Reddit just turned a profit for the first time. As part of its third quarter earnings results released on Tuesday, the company reported a profit of $29.9 million, along with $348.4 million in revenue — a 68 percent increase year over year.

The company hasn’t been profitable at any point in its nearly 20-year history. Since going public, Reddit lost $575 million during its first quarter on the market, but it decreased that loss to $10 million last quarter and is now finally in the black.

Reddit’s advertising revenue grew to $315.1 million, while “other” revenue reached $33.2 million on account of “data licensing agreements signed earlier this year.” Both Google and OpenAI have cut deals with Reddit to train their AI models on its posts.

  • peeonyou [he/him]
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    20 days ago

    but.. how? how are so many people still using that piece of shit site?

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      20 days ago

      Seriously it's worse than ever and like 60% of all accounts are clearly bots.

    • CocteauChameleons [none/use name]
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      20 days ago

      Cuz of all the niche subs, every drug and music subgenre has some sort of relevant community on it. Every job has a sub too