012 |last=Carr|first=David|accessdate= March 22, 2019|quote=And when it became clear that Reddit was hamstrung in competition for leadership and engineers as part of Condé Nast, the company was spun out as an operationally independent subsidiary in 2011.}}</ref> Reddit is based in San Francisco, California.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Reddit-EI_IE796358.11,17.htm |title= Working at Reddit | publisher= Glassdoor |accessdate=January 11, 2019}}</ref> In October 2014, Reddit raised $50 million in a funding round led by [[Sam Altman]] and including investors [[Marc Andreessen]], [[Peter Thiel]], [[Ron Conway]], [[Snoop Dogg]], and [[Jared Leto]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/with-reddit-deal-snoop-dogg-moonlights-as-a-tech-investor/ |title=With Reddit Deal, Snoop Dogg Moonlights as a Tech Investor |last=Alden |first=William |date=October 1, 2014 |website=The New York Times |publisher=The New York Times Company |accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref> Their investment valued the company at $500 million then.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/09/08/reddit-reportedly-raising-50m-at-a-500m-valuation/ |title=Reddit reportedly raising $50M at a $500M valuation |last=Cheredar |first=Tom |date=September 8, 2014|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://recode.net/2014/09/07/reddit-raising-a-big-round-and-some-y-combinator-players-are-in-the-mix/ |title=Reddit Raising a Big Round, and Some Y Combinator Players Are in the Mix |last1=Kafka |first1=Peter | first2=Kara |last2=Swisher |date=September 7, 2014|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}</ref> In July 2017, Reddit raised $200 million for a $1.8 billion valuation, with Advance Publications remaining the majority stakeholder.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/7/31/16037126/reddit-funding-200-million-valuation-steve-huffman-alexis-ohanian|title=Reddit raised $200 million in funding and is now valued at $1.8 billion|last=Wagner|first=Kurt|date=2017-07-31|website=[[Recode]]|access-date=2017-08-05}}</ref>
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