It's the last day of the year 2015, and it's been a heck of a year for Reddit, Inc. We're once again wrapping up the year, mourning over our lack of hoverboards, whilst simultaneously thanking our lucky stars we didn't end up actually dressing like this.
In 2015, we saw:
- 82.54 billion pageviews
- 73.15 million submissions
- 725.85 million comments:
- Made by 8.7 million total authors
- Containing 19.36 billion words
- 6.89 billion upvotes
- 88,700 active subreddits 1
- 73 gildings on the top gilded post
- 100 gildings on the top gilded comment 2
- 327,800 total months of gold gifted
- Given by 97,500 redditors
- 285,375 RedditGifts exchange signups
- 1 million button pressers
- 1 pressiah
- 6,300 Reddit Live threads created
- 16,000 Reddit Live unique contributors
- 1.3 million Reddit Live updates posted
- 24.9 million Reddit Live pageviews
Philanthropy on Reddit |
- Together, we raised over $250,000 for earthquake victims in Nepal
- Together, we raised nearly $772,000 for teachers through RedditGifts
- Together, we raised over $72,000 dollars for sick children through Extra Life
- 1.8 million podcast downloads
- 8.95 million website pageviews
- 620,000 pageviews on the most popular submission, A Mosaic of Donald Trump Made With 500 Dick Pics
- 624,092 pageviews for This is What the Emo Kids of the Early 2000s Look Like Today
- 301,904 pageviews for How to Subtly F*ck With People: An Illustrated Guide to Being Your Worst Self
- 155,200 pageviews for What’s the Scariest Moment You’ve Had While In Isolation?
- 150,654 pageviews for Why Are There 2 Ways to Write the Lowercase Letter ‘A’?
- /r/AskReddit
- /r/TheNetherlands
- /r/Soccer
- /r/KerbalSpaceProgram
- /r/TwitchPlaysPokemon
- /r/RandomActsOfCards
- /r/Homestuck
- /r/ReactionGifs
- And be sure to visit /r/BestOf2015 for more awards and nomination threads!
1 "Active" is determined by having 5 or more posts and comments at least one week in 2015
2 This is the top gilded comment in a public subreddit, actual top gilded comment is in a gold-only private subreddit