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Profit depends on 2 things, revenue and expenses. Reddit has tripled their headcount over the last few years so they can focus on new features like NFTs. If they were concerned about sustainable profitability, IMO they should've kept their headcount around 500 people and tried to grow revenue without totally blowing up their costs.



I wouldn't be surprised if reddit was profitable/at least broke even 8 years ago.

Reddit needs 300 people max to run, and they got like 1500.


Considering moderation and basically all community upkeep is relegated to unpaid volunteers, even 300 is a lot.


AFAIK they have never been profitable.




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