Reddit, Inc. (NYSE: RDDT) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. Reddit’s complete financial results and management commentary can be found in its shareholder letter on Reddit’s Investor Relations website at .
“In an increasingly automated web, the value of real human perspective has never been higher. Reddit’s commercial momentum reflects that,” said Steve Huffman, Founder and CEO of Reddit. “Crossing $1 million in revenue per employee and maintaining eight consecutive quarters of over 60% revenue growth shows the strength of our community model and the value we deliver to advertisers.”
- Total revenue increased 61% year-over-year to $805 million, Ad revenue increased 64% year-over-year to $762 million, and Other revenue increased 24% year-over-year to $43 million
- Gross margin was 91.3%, as compared to 90.8% in the prior year, up 50 bps year-over-year
- Net income was $253 million, an improvement of $164 million from the prior year and more than doubling year-over-year
- Adjusted EBITDA1 was $343 million, an improvement of $176 million from the prior year and more than doubling year-over-year
- Operating cash flow was $262 million, an improvement of $151 million from the prior year and more than doubling year-over-year
- Free Cash Flow1 was $261 million, an improvement of $150 million from the prior year and more than doubling year-over-year
- Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were $1.31 and $1.25, more than doubling year-over-year
- Total fully diluted shares outstanding were 207.0 million as of June 30, 2026, up 0.2% from the prior year
- We repurchased 1.5 million shares of our Class A common stock during the quarter for a total of $235 million at an average price per share of $157.57
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights
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Three months ended June 30, | (in millions, except percentages and per share amounts; unaudited) 2026 2025 % Change | Revenue $ 805 $ 500 61 % | U.S. $ 638 $ 409 56 % | International $ 167 $ 91 84 % | GAAP gross margin 91.3 % 90.8 % | Net income $ 253 $ 89 183 % | Net margin 31.4 % 17.9 % | Net income per share | Basic $ 1.31 $ 0.48 173 % | Diluted $ 1.25 $ 0.45 178 % | Adjusted EBITDA* $ 343 $ 167 106 % | Adjusted EBITDA margin* 42.6 % 33.4 % | Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ 262 $ 111 135 % | Free Cash Flow* $ 261 $ 111 135 % | Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities $ 2,786 | *The definitions of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, and Free Cash Flow can be found in the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures section of this release. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure can be found on pages 10-11. |
Financial Outlook
The guidance provided below is based on Reddit’s current estimates and is not a guarantee of future performance. This guidance is subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including the risk factors discussed in Reddit’s reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Reddit undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements or estimates, except as required by applicable law.
As we look ahead, we will share our internal thoughts on revenue and Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter.
In the third quarter of 2026, we estimate:
- Revenue in the range of $860 million to $870 million
- Adjusted EBITDA2 in the range of $385 million to $395 million
Earnings Conference Call Information and Community Update
Reddit will host a conference call to discuss the results for the second quarter of 2026 on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET. A live webcast of the call can be accessed on Reddit’s Investor Relations website at and investor relations subreddit, r/RDDT, at . A replay of the webcast and transcript will be available on the same websites following the conclusion of the conference call.
Reddit will solicit questions from the community in the investor relations subreddit, r/RDDT, at https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/ on Thursday, July 30, 2026, after the market closes, and post responses following the earnings call at Reddit’s Investor Relations website at https://investor.redditinc.com and r/RDDT at https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/.
Reddit uses the investor relations page on its website https://investor.redditinc.com, user accounts of Reddit's Chief Executive Officer, Steve Huffman (u/spez); Reddit's Chief Operating Officer, Jen Wong (u/adsjunkie); and Reddit's Chief Financial Officer, Drew Vollero (u/TimingandLuck), as well as the subreddits r/RDDT and r/reddit, available at https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/, respectively, as means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligation under Regulation FD.
Notes
1 The definitions of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, and Free Cash Flow can be found in the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures section of this release. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure can be found on pages 10-11.
2 We have not provided a reconciliation to the forward-looking U.S. GAAP equivalent measures for our non-GAAP guidance due to uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, reconciling items. Therefore, a reconciliation of these non-GAAP guidance measures to their corresponding U.S. GAAP guidance measures is not available without unreasonable effort.
About Reddit
Reddit is a community of communities. Built on shared interests and passions, it is home to the most open and authentic conversations online. Every day, millions of people post, vote, comment, and search for answers across nearly every topic imaginable, and brands build trusted relationships with their audiences. With 26+ billion posts and comments and more than 130 million daily active uniques, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. Learn more at www.redditinc.com. The Reddit app is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Reddit's future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "going to," "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern Reddit's expectations, strategy, priorities, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Reddit’s future financial and operating performance, and GAAP and non-GAAP guidance. Reddit's expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including those more fully described under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in documents that Reddit files with the SEC from time to time, including Reddit’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, which is being filed with the SEC at or around the date hereof. The forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to Reddit as of the date hereof, and Reddit undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
A Note About Metrics
We define a daily active unique (“DAUq”) as a user whom we can identify with a unique identifier who has visited a page on the Reddit website, www.reddit.com, or opened a Reddit application at least once during a 24-hour period. Average DAUq for a particular period is calculated by adding the number of DAUq on each day of that period and dividing that sum by the number of days in that period.
We define a weekly active unique (“WAUq”) as a user whom we can identify with a unique identifier who has visited a page on the Reddit website, www.reddit.com, or opened a Reddit application at least once during a trailing seven-day period. Average quarterly WAUq for a particular period is calculated by adding the number of WAUq on each day of that period and dividing that sum by the number of days in that period.
We define average revenue per unique (“ARPU”) as quarterly revenue in a given geography divided by the average DAUq in that geography. For the purposes of calculating ARPU, advertising revenue in a given geography is based on the geographic location in which advertising impressions are delivered, as this approximates revenue based on user activity, while other revenue in a given geography is based on the billing address of the customer.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use certain non-GAAP financial measures to supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, to evaluate our core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures include Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Free Cash Flow, and Free Cash Flow margin. We use these non-GAAP financial measures to facilitate reviews of our operational performance and as a basis for strategic planning. By excluding certain items that are non-recurring or not reflective of the performance of our normal course of business, we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance. Accordingly, we believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors and others because they allow investors to supplement their understanding of our financial trends and evaluate our ongoing and future performance in the same manner as management. However, there are a number of limitations related to the use of non-GAAP financial measures as they reflect the exercise of judgment by our management about which expenses are included or excluded in determining these non-GAAP measures. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, our financial results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate these non-GAAP financial measures differently or not at all, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures.
A reconciliation is provided below for each historical non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Reddit encourages investors to review the related U.S. GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate Reddit’s business. We have not provided a reconciliation to the forward-looking GAAP equivalent measures for our non-GAAP guidance due to uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, reconciling items. Therefore, a reconciliation of these non-GAAP guidance measures to their corresponding GAAP guidance measures is not available without unreasonable effort.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income excluding interest (income) expense, net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense and related taxes, other (income) expense, net, and certain other non-recurring or non-cash items impacting net income that we do not consider indicative of our ongoing business performance. Other (income) expense, net consists primarily of realized gains and losses on sales of marketable securities, foreign currency transaction gains and losses, and other income and expense that are not indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue. We consider the exclusion of certain non-recurring or non-cash items in calculating Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin to provide a useful measure for investors and others to evaluate our operating results in the same manner as management.
Free Cash Flow represents net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. Free Cash Flow margin is defined as Free Cash Flow divided by revenue. We believe that Free Cash Flow is useful to investors as a liquidity measure because it measures our ability to generate or use cash. Once our business needs and obligations are met, cash can be used to maintain a strong balance sheet and invest in future growth. Additionally, we believe that Free Cash Flow is an important measure since we use third-party infrastructure partners to host our services and therefore we do not incur significant capital expenditures to support revenue generating activities.
Reddit, Inc. Key Operating Metrics by Geography (in millions, except percentages and ARPU) (unaudited) |
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30, |
2026 2025 % Change 2026 2025 % Change | Revenue: Global $ 804.9 $ 499.6 61 % $ 1,468.3 $ 892.0 65 % | Revenue: U.S. $ 638.1 $ 408.8 56 % $ 1,163.7 $ 722.7 61 % | Revenue: International $ 166.8 $ 90.8 84 % $ 304.6 $ 169.3 80 % |
Three months ended June 30, |
2026 2025 % Change | DAUq: Global 130.3 110.4 18 % | DAUq: U.S. 53.2 50.3 6 % | DAUq: International 77.1 60.1 28 % | Logged-in DAUq: Global 52.6 49.3 7 % | Logged-in DAUq: U.S. 23.1 22.9 1 % | Logged-in DAUq: International 29.5 26.4 12 % | Logged-out DAUq: Global 77.7 61.1 27 % | Logged-out DAUq: U.S. 30.1 27.4 10 % | Logged-out DAUq: International 47.6 33.7 41 % | WAUq: Global 514.6 416.4 24 % | WAUq: U.S. 197.2 181.0 9 % | WAUq: International 317.4 235.4 35 % | ARPU: Global $ 6.18 $ 4.53 36 % | ARPU: U.S. $ 11.85 $ 7.87 51 % | ARPU: International $ 2.26 $ 1.73 31 % |
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Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) (unaudited) |
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30, |
2026 2025 2026 2025 | Revenue $ 804,905 $ 499,627 $ 1,468,316 $ 891,988 | Costs and expenses: | Cost of revenue 70,308 45,900 126,575 82,989 | Research and development 231,276 196,610 438,522 387,881 | Sales and marketing 195,897 120,619 347,369 211,304 | General and administrative 75,708 68,787 141,222 138,200 | Total costs and expenses 573,189 431,916 1,053,688 820,374 | Income from operations 231,716 67,711 414,628 71,614 | Other income (expense), net 25,119 21,147 47,935 41,681 | Income before income taxes 256,835 88,858 462,563 113,295 | Income tax expense (benefit) 3,987 (439 ) 5,734 (2,160 ) | Net income $ 252,848 $ 89,297 $ 456,829 $ 115,455 | Net income per share attributable to Class A and Class B common stock | Basic $ 1.31 $ 0.48 $ 2.38 $ 0.63 | Diluted $ 1.25 $ 0.45 $ 2.26 $ 0.58 | Weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share attributable to common stockholders | Basic 192,345,684 185,437,777 191,932,329 183,730,992 | Diluted 202,029,721 199,522,433 202,326,864 200,681,458 |
| Reddit, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) (unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 December 31, 2025 | Assets | Current assets | Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,486,838 $ 953,569 | Marketable securities 1,299,519 1,523,242 | Accounts receivable, net 650,098 590,162 | Prepaid expenses and other current assets 105,210 69,012 | Total current assets 3,541,665 3,135,985 | Property and equipment, net 11,981 12,710 | Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 18,411 20,788 | Intangible assets, net 10,565 15,521 | Goodwill 42,174 42,174 | Other noncurrent assets 11,809 11,995 | Total assets $ 3,636,605 $ 3,239,173 | Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | Current liabilities | Accounts payable $ 89,144 $ 62,929 | Operating lease liabilities 7,783 7,023 | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 240,822 201,331 | Total current liabilities 337,749 271,283 | Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent 13,084 16,191 | Other noncurrent liabilities 72 22,661 | Total liabilities 350,905 310,135 | Commitments and contingencies | Stockholders’ equity: | Preferred stock — — | Class A common stock 14 14 | Class B common stock 5 5 | Class C common stock — — | Additional paid-in capital 3,504,664 3,595,772 | Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (4,695 ) 4,364 | Accumulated deficit (214,288 ) (671,117 ) | Total stockholders’ equity 3,285,700 2,929,038 | Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 3,636,605 $ 3,239,173 |
| Reddit, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands) (unaudited) |
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30, |
2026 2025 2026 2025 | Cash flows from operating activities | Net income $ 252,848 $ 89,297 $ 456,829 $ 115,455 | Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | Depreciation and amortization 4,258 3,934 8,468 7,897 | Non-cash operating lease cost 1,743 1,514 3,419 2,982 | Amortization of premium (accretion of discount) on marketable securities, net (2,799 ) (6,691 ) (7,096 ) (15,575 ) | Stock-based compensation expense 100,952 89,070 169,288 174,484 | Other adjustments 85 97 (606 ) (41 ) | Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | Accounts receivable (127,228 ) (81,116 ) (59,271 ) (57,757 ) | Prepaid expenses and other assets (12,454 ) (9,352 ) (36,206 ) (26,358 ) | Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities (1,575 ) (1,589 ) (3,390 ) (3,369 ) | Accounts payable 37,020 19,991 26,037 18,945 | Accrued expenses and other liabilities 9,026 6,176 16,657 22,246 | Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ 261,876 $ 111,331 $ 574,129 $ 238,909 | Cash flows from investing activities | Purchases of property and equipment (1,134 ) (505 ) (2,224 ) (1,484 ) | Purchases of marketable securities (311,978 ) (556,457 ) (676,907 ) (1,061,303 ) | Maturities of marketable securities 409,247 552,532 883,715 1,017,594 | Proceeds from sale of marketable securities — — 17,989 12,372 | Other investing activities (1,421 ) 2,354 (3,037 ) 3,243 | Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities $ 94,714 $ (2,076 ) $ 219,536 $ (29,578 ) | Cash flows from financing activities | Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options 5,037 4,303 9,936 14,487 | Taxes paid related to net share settlement of restricted stock units (14,546 ) (15,225 ) (30,742 ) (51,900 ) | Repurchases of Class A common stock (234,591 ) — (239,590 ) — | Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $ (244,100 ) $ (10,922 ) $ (260,396 ) $ (37,413 ) | Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 112,490 98,333 533,269 171,918 | Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 1,374,348 635,727 953,569 562,142 | Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period $ 1,486,838 $ 734,060 $ 1,486,838 $ 734,060 |
| Reddit, Inc.
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin (in thousands, except percentages) (unaudited) |
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30, |
2026 2025 2026 2025 | Net income $ 252,848 $ 89,297 $ 456,829 $ 115,455 | Add (deduct): | Interest (income) expense, net (25,027 ) (21,056 ) (48,912 ) (41,470 ) | Income tax expense (benefit) 3,987 (439 ) 5,734 (2,160 ) | Depreciation and amortization 4,258 3,934 8,468 7,897 | Stock-based compensation expense and related taxes 106,836 95,104 185,684 202,509 | Other (income) expense, net (92 ) (91 ) 977 (211 ) | Adjusted EBITDA $ 342,810 $ 166,749 $ 608,780 $ 282,020 | Net margin 31.4 % 17.9 % 31.1 % 12.9 % | Adjusted EBITDA margin 42.6 % 33.4 % 41.5 % 31.6 % |
Reddit, Inc. Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow Margin (in thousands, except percentages) (unaudited) |
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30, |
2026 2025 2026 2025 | Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ 261,876 $ 111,331 $ 574,129 $ 238,909 | Less: | Purchases of property and equipment (1,134 ) (505 ) (2,224 ) (1,484 ) | Free Cash Flow $ 260,742 $ 110,826 $ 571,905 $ 237,425 | Operating cash flow margin 32.5 % 22.3 % 39.1 % 26.8 % | Free Cash Flow margin 32.4 % 22.2 % 38.9 % 26.6 % |
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