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0 pointsSharlin3y ago0 comments

And I can guarantee that there are approximately five people using Reddit via a browser on mobile. Mobile means the app, to a precision of two or three significant digits.

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layer83y ago· 4 in thread

I’m one of those five people then. Very casual use, but that’s probably the large majority of Reddit users.

SharlinOP3y ago

I'd wager that most Reddit users these days, casual or not, are only dimly aware that the platform even exists as a website. Or at least a large plurality.

layer83y ago

According to [1], Reddit has 52 million daily active users (and 430 monthly users), while according to [2] the Reddit app has 17 million daily active users. Both numbers are from 2021. So only about a third of DAUs would be using the Reddit app. Apollo has 50,000 yearly subscribers, so is probably more on the negligible side.

[1] https://www.businessofapps.com/data/reddit-statistics/

[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255714/reddit-app-dau-w...

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bee_rider3y ago

We’ve got lots of web devs and startup space folks on this site, I guess somebody must know how to look this sort of thing up?

I googled “percentage of reddit mobile traffic in app” but got a bunch of marketing sites, and wasn’t able to sort out which ones were bullshit. I bet there’s a good source for this sort of thing though.

In any case, we don’t need to wager right? It seems like this ought to be measurable.

sroussey3y ago

I’m one of those five as well. I have the Reddit app but still use mobile web.

atdrummond3y ago· 2 in thread

I use old.reddit on my mobile browser.

The app sucks.

fsckboy3y ago

old.reddit is starting to come apart at the seams, tho. (maybe it's because r/subs don't keep the style sheets up to date or something? i dunno) in many cases you can't up or downvote, there's no search button, there's no sidebar with the flair and the rules/mods, etc.

sentientslug3y ago

You might be the only person that browses old.reddit with subreddit CSS turned on

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silisili3y ago

As one of the five, I didn't believe this so went trying to determine more realistic numbers.

Per the link below, mobile web is anywhere from 15 to 60% of mobile traffic. Reddit isn't listed, and it's 4 years old, so who knows, but I'd imagine it falls somewhere in the same range, probably closer to the lower end?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019768/us-retailers-app...

tootie3y ago

I'd wager you're completely wrong. Reddit at this point gets a ton of traffic from search. Remember the old 90/9/1 rule. 90% of users are just browsing cat pictures and are eyeball fodder for ads.

quickthrowman3y ago

I am one of the five. I use the Reddit website on iOS Safari and have for years. I only read one subreddit, so my usage pattern may be different than a normal reddit user. The only thing that annoys me is the ever persistent ‘website or app’ modal dialogue but I’m used to it now.

I try to use mobile websites instead of apps because I feel like the tracking data a company can get from a web browser is less granular than app tracking data.

lapcat3y ago

> And I can guarantee that there are approximately five people using Reddit via a browser on mobile.

Apparently all five of them use my little web browser extension with Reddit-specific features, requested by users.

But I can guarantee that your estimate is totally wrong.

cyberax3y ago

Wrong. Their mobile crapp is well, crap. That's why they try to shove it up everybody's arse with the "Open this page in our app" blurbs.

seized3y ago

Using Reddit via browser here, never used an app for it yet as I like tabs.

sebastiansm3y ago

Another web browser mobile here.

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