Run Out of Podcasts? Reddit May Soon Allow You to Watch or Listen to Posts
By the end of 2026, scrolling on Reddit could mean a bit less reading and a lot more listening and watching. CEO Steve Huffman said the company is working on what it calls "video Reddit" or "spoken Reddit," in the firm's latest earnings call, first spotted by TechCrunch. Reddit posts have proved a goldmine for some content creators on platforms like YouTube and TikTok, who will often upload themselves simply reading out Reddit posts.
- ▪By the end of 2026, scrolling on Reddit could mean a bit less reading and a lot more listening and watching.
- ▪CEO Steve Huffman said the company is working on what it calls "video Reddit" or "spoken Reddit," in the firm's latest earnings call, first spotted by TechCrunch.
- ▪Reddit posts have proved a goldmine for some content creators on platforms like YouTube and TikTok, who will often upload themselves simply reading out Reddit posts.
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By the end of 2026, scrolling on Reddit could mean a bit less reading and a lot more listening and watching. CEO Steve Huffman said the company is working on what it calls "video Reddit" or "spoken Reddit," in the firm's latest earnings call, first spotted by TechCrunch. Huffman said the new project will enable users to listen to Reddit posts, as well as to listen to them in the background, presumably while changing tabs or viewing other pages.The company didn't give much detail on what these new features could look like in practice, or whether the company would use an AI tool to read the posts aloud, or allow users to upload their own voice notes and recordings.
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