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Reddit - About the company

Reddit is a public company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2005 by Alexis Ohanian, Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz. It operates as an Online platform for communities and human connection. Reddit has raised $1.3B in funding from investors like Fidelity Investments, Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz. The company has 455 active competitors, including 45 funded and 17 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like FANDOM, Tumblr and Amino Apps.

Company Details

Online platform for communities and human connection. It is a social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website where registered users submit content such as links, text posts, images, and videos, which are then voted up or down by other members.
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Email ID
*****@reddit.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2005
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$1.3B in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
Annual Revenue
$1.19B as on Dec 31, 2024
Employee Count
2,013 as on Dec 31, 2023
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Exit Details
Public

Reddit's IPO details

Reddit got listed on Mar 21, 2024.
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Reddit's funding and investors

Reddit has raised a total funding of $1.3B over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2005. Its latest funding round was a Series F round on Aug 2021 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Reddit has 9 institutional investors and 11 angel investors.

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Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Aug 2021
8277429
Series F
3985444
3741222
5192264
9943747
Feb 08, 2021
5964869
Series E
7637335
2848032
9626969
7485146
Feb 11, 2019
1663703
Series D
3155944
1853367
8632970
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Reddit's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Reddit are Alexis Ohanian, Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz. Steve Huffman is the CEO of Reddit.
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Reddit's employee count trend

Reddit has 2,013 employees as of Dec 23. The total employee count is 4.0% more than what it was in Dec 22. Here is Reddit's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Reddit
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Reddit's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Reddit include FANDOM, Tumblr and Amino Apps. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Reddit, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for FANDOM
FANDOM
2005, San Francisco (United States), Series E
Online social platform for media enthusiasts
$191M
75/100
2nd
Logo for Tumblr
Tumblr
2007, New York City (United States), Acquired
Operator of a social networking platform for content sharing
$120M
73/100
3rd
Logo for Reddit
Reddit
2005, San Francisco (United States), Public
Online platform for communities and human connection
$1.3B
72/100
4th
Logo for Amino Apps
Amino Apps
2011, New York City (United States), Series C
Online communities enabler
$72.3M
67/100
5th
Logo for Whisper
Whisper
2012, Santa Monica (United States), Series C
Social platform for local anonymous discussions
$61M
63/100
6th
Logo for Mix
Mix
2016, San Francisco (United States), Funding Raised
Community platform to discover & share entertaining content
-
55/100
7th
Logo for Ranker
Ranker
2009, Los Angeles (United States), Series A
Crowdsourced ranking platform for entertainment, history, lifestyle, and more
$4.05M
51/100
8th
Logo for Dcard
Dcard
2015, Taipei (Taiwan), Funding Raised
Social platform for students to connect anonymously
-
48/100
9th
Logo for Yik Yak
Yik Yak
2013, Atlanta (United States), Acquired
Anonymous college social media platform connecting students within their campus
$75M
47/100
10th
Logo for Tapatalk
Tapatalk
2009, Santa Monica (United States), Seed
Online community app for interest-based discussions
$5.89M
47/100
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Reddit's Investments and acquisitions

Reddit has made no investments or acquisitions yet.

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News related to Reddit

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