What Does This Mean?

Redditor

[ SLANG ][ REDDIT ][ SOCIAL MEDIA ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Reddit CultureCLUSTER: Reddit Structural Vocabulary

A person who uses Reddit, the forum site made up of user-run communities called subreddits; the word is often capitalized.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""A redditor spotted the typo in the press release in a matter of minutes.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary lists it as a term for a Reddit user and cites a 2017 Intelligencer article and a 2025 New York Times piece using it. Wikipedia notes that registered users are commonly called redditors, and reports about 121.4 million daily active users in 2025.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (Reddit usage, 2000s; cited in 2017 per Wiktionary)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s-present

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ REDDIT ][ SOCIAL MEDIA ]

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (Reddit usage, 2000s; cited in 2017 per Wiktionary)

NOW

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