Since its 2005 launch, Reddit has shaped how online communities create and how culture takes form. Its claim as the “front page of the Internet” proved true by showing how collective judgment could cut through noise and elevate what mattered most. Subreddits, introduced in 2008, offered a blueprint for self-organized communities around any interest, while AMAs gave direct access to voices from astronauts to presidents. r/Place turned collaborative creativity into digital artwork, earning a 2018 Webby honor, and r/WallStreetBets showed that online communities could move markets and speak truth to power. Across thousands of subreddits, conversations and cultural moments rise long before they reach the mainstream. In 2013, Reddit visionary Aaron Swartz was posthumously honored at The Webbys Awards for shaping the open Internet, a reminder of the values that underpinned the platform. That community depth underwrites a comeback story: co-founder Steve Huffman returned as CEO in 2015 to guide Reddit through a turbulent period, modernize its business, and ultimately take it public in 2024, cementing its place as a lasting cultural force and opening a new chapter as a foundational resource for the development of AI.

NOTABLE WORK

Reddit’s r/place (2018)

Temple Grandin Talks to Reddit

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