Reddit has become one of the most popular websites on the internet worldwide. It was originally created in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian who were roommates at the University of Virginia at the time. They created the website to give people around the world the ability to share their favorite interests or hobbies with others by using a bulletin board-like system. However, at first, Reddit started off as a small-scale media platform. This may have been since people still didn’t have easy access to a computer or internet at the time. Since then, the rise in popularity of devices such as phones have given millions of people easy access to the internet. In addition, the popularity of phones also came with the increase of use in social media. Reddit’s popularity began to rise during 2010, and it has mostly only continued to grow. With the official app for Reddit releasing for mobile devices in 2016, Reddit would only continue to become even more widely known. Around this time before the app was released, Reddit had a total of about 200 million registered users. Now, in 2021, Reddit has over twice as many registered users at about 450 million.

Being one of the largest social media platforms in the world with about 50 million users per month, Reddit is a great place to interact with others around the world. The website can be found at reddit.com, and it can be easily accessed on most electronic devices such as phones and computers. Reddit’s main purpose is to allow its users to easily communicate with others who share the same interests. It gives its user a large hub where they can choose and browser from thousands of communities to partake in and join. The user may even create their own communities. These different communities found throughout Reddit may be referred to as subreddits. Currently, there are about 150,000 active subreddits that can be found throughout the Reddit website.

When first joining a community, you will be able to see the most recent topic threads that had been posted on the subreddit’s home page. These topic threads, also called comment threads, is where the user may discuss with others a topic which relates to either the community’s purpose or something that relates to the topic of the comment thread. Commenting on these threads is the easiest and most used method of communicating with other members. Most subreddits may also contain other important information tabs such as the about and menu sections. The about section of the subreddit will usually briefly explain the purpose of the community as well as it attributes. It will also list the regulations that must be followed for the user to maintain their following in the community. The contact information for the moderators of the community may also be listed here. Finally, the menu tab will usually list several links which may answer remaining questions about the respective community or Reddit itself the user may have.

TLDR: Reddit serves as a hub for all people to easily discuss topics or hobbies which interest them with others across the globe.