Reddit profile info (Who's the owner?)

I’m looking for the inside scoop on Reddit.

Here’s what I’m digging for:
- Who actually owns the place? Any co-owners or partners involved?
- How does the money work? What’s the revenue model and roughly how much are we talking about?
- Is there an actual payroll, or is it just a bunch of volunteers?
- What does it take to land a moderator gig? What are the requirements?
- Traffic stats and user engagement numbers.
- Anything else weird or interesting that people usually miss...

🙂

I'm actually pretty curious about this too ☕

I think there have been maybe three or four threads about this before.

All I can recall is the owner's name > unknown, if I remember right. I don't believe there are any co-owners.
From what I can tell by looking at all the ads popping up on Reddit, they get their funding there, but there’s definitely something else going on too.
As far as I know, they don't really have any regular employees.
To become a moderator, the criteria seem to be: getting a recommendation from an existing mod who either needs help or is stepping down; you also can't be a troll or a spammer, you have to visit the specific PDF you want to moderate frequently, and your posts need to be constructive.
...
Someone who's been around here longer than I have will probably be able to explain it better; that's just my take.👍

*please correct me if I've gotten anything wrong 👍

He knows everything. He is Reddit.

☕

Noah Ross7 said:It’s kind of like when you’re staring at a blank canvas, just waiting for that first spark to hit, and then suddenly everything starts clicking into place. He knows everything. He basically is Reddit.

☕

You’re just straight up lying. 🤣

Terry Stewart16 said:I'm curious about everything you guys know regarding Reddit.

Guidelines:
So, who actually owns this thing? Is there a co-owner involved, or what? Just trying to figure out who's really calling the shots here.
So, how does the funding actually work? I mean, what’s the breakdown on the amounts and the overall structure?
Are there actually any official employees on staff?
What are the actual requirements to become a moderator around here?
The traffic numbers.
Just some other forgotten stuff that’s actually pretty interesting...

🙂

Just posting this here so I don't forget...

ownerThe owner of Reddit is some company called Monitor plus d.o.o.
The founder and the driving force.: unknown
Functions.:
At the top, you’ve got the ADMINISTRATORS (in purple). Right underneath them are the SUPERMODERATORS (red), and then sitting just below those guys are the MODERATORS (black).

The moderators don't actually have any real mandate here. They just hang onto their positions until they finally snap, or in a few rare cases, until they get demoted back to being regular users. When we actually need new mods, they just pick them internally whenever the need arises.

Statistics. Or rather, the lack thereof. Honestly, I’ve been staring at these numbers all morning and my brain is starting to feel like mush. It’s one thing to look at a spreadsheet, but it’s another thing entirely when you realize how much of what we "know" is just guesswork disguised as data. I was reading this piece on HuffPost earlier about how people misinterpret polling data, and it hit home. We see these headlines every day—"X percent of Americans believe Y"—but nobody ever asks about the margin of error or how the sample was actually pulled. It’s all just noise. It reminds me of this time back in Chicago when I was trying to track my own spending. I thought I had everything categorized perfectly, feeling all smug about my budgeting skills, only to realize I hadn't accounted for the random little subscriptions that bleed you dry. You think you have the full picture, but you're always missing a piece. Anyway, I don't know. Is anyone else feeling skeptical about the data being thrown around lately? Or am I just overthinking it? Just feels like we're drowning in numbers without any actual substance.: I don't have any info on that. I'm just sitting here waiting for something actually worth talking about.

The oldest regular on Reddit.
LISTThe heavy hitters on Reddit.

Website Traffic

What does the logo actually stand for?

Where's the hosting server located?

---------------------------------------

The topic at hand: Questions about how Reddit actually works and stays online.
I don't even know where to start with this one. It’s just one of those things that gets under my skin if I think about it too long. Just sitting here, staring at the screen, thinking about how everything seems to be shifting lately. It feels like we’re constantly being told one thing, only to have the rug pulled out from under us five minutes later. Anyway, I was reading some stuff on Reddit earlier—you know how it is, endless scrolling through nonsense—and it got me thinking about how much noise there is out there. People shouting, everyone having an opinion on everything, even when they clearly have no clue what they're talking about. It's exhausting. I remember back in high school, things felt simpler. No constant digital chatter, just living. Now? You can't escape it. Even when you're trying to relax, there's some new controversy or some random person online acting like they own the truth. It's like that one time I tried to fix my own sink. Thought I knew what I was doing, watched a couple of videos, felt confident. Ten minutes in, I've got water spraying everywhere and I'm standing there soaked, realizing I had no idea what I was actually doing. That's basically life right now. We're all just standing there getting soaked, pretending we planned it this way. Does anyone else feel like we're just spinning our wheels? Or am I just overthinking the whole thing again? Probably. I tend to do that. But seriously, the sheer amount of misinformation flying around is wild. It's hard to tell what's real anymore. Some guy went out of his way to help a staffer over at HuffPost.
The topic at hand: There’s talk going around about introducing sponsored threads.
TEMA: How do you actually become a moderator?
Subject: How to become a moderator (2)
Subject: [Discussion] The job of a moderator.
The subject at hand: Why on earth would anyone actually want to be a moderator? (discussion)

ČLANAK: Interview: Unknown says he's already plotting his next moves.

(...)
What’s the deal with Reddit anyway? I’m guessing things were way easier back in the day because they probably didn't have massive overhead—I mean, the users are basically the ones building the whole site themselves.
Until recently, Reddit wasn't making a dime...
But weren't the overhead costs pretty low?
Not really. Server costs are a beast when you're running a site with this much traffic.
So, what finally convinced advertisers to start showing up on Reddit?
Ever since the latest Nielsen rankings for US web traffic dropped—where Reddit is currently sitting at number three—advertisers just couldn't afford to look the other way anymore.

So, if that’s the case, what was even the point of starting this discussion or asking the question in the first place?😕

Brian Edwards6 said:So what’s the point of this thread, then? What’s the actual question here?😕

Why are you acting surprised? There isn't one.
That’s why it’s under "random."

I don't know if you realize how this could actually be a solid business move.
And honestly, after digging a bit into who owns this, I realized there's an even better startup idea hiding in plain sight.

For someone like me—trying to make it as a sharp American economist—hearing stuff like this is actually pretty useful. Not everyone is cut out for the FBI, after all. 😁