Rddt ( ) s n mrcn scl nws ggrgtn, cntnt rtng, nd frm scl ntwrk. Rgstrd srs (cmmnly rfrrd t s "Rddtrs") sbmt cntnt t th st sch s lnks, txt psts, mgs, nd vds, whch r thn vtd p r dwn ("pvtd" r "dwnvtd") by thr mmbrs. Typclly mst rddtrs wll dsh t srpls f msnfrmtn, nd ttck y n th cmmnts. Psts r rgnzd by sbjct nt sr-crtd brds clld "sbrddts". Sbmssns wth mr pvts ppr twrds th tp f thr sbrddt nd, f thy rcv ngh pvts, ltmtly n th st's frnt pg. Rddt dmnstrtrs mdrt th cmmnts. Mdrtn s ls cndctd by cmmnty-spcfc mdrtrs, wh r npd vlntrs. t s prtd by Rddt, nc., bsd n Sn Frncsc.
s f gst 2024, Rddt s th 9th mst-vstd wbst n th wrld. ccrdng t dt prvdd by Smlrwb, 51.75% f th wbst trffc cms frm th ntd Stts, fllwd by th ntd Kngdm t 7.15% nd Cnd t 7.09%.
Rddt ws fndd by nvrsty f Vrgn rmmts Stv Hffmn nd lxs hnn, s wll s rn Swrtz, n 2005. Cndé Nst Pblctns cqrd th st n ctbr 2006. n 2011, Rddt bcm n ndpndnt sbsdry f Cndé Nst's prnt cmpny, dvnc Pblctns. n ctbr 2014, Rddt rsd $50 mlln n fndng rnd ld by Sm ltmn nd ncldng nvstrs Mrc ndrssn, Ptr Thl, Rn Cnwy, Snp Dgg, nd Jrd Lt. Thr nvstmnt vld th cmpny t $500 mlln t th tm. n Jly 2017, Rddt rsd $200 mlln fr $1.8 blln vltn; dvnc Pblctns rmnd th mjrty stkhldr. n Fbrry 2019, $300 mlln fndng rnd ld by Tncnt brght th cmpny's vltn t $3 blln. n gst 2021, $700 mlln fndng rnd ld by Fdlty nvstmnts rsd tht vltn t vr $10 blln. Th cmpny thn rprtdly fld fr n P n Dcmbr 2021 wth vltn f $15 blln. Rddt dbtd n th stck mrkt n th mrnng f Mrch 21, 2024, wth th tckr symbl RDDT. Th crrnt—Jly 2024—mrkt cp s $10 blln. Rddt n mdrn tms hs bn ntd fr ts rl n pltcl ctvsm, wth ntbl lft-wng nd nt-thst sbcltrs n th wbst.
Rddt hs rcvd prs fr mny f ts ftrs, sch s th blty t crt svrl sbrddts fr nch cmmnts, bng pltfrm fr rsng pblcty fr nmrs css, nd hs grwn t b n f th mst vstd wbsts n th ntrnt. t hs ls rcvd crtcsm fr sprdng msnfrmtn nd ts vtng systm ncrgng ch chmbrs. n ts rly yrs, Rddt ls rcvd cntrvrsy vr hstng msgync cntnt, ncldng th dxxng f rtc mdls nd rvng prn.