Reddit reveals daily active user count for the first time: 52 million

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    [–]magnora7 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

    We have about 18k unique visitors a day. Not sure about active user count though.

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      [–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

      The best way is https://saidit.net/subs/ and look at the top sub's subscribers. That gives a good approximation. There are more usernames than this though, about 30% more. But there's no way to check the full number unless you're admin

      [–]macadoum[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

      I'm curious too.

      [–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

      I bet that count includes a whole lot of bots.

      [–]asterias 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      And an army of shills.

      [–]AnarchySpeach 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

      Need at least 6 million bots to (consistently) manipulate the front page without admin control. My random guess would be 2m Russian Bots, 3m China, and the last 1m from other countries. As long as it doesn't lag the site I doubt they care. With China owning most of it to begin with their bots don't even need to hide half the time.

      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      With China owning most of it to begin with

      And the Holocaust totally happened. Never forget muh six gorillion reddit bots.

      [–]AnarchySpeach 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Reddit got a $150 Million Investment from TenCent. I'd be surprised if china wasn't involved somehow.

      totally happened.

      Yes. Like the moon landing.

      [–]akkordeonplayer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Many people have duplicate accounts.