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January 27, 2016 In Uncategorized

The Front Page of the Internet – Reddit

Reddit can be confusing to most people. It has a steeper learning curve compared to other social media channels and unlike the latter, most users prefer to remain anonymous. It is also more of a social news website because of this. You will often see things on reddit and then for that content to appear on other popular social platforms like Facebook and Twitter the next day.

One of the beauties of Reddit is that there are almost 100,000 subreddits. The trick is to subscribe, engage with and explore those that appeal to you. Then all the content with-in that subreddit is either up voted or down voted by the community. No matter what you interests are, there is sure to be a dedicted and active community no matter whether it’s some thing common like photography, woodworking, sexual (NSFW) or something ridiculous.

One of Reddits most popular subreddits is IAmA (“I Am A”) where someone like Barack Obama posts a “AMAs” (Ask Me Anything). Then users ask them a variety of questions for a given time period. It can be hilarious, juvenile, insightful and entertaining. Here is a link to sort the top posts of all time: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/top/

It can be a harsh community, but also a beautiful one too.

If you are unfamiliar with Reddit, I suggest you take a look at this article on how to use it and what it’s all about: http://mashable.com/2012/06/06/reddit-for-beginners/#JNf_BmOkviqo

REDDIT IN 2015

In 2015 reddit had some impressive numbers, especially when looking at user engagement and community interaction:

82.54 billion pageviews
73.15 million submissions
725.85 million comments:
- Made by 8.7 million total authors
- Containing 19.36 billion words
6.89 billion upvotes
88,700 active subreddits ¹
73 gildings on the top gilded post
100 gildings on the top gilded comment ²
327,800 total months of gold gifted
- Given by 97,500 redditors
285,375 RedditGifts exchange signups
1 million button pressers
1 pressiah