Reddit (RDDT)
Organizes user-run communities and monetizes their conversations primarily through advertising.
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Reddit turns user-made discussions into an advertising business, with almost all its money still coming from ads. It is widening that engine through better shopping tools, search and translation, while selling a much smaller stream of conversation data to outside technology companies.
Item facts: FY2025 · year ended Dec 31, 2025, from filings, earnings calls and company pages.
Judgment weights, not filed revenue
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Advertising
Advertising is the business. Action-focused campaigns are the larger part, and new tools lean further that way; brand campaigns still buy broad notice. Spending holds only if Reddit can prove results while keeping placements suitable for advertisers.
Competes with Performance Max (Google) · Smart+ (TikTok) · TopView (TikTok) · YouTube Masthead (Google)
In plain English
Reddit sells advertisers two kinds of attention. One asks a person to click, buy or install an app; the other puts a brand in a prominent place so people remember it later. Think of two counters facing the same busy town square: one rings up actions, the other rents the biggest noticeboard.
Companies and advertising agencies pay for clicks, views, blocks of one thousand appearances or short campaigns. Reddit supplies the conversations and the audience, then helps choose where each ad appears and measures what happened. Buyers return when the action ads produce real results and the brand ads earn visible, suitable attention.
Content Licensing
Reddit names Google and OpenAI as customers; two partners provide nearly all promised licensing fees, though Reddit does not confirm they are that pair. At June 30, 2026, $92.1M remained under contract.
Competes with Data licensing product (Stack Overflow) · Data Licensing (Shutterstock)
In plain English
Reddit's users have built a huge archive of public questions, opinions and explanations. Technology companies pay for an orderly doorway into that archive so they can use the conversations in search, software-made answers and analysis.
A customer connects through Reddit's data interface or receives batches of material. It then pays a fixed amount or according to how much access it uses. Reddit earns as that access is consumed, but renewals matter: this is a young market, and customers can challenge the value, privacy rules or Reddit's efforts to stop unpaid copying.
Reddit Search and Reddit Answers
Search finds relevant community discussions, while Answers turns them into a short software-made summary. By the quarter ended December 2025, more than 80M people used search weekly; outside search rankings can still make visitor growth uneven.
Competes with Google Search (Google) · ChatGPT (OpenAI)
In plain English
Imagine asking a vast library of conversations a question. Reddit Search finds the useful shelves; Reddit Answers gathers the relevant user posts into a short response and suggests what to ask next. The two became one search experience in May 2026.
People do not pay to search. Their questions bring them back to Reddit, reveal strong interest and create places for ads beside useful answers. Some visitors arrive through outside search engines, so a change in those engines' rankings can quickly alter how many new people enter.
Reddit Pro
A free listening and publishing kit brings businesses onto Reddit before they buy ads. From the December 2024 quarter to the March 2025 quarter, company users more than doubled; the watchpoint is whether free participation becomes paid campaigns.
Competes with Social Listening (Sprout Social) · Consumer Research (Brandwatch)
In plain English
The uncharged front door for organizations. Reddit Pro lets a company watch what communities are discussing, study trends and join conversations from a verified profile. Publishers can also bring in articles and see how readers respond.
Reddit does not collect a subscription fee. The bet is that a business which learns where it fits, and sees people reacting to its posts, becomes more comfortable spending on ads later. Community rules matter: promotional behavior that feels out of place can be rejected before that path ever reaches a paid campaign.
Machine Translation
This feature opens posts and comments to readers across languages. At FY2025 year-end it covered about three dozen languages; the business test is whether Reddit can turn a mostly non-U.S. audience into more overseas advertising.
Competes with AI translations for Reels (Meta Platforms) · Automatic Dubbing (YouTube)
In plain English
A discussion written in one language can be shown to a reader in another. The software translates both posts and comments, making communities usable beyond the language in which they began.
Nobody buys the translation itself. It widens the pool of readers, conversations and places where ads can appear, especially outside the United States. Advertisers benefit when they can reach local-language audiences, and Reddit benefits if those audiences return often enough to support more campaigns. Poor translation or weak local moderation would make that larger doorway less useful.
AdvertisingAdvertising is the business. Action-focused campaigns are the larger part, and new tools lean further that way; brand campaigns still buy broad notice. Spending holds only if Reddit can prove results while keeping placements suitable for advertisers.Advertising is the business. Action-focused campaigns are the larger part, and new tools lean further that way; brand campaigns still buy broad notice. Spending holds only if Reddit can prove results while keeping placements suitable for advertisers.
In plain English
Reddit sells advertisers two kinds of attention. One asks a person to click, buy or install an app; the other puts a brand in a prominent place so people remember it later. Think of two counters facing the same busy town square: one rings up actions, the other rents the biggest noticeboard.
Companies and advertising agencies pay for clicks, views, blocks of one thousand appearances or short campaigns. Reddit supplies the conversations and the audience, then helps choose where each ad appears and measures what happened. Buyers return when the action ads produce real results and the brand ads earn visible, suitable attention.
Competes with Performance Max (Google) · Smart+ (TikTok) · TopView (TikTok) · YouTube Masthead (Google)
Content LicensingReddit names Google and OpenAI as customers; two partners provide nearly all promised licensing fees, though Reddit does not confirm they are that pair. At June 30, 2026, $92.1M remained under contract.Reddit names Google and OpenAI as customers; two partners provide nearly all promised licensing fees, though Reddit does not confirm they are that pair. At June 30, 2026, $92.1M remained under contract.
In plain English
Reddit's users have built a huge archive of public questions, opinions and explanations. Technology companies pay for an orderly doorway into that archive so they can use the conversations in search, software-made answers and analysis.
A customer connects through Reddit's data interface or receives batches of material. It then pays a fixed amount or according to how much access it uses. Reddit earns as that access is consumed, but renewals matter: this is a young market, and customers can challenge the value, privacy rules or Reddit's efforts to stop unpaid copying.
Competes with Data licensing product (Stack Overflow) · Data Licensing (Shutterstock)
Reddit Search and Reddit AnswersSearch finds relevant community discussions, while Answers turns them into a short software-made summary. By the quarter ended December 2025, more than 80M people used search weekly; outside search rankings can still make visitor growth uneven.Search finds relevant community discussions, while Answers turns them into a short software-made summary. By the quarter ended December 2025, more than 80M people used search weekly; outside search rankings can still make visitor growth uneven.
In plain English
Imagine asking a vast library of conversations a question. Reddit Search finds the useful shelves; Reddit Answers gathers the relevant user posts into a short response and suggests what to ask next. The two became one search experience in May 2026.
People do not pay to search. Their questions bring them back to Reddit, reveal strong interest and create places for ads beside useful answers. Some visitors arrive through outside search engines, so a change in those engines' rankings can quickly alter how many new people enter.
Competes with Google Search (Google) · ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Reddit ProA free listening and publishing kit brings businesses onto Reddit before they buy ads. From the December 2024 quarter to the March 2025 quarter, company users more than doubled; the watchpoint is whether free participation becomes paid campaigns.A free listening and publishing kit brings businesses onto Reddit before they buy ads. From the December 2024 quarter to the March 2025 quarter, company users more than doubled; the watchpoint is whether free participation becomes paid campaigns.
In plain English
The uncharged front door for organizations. Reddit Pro lets a company watch what communities are discussing, study trends and join conversations from a verified profile. Publishers can also bring in articles and see how readers respond.
Reddit does not collect a subscription fee. The bet is that a business which learns where it fits, and sees people reacting to its posts, becomes more comfortable spending on ads later. Community rules matter: promotional behavior that feels out of place can be rejected before that path ever reaches a paid campaign.
Competes with Social Listening (Sprout Social) · Consumer Research (Brandwatch)
Machine TranslationThis feature opens posts and comments to readers across languages. At FY2025 year-end it covered about three dozen languages; the business test is whether Reddit can turn a mostly non-U.S. audience into more overseas advertising.This feature opens posts and comments to readers across languages. At FY2025 year-end it covered about three dozen languages; the business test is whether Reddit can turn a mostly non-U.S. audience into more overseas advertising.
In plain English
A discussion written in one language can be shown to a reader in another. The software translates both posts and comments, making communities usable beyond the language in which they began.
Nobody buys the translation itself. It widens the pool of readers, conversations and places where ads can appear, especially outside the United States. Advertisers benefit when they can reach local-language audiences, and Reddit benefits if those audiences return often enough to support more campaigns. Poor translation or weak local moderation would make that larger doorway less useful.
Competes with AI translations for Reels (Meta Platforms) · Automatic Dubbing (YouTube)
Named in filings, launches and programs
- Reddit MaxProduct · RampingBeta tool that builds and adjusts campaigns automatically; revenue rose 150% in the June 2026 quarter from the prior quarter, off a young base.
- Dynamic Product AdsProductShopping ads assembled from a merchant's catalog, broadly available since May 2025 and part of action-focused advertising.
- Shopping Listing AdsProduct · AnnouncedA product-listing ad format being tried with a small group of partners as of July 2026.
- App Install AdsProduct · RampingCampaigns designed to win app downloads; revenue in the June 2026 quarter more than doubled from a year earlier.
- Reddit Community IntelligencePlatformSignals drawn from public conversations help advertisers understand interests, choose audiences and automate campaigns.
- Reddit Ads APIEcosystemA connection for outside software to manage campaigns; advertiser revenue through it rose 40% in the June 2026 quarter from the prior quarter.
- Conversion APIProductA direct connection from an advertiser's servers that helps Reddit link ads to later purchases or sign-ups.
- Reddit PixelProductA small measurement tag on advertiser websites that reports what visitors do after seeing an ad.
- Reddit PremiumProductA prepaid user subscription that contributes only a tiny part of revenue.
- Reddit GoldProductA direct user purchase that contributes only a tiny part of revenue.
- DevvitEcosystemDeveloper tools for community apps, games and experiences, reaching hundreds of thousands of weekly players in the March 2025 quarter.
- Google Data API partnershipCustomer programGoogle pays to use structured Reddit content in its products and computer-model training.
- OpenAI Data API partnershipCustomer programOpenAI receives structured Reddit content, alongside cooperation on new software and advertising; financial terms are undisclosed.
- ICE financial-data collaborationCustomer program · AnnouncedA research effort to turn Reddit conversations into financial-market datasets and analysis; no revenue has been disclosed.
- Shopify integrationEcosystem · RampingA catalog and advertising connection used by roughly five hundred merchant accounts by July 2026.
- Memorable AIProductAcquired technology folded into tools that judge and improve advertising designs, rather than kept as a separate business.
- Audio and video experienceProduct · AnnouncedA limited experience test described in August 2026, with no disclosed revenue.
- AI moderation toolsProduct · AnnouncedTests intended to make first posts easier and reduce the work facing volunteer moderators; they do not directly earn revenue.
Reddit MaxProduct · Ramping
Beta tool that builds and adjusts campaigns automatically; revenue rose 150% in the June 2026 quarter from the prior quarter, off a young base.
Dynamic Product AdsProduct
Shopping ads assembled from a merchant's catalog, broadly available since May 2025 and part of action-focused advertising.
Shopping Listing AdsProduct · Announced
A product-listing ad format being tried with a small group of partners as of July 2026.
App Install AdsProduct · Ramping
Campaigns designed to win app downloads; revenue in the June 2026 quarter more than doubled from a year earlier.
Reddit Community IntelligencePlatform
Signals drawn from public conversations help advertisers understand interests, choose audiences and automate campaigns.
Reddit Ads APIEcosystem
A connection for outside software to manage campaigns; advertiser revenue through it rose 40% in the June 2026 quarter from the prior quarter.
Conversion APIProduct
A direct connection from an advertiser's servers that helps Reddit link ads to later purchases or sign-ups.
Reddit PixelProduct
A small measurement tag on advertiser websites that reports what visitors do after seeing an ad.
Reddit PremiumProduct
A prepaid user subscription that contributes only a tiny part of revenue.
Reddit GoldProduct
A direct user purchase that contributes only a tiny part of revenue.
DevvitEcosystem
Developer tools for community apps, games and experiences, reaching hundreds of thousands of weekly players in the March 2025 quarter.
Google Data API partnershipCustomer program
Google pays to use structured Reddit content in its products and computer-model training.
OpenAI Data API partnershipCustomer program
OpenAI receives structured Reddit content, alongside cooperation on new software and advertising; financial terms are undisclosed.
ICE financial-data collaborationCustomer program · Announced
A research effort to turn Reddit conversations into financial-market datasets and analysis; no revenue has been disclosed.
Shopify integrationEcosystem · Ramping
A catalog and advertising connection used by roughly five hundred merchant accounts by July 2026.
Memorable AIProduct
Acquired technology folded into tools that judge and improve advertising designs, rather than kept as a separate business.
Audio and video experienceProduct · Announced
A limited experience test described in August 2026, with no disclosed revenue.
AI moderation toolsProduct · Announced
Tests intended to make first posts easier and reduce the work facing volunteer moderators; they do not directly earn revenue.