Reddit is people! Which means its search might not be so damaged by AI slop

Reddit has found that trafficking in human-authored content pays well in the AI era.

And the popular internet community website sees an opportunity to make inroads in the search business, even as web search is being swallowed by generative AI.

Company shares surged this week after Reddit reported $500 million in revenue for Q2 2025, a 78 percent increase. Net income reached $89 million, a welcome turnaround from a $10 million loss during Q2 2024.

CEO Steve Huffman said in a statement, "Reddit is built for this moment. In a world where connection is increasingly rare, our communities show how valuable human conversation and knowledge really are."

Reddit's fortunes in part can be attributed to demand from AI firms for the community site's historically human-authored posts, which they use for model training. The company's data licensing business, part of its "other revenue" line item, reached $35 million ...