Reddit’s Had a Facelift — And It’s Now a Goldmine for Writers

Let me show you

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Guess how many monthly users Reddit has?

Go on — take a stab.

If you’re like me, the answer might surprise you:

Screenshot from Backlinko.com (stats updated March 2023)

“Reddit has over 430 million monthly active users.”

How does this compare to other social apps?

According to various sources:

• Twitter has 396.5 million total users
• LinkedIn has 61 million people using it for job searches each week (930M+ total members)
• Medium had 134.2 million visits in April 2023

We’re not here to compare apps. I just wanted to throw in these numbers to show you that Reddit is in the same ballpark as some of the biggest players in this space.

And yet I see no one talking about it.

That’s a shame because Reddit is a goldmine for freelance writers — particularly since its facelift.

Let me show you.

It started with an experiment…