What company operates the Reddit website?

The company that operates the Reddit website is Reddit, Inc. Reddit is the platform’s corporate operator, while Reddit itself is the public-facing social-news and discussion service made up of user-created communities called subreddits.

Reddit began in June 2005, founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Aaron Swartz became involved later through the acquisition of his company Infogami, which contributed to Reddit’s early development. Condé Nast acquired Reddit in 2006, but the site later became an independent subsidiary of Condé Nast’s parent company, Advance Publications.

That history explains a common mix-up in this question. Condé Nast and Advance Publications have been important owners or corporate parents, but neither is the company that operates the Reddit website today. Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has no ownership role in Reddit’s operation.

Reddit, Inc. became a publicly traded company on March 21, 2024, under the ticker symbol RDDT. The company operates the platform, which organizes posts into communities and uses voting, comments, advertising, and premium features as parts of its business model.