Reddit User Age, Gender, & Demographics (2025)

First launched in 2005, Reddit is approaching its 20th anniversary but remains relevant in the social media landscape.

In fact, only four other social media platforms receive a larger share of visits than Reddit in the US.

Following its March 2024 IPO, we’ll dive into Reddit user statistics and data below.

Reddit Demographic Data (Key Statistics)

• There are over half a billion Reddit users.
• 44% of US Redditors are aged 18 to 29 years old.
• Around 2 in 3 Reddit users are male.
• Around half of all Reddit users are based in the US.
• There are over 3.5x more mobile Reddit visits than desktop visits per month.
• r/funny is the most popular subreddit (67 million subscribers).
• Entertainment is the top reason (72%) Redditors use the platform.

How Many Reddit Users Are There?

As of 2025, there are over 500 million Reddit accounts.

That’s an increase of over 150 million since 2019.

By 2028, there are expected to be over 556 million Reddit users.

Here’s a breakdown of Reddit users over time:

Year	Number of Reddit Users	Change Over Previous Year
2019	350.44 million	-
2020	406.6 million	↑ 56.16 million
2021	447.02 million	↑ 40.42 million
2022	473.4 million	↑ 26.38 million
2023	491.5 million	↑ 18.1 million
2024*	504.54 million	↑ 13.04 million
2025*	514.66 million	↑ 10.12 million
2026*	523 million	↑ 8.34 million
2027*	530.17 million	↑ 7.17 million
2028*	556.59 million	↑ 26.42 million

The majority of subreddits are not closed and can be accessed by unregistered users.

Source: Statista

Reddit Users by Age

In the US, Reddit is most commonly used by 18 to 29-year-olds. Almost half (44%) of this section of the population uses Reddit.

Here’s a more detailed look at US Reddit users by age:

Age Group	Proportion of Americans Using Reddit
18 to 29-year-olds	44%
30 to 49-year-olds	31%
50 to 64-year-olds	11%
65+ year-olds	3%

Analysis of over 5,000 Redditors found that a user’s average age is 23 years old.

And just 12.75% of the sample were over the age of 30.

Globally, we can further break down Reddit users by age. 25 to 34-year-olds make up 23.09% of users worldwide. 

Here's a look at each age group:

Age Group	Proportion of Reddit Users
18 to 24-year-olds	14.88%
25 to 34-year-olds	23.09%
35 to 44-year-olds	19.34%
45 to 54-year-olds	17.68%
55 to 64-year-olds	13.06%
65+ year-olds	11.88%

Sources: MarketingCharts, Reddit, Semrush

Reddit Users by Gender

Around 2 in 3 (59.8%) Reddit users are male.

Here’s the Reddit user base broken down by gender:

Gender	Distribution of Reddit Users
Female	30.2%
Male	59.8%
Other	10%

In total, 27% of the US male population uses Reddit.

By comparison, 17% of the US female population uses Reddit.

Sources: DataReportal, MarketingCharts

Reddit Users by Region

Over half (58%) of all Reddit users are based in the US.

In terms of monthly traffic, the US predictably leads the way with 804.9 million visits.

That’s almost 10x more than the next highest country, the UK (85.7 million).

Here’s a closer look at Reddit’s monthly traffic by nation:

Rank	Country	Monthly Traffic
1	US	804.9 million
2	UK	85.7 million
3	India	74 million
-	Other	418.7 million

Source: Semrush

Reddit Traffic and Engagement Stats

In April 2025, Reddit accumulated around 1.4 billion monthly visits.

According to recent data, the website has a bounce rate of 49.05%.

On average, 5.26 pages are accessed per visit, totaling 16 minutes and 41 seconds.

Search traffic has fluctuated over the last two years, but there is a general upward trend.

Between April 2022 and January 2024, the peak month for Reddit search traffic was January 2024 (4.6 billion), followed by December 2023 (4.34 billion).

Below is a breakdown of global Reddit search traffic over time:

Month, Year	Global Search Traffic
April 2022	3.84 billion
May 2022	3.54 billion
June 2022	3.3 billion
July 2022	3.31 billion
August 2022	2.77 billion
September 2022	2.71 billion
October 2022	3.09 billion
November 2022	2.75 billion
December 2022	2.69 billion
January 2023	3.41 billion
February 2023	3.21 billion
March 2023	3.39 billion
April 2023	3.49 billion
May 2023	3.24 billion
June 2023	3.06 billion
July 2023	3.29 billion
August 2023	3.26 billion
September 2023	3.64 billion
October 2023	3.93 billion
November 2023	4.03 billion
December 2023	4.34 billion
January 2024	4.6 billion
February 2024	1.3 billion
March 2024	1.4 billion
April 2024	1.4 billion
May 2024	1.6 billion
June 2024	1.6 billion
July 2024	1.7 billion
August 2024	1.8 billion
September 2024	1.8 billion
October 2024	1.9 billion
November 2024	1.6 billion
December 2024	1.7 billion
January 2025	1.8 billion
February 2025	1.5 billion
March 2025	1.5 billion
April 2025	1.4 billion

According to Reddit, the average logged-in user spends approximately 20 minutes each day on the platform.

This figure is even higher for users who have been on Reddit for 5+ years (35 minutes per day) and 7+ years (45 minutes per day).

Source: Semrush, SocialMediaToday

Popular Reddit-Related Searches

Of the 8.4 million different keywords associated with Reddit, the most frequently searched is ‘reddit’ with around 13.6 million searches per month. That’s over 45x more searches than any other keyword.

The total volume of keywords stands at approximately 94.8 million.

Here are the top five Reddit keywords:

Rank	Keyword	Monthly Search Volume
1	reddit	13.6 million
=2	reddit all	301,000
=2	reddit politics	301,000
4	reddit nfl	246,000
5	is reddit down	165,000

Source: Semrush

Reddit User Device Stats

The vast majority of Reddit users access the website via mobile.

As of 2025, there are over 3.5x more mobile Reddit visits (5.9 billion per month) than desktop (1.67 billion per month).

These figures have remained relatively consistent over the last couple of years.

Here’s a month-by-month breakdown of Reddit device stats since April 2022:

Month, Year	Mobile Reddit Visits	Desktop Reddit Visits
April 2022	5.23 billion	1.22 billion
May 2022	5.76 billion	1.2 billion
June 2022	5.59 billion	1.14 billion
July 2022	5.78 billion	1.12 billion
August 2022	5.52 billion	1.22 billion
September 2022	5.81 billion	1.21 billion
October 2022	5.79 billion	1.24 billion
November 2022	5.14 billion	1.12 billion
December 2022	5.03 billion	1.05 billion
January 2023	5.71 billion	1.3 billion
February 2023	5.23 billion	1.19 billion
March 2023	5.58 billion	1.29 billion
April 2023	5.79 billion	1.26 billion
May 2023	5.35 billion	1.26 billion
June 2023	4.86 billion	1.12 billion
July 2023	5.2 billion	1.24 billion
August 2023	4.96 billion	1.25 billion
September 2023	5.53 billion	1.3 billion
October 2023	5.84 billion	1.4 billion
November 2023	5.67 billion	1.42 billion
December 2023	5.67 billion	1.57 billion
January 2024	5.9 billion	1.67 billion

Source: Statista

Most Popular Subreddits

Reddit has over 100,000 active subreddits.

And more than 500 of those have at least 1 million subscribers.

The most popular subreddit with over 67 million subscribers is r/funny.

Each of the top 10 subreddits has more than 30 million subscribers.

Here are the top 20 subreddits by number of subscribers:

Rank	Subreddit	Subscribers
1	r/funny	67 million
2	r/AskReddit	55.1 million
3	r/gaming	46.7 million
4	r/worldnews	45.8 million
5	r/todayilearned	40.6 million
6	r/aww	38 million
7	r/Music	37.6 million
8	r/movies	35.7 million
9	r/memes	35.5 million
10	r/Showerthoughts	34.2 million
11	r/science	34 million
12	r/pics	32.5 million
13	r/Jokes	30.5 million
14	r/news	30.2 million
15	r/space	27.8 million
16	r/videos	26.8 million
17	r/books	26.4 million
18	r/askscience	26.1 million
19	r/food	24.4 million
20	r/EarthPorn	23.7 million

Sources: WGTC, SocialMediaToday, Statista

Most Popular AMAs

Ask Me Anything posts (AMAs) are very popular on Reddit, often amassing thousands of upvotes when high-profile celebrities get involved.

Here are the top 5 AMAs:

Ask Me Anything	Year	Number of Upvotes
Hi, I’m Keanu Reeves, AMA	2023	298,000
I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA	2012	216,000
Hello, I’m Nicolas Cage and welcome to Ask Me Anything	2022	199,000
Hi, I’m Tobey Maguire, actor/executive producer of BABYLON and occasional superhero. AMA!	2023	198,000
Hey everyone, Its Mark Cuban. Jumping on to do an AMA.... so Ask Me Anything	2021	160,000

In 2023, Keanu Reeves’ AMA received over 298,000 upvotes.

This surpassed Barack Obama’s 2012 AMA, which held the record for most upvotes for several years (216,000).

Sources: Reddit, Reddit (2)

Reasons for Using Reddit

Entertainment is the main reason users flock to Reddit. In total, around 3 in 4 people on Reddit (72%) use the platform for entertainment.

The news is the second-most popular reason for using Reddit (43%).

Here are the top reasons for using Reddit:

Reason for Using Reddit	Proportion of Users Who Agree
Entertainment	72%
News	43%
Follow brands/companies	17%
Strengthen professional network	8%
Keep in contact with friends and family	5%
Other	17%

Source: AudienceProject

Key Takeaways

Interest in Reddit continues to grow year-over-year despite plenty of competition.

For more related social media data and statistics, take a look at our other Exploding Topics blog posts: Top Social Media Trends, The Future of Social Media, and Top Social Media Platforms.