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Reddit User and Growth Stats

Brian Dean

Written by Brian Dean

Reddit Usage and Growth Statistics: How Many People Use Reddit

Reddit was founded in 2005 as a centralized community platform categorized around different interests.

It started with $100,000 in seed funding from Y Combinator. As of August 2021, the company was valued at $10 billion, following a recent funding round of $410 million.

In February 2024, Reddit went public and now has more than 267.5 million weekly active users.

Read on to find all of the latest Reddit statistics in 2024. Here’s a breakdown of what we’ll cover:

Reddit Stats (Top Picks)

  • Reddit has 73.1 million daily active users.
  • Reddit has 267.5 million weekly active users.
  • There are more than 100,000 active subreddits on the platform.
  • Reddit registered $804.03 million in annual revenue in 2023.

Reddit Daily Active Users

According to company-published data, Reddit has 73.1 million daily active unique visitors worldwide as of Q4 2023. Reddit’s daily active user count has grown by 27.13% since Q4 2022.

Reddit Daily Active Users

We’ve charted Reddit’s daily active user growth since Q1 2021:

Date Reddit Daily Active Users
Q1 2021 54.8 million
Q2 2021 54.0 million
Q3 2021 53.6 million
Q4 2021 53.9 million
Q1 2022 57.5 million
Q2 2022 56.5 million
Q3 2022 57.3 million
Q4 2022 57.5 million
Q1 2023 60.3 million
Q2 2023 60.4 million
Q3 2023 66.0 million
Q4 2023 73.1 million

Out of 73.1 million Reddit daily active users, 36.7 million were users with registered accounts on Reddit accounting for 49.79% of all unique visitors.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of Reddit’s unique visitors by logged-in and logged-out users since Q1 2021:

Date Reddit Logged-in Users Reddit Logged-out Users
Q1 2021 23.3 million 31.5 million
Q2 2021 24.0 million 30.0 million
Q3 2021 24.4 million 29.2 million
Q4 2021 25.7 million 28.2 million
Q1 2022 27.6 million 29.9 million
Q2 2022 28.2 million 28.3 million
Q3 2022 29.2 million 28.1 million
Q4 2022 30.0 million 27.5 million
Q1 2023 31.1 million 29.2 million
Q2 2023 32.1 million 28.3 million
Q3 2023 34.7 million 31.3 million
Q4 2023 36.4 million 36.7 million

Source: Reddit

Distribution of Reddit Daily Active Users by Region

49.79% of Reddit’s daily active users are based in the US. That equates to 36.4 million daily active users in the US alone.

49.79% of Reddit’s daily active users are based in the US

A further 50.21% of Reddit’s daily active users are based outside of the US, accounting for 3.67 million active users.

Here’s the complete table with Reddit active user growth by region:

Date Reddit Daily Active Users (US) Reddit Daily Active Users (Rest of the World)
Q1 2021 27.5 million 27.3 million
Q2 2021 26.7 million 27.3 million
Q3 2021 26.4 million 27.2 million
Q4 2021 25.7 million 28.2 million
Q1 2022 26.9 million 30.6 million
Q2 2022 26.3 million 30.2 million
Q3 2022 27.0 million 30.3 million
Q4 2022 27.2 million 30.3 million
Q1 2023 28.6 million 31.7 million
Q2 2023 28.7 million 31.7 million
Q3 2023 32.0 million 34.0 million
Q4 2023 36.4 million 36.7 million

Source: Reddit

Reddit Weekly Active Users

Reddit has 267.5 million weekly active users as of Q4 2023. An increase from 207.3 million weekly unique visitors in Q4 2022.

Reddit Weekly Active Users

Here’s a complete breakdown of Reddit weekly active user growth since Q1 2021:

Date Reddit Weekly Active Users
Q1 2021 201.9 million
Q2 2021 206.2 million
Q3 2021 202.1 million
Q4 2021 200.6 million
Q1 2022 213.2 million
Q2 2022 208.6 million
Q3 2022 208.8 million
Q4 2022 207.3 million
Q1 2023 218.0 million
Q2 2023 218.1 million
Q3 2023 239.1 million
Q4 2023 267.5 million

Source: Reddit

Reddit Monthly Active Users

As of February 2024, Reddit has an estimated 1.2 billion monthly unique visitors. That’s an increase from 1.1 billion monthly unique visitors in February 2023.

Reddit has an estimated 1.2 billion monthly unique visitors

Here’s a table with Reddit’s monthly unique visitor estimates since Q2 2021:

Date Reddit Monthly Active Users
March 2022 1.1 billion
April 2022 1.1 billion
May 2022 1.1 billion
June 2022 1 billion
July 2022 1 billion
August 2022 996.6 million
September 2022 1 billion
October 2022 1.2 billion
November 2022 1 billion
December 2022 1 billion
January 2023 1.3 billion
February 2023 1.1 billion
March 2023 1.1 billion
April 2023 1.2 billion
May 2023 1.1 billion
June 2023 1.1 billion
July 2023 1.1 billion
August 2023 1 billion
September 2023 1.1 billion
October 2023 1.1 billion
November 2023 1.2 billion
December 2023 1.2 billion
January 2024 1.2 billion
February 2024 1.2 billion

According to another source, Reddit is estimated to have 1.212 billion monthly active users in 2024.

Reddit’s monthly active user base grew by 3.66x since 2018 when the platform had 331 million monthly active users.

Here’s the breakdown of Reddit MAU growth over the past few years:

Note: Forecasted data for 2024.
Year Reddit Monthly Active Users
2018 331 million
2019 430 million
2020 619 million
2021 861 million
2022 918 million
2023 1.021 billion
2024 1.212 billion

Sources: Semrush, Statista

Reddit Users by Country

Around 572.5 million of Reddit unique visitors were from the US in February, accounting for 47.7% of all monthly unique visitors.

Reddit’s active user base is above 50 million in 3 other countries: India (58.9 million), UK (54.5 million), Canada (52.6 million).

Reddit Users by Country

Here’s a table with the top 10 countries that have the largest Reddit active user base:

Country Reddit Monthly Unique Visitors
United States 572.5 million
India 58.9 million
United Kingdom 54.5 million
Canada 52.6 million
Brazil 36.5 million
Philippines 34.5 million
Australia 27.7 million
Germany 25.8 million
Spain 19.1 million
France 16.9 million

Source: Semrush

Reddit Mobile App Usage

In 2023, Reddit mobile apps were downloaded 34 million times across the App Store and Google Play. That’s down from 54 million installs in 2022.

When it comes to daily Reddit app usage, only 7% of Reddit users opened the app every day in Q4 2023. To put in perspective, other social media platforms have a higher share of engaged users who open the app every day, specifically “X/Twitter (18%), Snapchat (25%), Facebook, TikTok (32%), and Instagram (43%)”.

On average, US Reddit users spend 30 minutes a day on the app. Out of 30 minutes, nearly 16 minutes are spent on Reddit posts.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of time spent on the app among Reddit users in the US by type of activity:

Activity Share
Post detail pages (Reddit posts) 52%
Main Reddit feed 26%
Video feed, profile, chat and search 15%
Subreddits 7%

Sources: Appfigures, Sensor Tower

Reddit Revenue

Reddit registered $804.03 million in annual revenue in 2023, a 20.6% increase over the previous year.

Reddit registered $804.03 million in annual revenue in 2023

Here’s the revenue over the last two years:

Year Reddit Revenue
2022 $666.7 million
2023 $804.03 million

Nearly all (98%) of Reddit’s revenue was generated from advertising on the platform. The top 10 largest advertisers on Reddit accounted for 26% of Reddit’s revenue in 2023 (down from 28% in 2022%).

Source: Reddit

How Many Posts Are Shared on Reddit Each Year?

In 2023, an estimated 469 million posts were published on Reddit, an 11.14% year-over-year increase.

How Many Posts Are Shared on Reddit Each Year?

Here’s the overview of the number of published posts on Reddit since:

Note: Forecasted data for 2024.
Year Posts Published on Reddit
2018 153 million
2019 199 million
2020 303 million
2021 366 million
2022 422 million
2023 469 million
2024 550 million

According to Reddit, an average of 1.2 million posts were published on the platform daily in 2023 which amounts to 438 million posts a year.

Sources: Statista, Reddit

How Many Comments Are Published on Reddit?

Around 2.84 billion comments and interactions were posted on Reddit in 2023. That’s a slight decrease from 2.86 billion user interactions in 2022.

Around 2.84 billion comments and interactions were posted on Reddit in 2023

Here’s an overview of the number of comments and interactions shared on Reddit per year since 2018:

Note: Forecasted data for 2024.
Year Comments Published on Reddit
2018 1.2 billion
2019 1.7 billion
2020 2 billion
2021 2.3 billion
2022 2.86 billion
2023/td> 2.84 billion
2024 2.72 billion

According to company data, an average of 7.5 million comments were posted on Reddit in 2023. That equals 2.74 billion comments a year.

Overall, more than 16 billion comments have been posted on Reddit to date.

Sources: Statista, Reddit

How Many Subreddits Does Reddit Have?

Reddit has more than 100,000 active subreddits.

Reddit has more than 100,000 active subreddits

Source: Reddit

Reddit Search Usage

In December 2023, Reddit had an average of more than 35 million search queries a day on the platform.

Source: Reddit

Why Do People Use Reddit?

72% of US Reddit users report that they use Reddit for entertainment purposes.

Why Do People Use Reddit?

Other common reasons for using Reddit include following the news and staying up to date with brands and companies.

Here’s the complete breakdown of the reasons that people use Reddit:

Reason Percentage of Respondents
To get entertainment 72%
To get news 43%
Other purposes 17%
To follow brands, companies 17%
To strengthen professional network 8%
To keep in touch with friends and family 5%

Source: Statista

Reddit Gender Demographics

63.6% of Reddit users are male, while the remaining 35.1% are female.

63.6% of Reddit users are male, while the remaining 35.1% are female

Source: Statista

Among the top 10 subreddits, common themes include humor, gaming, news, science and Reddit itself.

What Are the Most Popular Subreddits?

Here’s the complete list of the top 10 most popular subreddits ranked by the number of subscribers:

Subreddit Subscribers
r/funny 56.6 million
r/AskReddit 45 million
r/gaming 39.5 million
r/aww 35.4 million
r/worldnews 34.9 million
r/todayilearned 34.7 million
r/Music 32.9 million
r/movies 32.3 million
r/science 31.5 million
r/pics 30.5 million

Overall, more than 500 subreddits have over 1 million subscribers each.

Sources: Statista, Reddit

Time Spent Using Reddit

According to Reddit, newly registered Reddit users spend an average of 20 minutes per day on the platform. Among Reddit users who have been on the platform for over 5 years that increases to 35 minutes a day.

Registered users who’ve been on the platform for more than 7 years spend around 45 minutes a day on Reddit.

Source: Reddit

How Many Employees Does Reddit Have?

Reddit had 2,013 employees across the world as of December 2023. The vast majority of them (1,619) are based in the US.

Reddit had 2,013 employees across the world as of December 2023

Reddit employee headcount has grown by 45.55% since 2021, when it had 1,383 employees.

We’ve charted the growth of Reddit’s employee headcount since 2021:

Date Reddit Employees
December 2021 1,383
December 2022 1,942
December 2023 2,013

Source: Statista

Conclusion

That’s it for my roundup of Reddit user and revenue statistics. While Reddit is still smaller than some players in the social media space (like Facebook and Instagram), it’s growing.

Now, the company went public and it will be interesting to see how the social media platform evolves in the future.