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Reddit growth playbook

Diagnosis

Reddit is growing fastest outside the US (77.1 million international daily uniques, +28%), but logged-in use abroad grows far slower (+12%), and its hiring shows the answer it is betting on: local community managers in the Netherlands, the UK and Ireland to recruit moderators, a lifecycle manager for moderator email and push, a growth intelligence lead to size markets, and a Trust & Safety product marketer.

The public sites around those hires lag: the moderator site has no Dutch version, the Dutch pages on redditinc.com are all legal terms, the moderator homepage has no sign-up, Community Funds excludes the new markets, and the corporate site tells crawlers it has "0 M+" users.

This playbook builds the moderator front door first, then the lifecycle, power-user and measurement programs that turn local readers into local communities.

Growth Score

7/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn the fast-growing logged-out international audience into logged-in local communities by giving each new market a moderator funnel in its own language.

Biggest Risk

Discord, Facebook Groups and other community platforms compete for the same volunteers, and growth from search and AI referrals can fade if readers never become members.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Give the new Dutch community team a Dutch front door for moderators: Reddit for Community has six languages, none of them Dutch

    Pick the five Reddit for Community pages to translate and brief a Dutch reviewer.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Print "Reddit by the numbers" in the page, not just in a counter: crawlers read "0 M+ daily active uniques"

    Fetch the press page without JavaScript and confirm what it says.

    Medium impact First result in 1 week
  3. 3

    Real titles, descriptions and share images for redditinc.com

    Rewrite the homepage title and description.

    Medium impact First result in 2 weeks

02

Your idea portfolio

22 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

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This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Reddit is hiring a Dutch-speaking community manager to recruit local moderators and run "a conversion funnel" that turns power users and creators into moderators. But every page a Dutch power user would land on is in another language: Reddit for Community, the moderator site, exists in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, and /nl-nl/ returns a 404; its International menu lists mod hubs for Brazil, Germany, India, the UK and France, none for the Netherlands; and the 31 Dutch pages on redditinc.com are all legal terms. The new hire starts with a funnel that has no top.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Community Manager

    First action

    Pick the five Reddit for Community pages to translate and brief a Dutch reviewer.

    How to measure it

    New Dutch-speaking moderators active after 30 days

    Now
    –
    Target
    150
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick the pages

      Mod basics, start a community, checklist, course, recruitment guide.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 day

    2. 2

      Translate and localize

      Dutch examples and Dutch communities, not literal translation.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 week

    3. 3

      Publish under /nl-nl/

      Language switcher and hreflang alongside the six existing languages.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 3 days

    4. 4

      Add the Dutch hub

      List a Dutch moderator subreddit in the International menu.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 2 days

    5. 5

      Tag outreach

      Tracked links in every message to power users and creators.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 day

    6. 6

      Send the course

      Dutch version of the getting-started emails.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 1 week

    7. 7

      Report the funnel

      Visits, course sign-ups, communities created, mods active at 30 days.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Translation review and staff time
    Owner
    Community Manager, Dutch Speaking

    Smallest test

    Translate one page, the new-mod checklist, and link it from the first 50 outreach messages.

    Why it works

    Before the community manager starts outreach, publish a Dutch edition of the five pages a new moderator needs (What is a Reddit mod, Start a community, the new-mod checklist, the five-week getting-started course and the mod recruitment guide), add nl-nl to the language switcher and hreflang, list a Dutch moderator hub in the International menu, and give every outreach message a tracked link to it. Then measure the funnel the role is hired to build: visits, sign-ups to the course, first community created or mod invite accepted.

    Power users decide in their own language, and Reddit's international audience is growing far faster than its logged-in base (77.1 million international daily uniques, +28%, but only 29.5 million logged in, +12%). Moderators are what turn logged-out readers into local communities, and the translation pattern already exists for five other languages.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistDutch moderator front door

    [ ] /nl-nl/ "Wat is een Reddit-mod?"
    [ ] /nl-nl/ start a community
    [ ] /nl-nl/ checklist for new mods
    [ ] /nl-nl/ five-week getting-started course
    [ ] /nl-nl/ mod recruitment guide
    [ ] nl-nl in the language switcher and hreflang
    [ ] Dutch mod hub listed in the International menu
    [ ] Tracked links in all outreach
    [ ] Funnel report: visits > course sign-ups > communities > active mods

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Literal translation reads as corporate

      Have the Dutch community manager rewrite, not just review.

    • Too few Dutch power users to reach

      Start with Dutch-language communities that already exist and lack moderators.

    Evidence

    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • Your websiteredditinc.com sitemap (1,247 URLs, checked October 21, 2026): 31 Dutch (nl-nl) pages, 34 French and about 30 each in other languages, and every one is a policy or terms page. The homepage, values, careers, press, transparency and Reddit for Good pages exist in English only and carry no hreflang tags.Source
    • Investor resultsQ2 2026 results: daily active uniques 130.3 million (+18%), weekly active uniques 514.6 million (+24%), revenue $805 million (+61%). International DAUq 77.1 million (+28%) against US 53.2 million (+6%), but international logged-in DAUq only 29.5 million (+12%) while logged-out DAUq grew 27% to 77.7 million. International ARPU $2.26 against US $11.85.Source
  • 02

    The homepage and press page show 130M+ daily and 514M+ weekly uniques with an animated counter. The real numbers live only in data attributes, so the HTML that AI assistants, many crawlers and link previews read says "0 M+ Daily active uniques" and "0 K+ Active communities". Journalists and assistants quoting Reddit's size from the press page get zero.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 week Communications team

    First action

    Fetch the press page without JavaScript and confirm what it says.

    How to measure it

    Pages where the raw HTML shows the real figures

    Now
    –
    Target
    All
    By
    1 week

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find every counter

      Homepage, press and any other page using the module.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 hour

    2. 2

      Change the module

      Real number in the markup, animation optional.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    3. 3

      Add the date

      "As of June 2026" next to each figure.

      Communications team 1 hour

    4. 4

      Add structured data

      Organization markup with the key figures.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 2 hours

    5. 5

      Test

      Fetch with no JavaScript and check link previews.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 hour

    6. 6

      Update each quarter

      With the results release.

      Communications team quarterly

    First result
    1 week
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Communications team

    Smallest test

    Fix the press page counter first.

    Why it works

    Render the final numbers in the HTML and let the animation start from them (or animate only for visitors with JavaScript), add the "As of" date in text, and mark the figures up as structured data. Do the same wherever the counter module is reused.

    The press page exists to be quoted. Correct figures in the raw page make Reddit's scale show up correctly in AI answers and previews.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Animation looks different

      Count up from 0 only after the page has loaded the real value.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteredditinc.com homepage and press page: "Reddit by the numbers ... As of June 2026" is a JavaScript counter, so the HTML that crawlers, AI assistants and link previews read says "0 M+ Daily active uniques", "0 M+ Weekly active uniques", "0 K+ Active communities" and "0 B+ Posts & comments"; the real values (130, 514, 100 and 26) sit only in data attributes. The homepage's calls to action are four "Visit Reddit" buttons; moderator links appear only in the footer.Source
    • Investor resultsQ2 2026 results: daily active uniques 130.3 million (+18%), weekly active uniques 514.6 million (+24%), revenue $805 million (+61%). International DAUq 77.1 million (+28%) against US 53.2 million (+6%), but international logged-in DAUq only 29.5 million (+12%) while logged-out DAUq grew 27% to 77.7 million. International ARPU $2.26 against US $11.85.Source
  • 03

    The homepage title is "Reddit Inc Homepage" with the description "Homepage - Reddit"; values, transparency and Reddit for Good read the same way, and no page sets a share image. Every job post sends candidates to redditinc.com, and these are the words they, journalists and assistants see first.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Web team

    First action

    Rewrite the homepage title and description.

    How to measure it

    Click-through from search

    Now
    –
    Target
    +15%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      List main pages

      Homepage, values, careers, press, transparency, Reddit for Good, brand.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 hour

    2. 2

      Write titles

      What each page offers.

      Communications team 1 day

    3. 3

      Write descriptions

      One sentence each.

      Communications team 1 day

    4. 4

      Add share images

      og:image and og:description per page.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    5. 5

      Add structured data

      Organization on the homepage.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 2 hours

    6. 6

      Measure

      Search Console click-through.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community)

    Smallest test

    Change the homepage title today.

    Why it works

    Write a title and description for each main page that says what the page offers (Reddit's mission and numbers, values, the transparency report, Reddit for Good, careers), add og:image and og:description, and add Organization structured data to the homepage.

    Clear titles and previews raise click-through from search and social and give assistants a correct summary of the company.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Templates override page settings

      Fix the template defaults, not only page by page.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePage metadata: the homepage title is "Reddit Inc Homepage" with the description "Homepage - Reddit"; others read "Reddit Inc Values Page" / "Values - Reddit", "Reddit Inc Transparency Page" / "Transparency - Reddit" and "Reddit For Good Page". None of these pages sets an og:image or og:description, and the homepage has no structured data.Source
    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
    • Your websiteredditinc.com homepage and press page: "Reddit by the numbers ... As of June 2026" is a JavaScript counter, so the HTML that crawlers, AI assistants and link previews read says "0 M+ Daily active uniques", "0 M+ Weekly active uniques", "0 K+ Active communities" and "0 B+ Posts & comments"; the real values (130, 514, 100 and 26) sit only in data attributes. The homepage's calls to action are four "Visit Reddit" buttons; moderator links appear only in the footer.Source
  • 04

    The new lifecycle manager will build HubSpot email programs for moderators, but the Reddit for Community homepage has no visible sign-up. A "Make your community stand out" block meant for a form is hidden, still holding template text ("the form header closes the deal") and a "Learn more" button to reddit.com. A mod newsletter confirmation page exists, so the form just needs a home.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Senior Community Lifecycle Ma…

    First action

    Draft the form fields and the three tracks.

    How to measure it

    Homepage sign-ups to lifecycle tracks

    Now
    –
    Target
    5% of visitors
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design the block

      Email, stage and language.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Build the HubSpot form

      Mapped to segments.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 2 days

    3. 3

      Replace the template

      Visible block, leftover copy removed.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    4. 4

      Connect tracks

      Getting-started course or growth emails.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Translate

      Same block in all locales.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 week

    6. 6

      Test

      Placement and copy, treatment and control.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 1 month

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Community Lifecycle Manager

    Smallest test

    Put the form live on the English homepage for two weeks.

    Why it works

    Replace the hidden block with a visible sign-up: email, stage (new, intermediate, old pro, matching the page's own picker) and language, enrolling each person in the right getting-started or growth track. Remove the leftover template text from the HTML.

    Lifecycle programs only work on a list. The homepage already gets moderators looking for help; capturing them is the cheapest growth in the funnel.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Moderators dislike email

      Offer push and on-platform alternatives in the form.

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community homepage: the four success stories are r/WaysToPBJ, r/Outfits ("From zero to 940k+"), r/AskAstronomy and r/RollsRoyce, all English-language. The page has no visible sign-up form; a hidden "Make your community stand out" block still holds the template text "The headline and subheader tells us what you're offering, and the form header closes the deal" with a "Learn more" button to reddit.com. The sitemap also lists internal test and style-showcase pages.Source
    • HiringSenior Community Lifecycle Manager (posted August 31, 2026): build "programs that educate, engage, and reactivate moderators, from creating a subreddit to growing an established community"; "Build email campaigns in HubSpot and push campaigns using Reddit's first-party tools"; "Design experiments using treatment and control groups".Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
  • 05

    Every call to action on redditinc.com's homepage is "Visit Reddit". The only links to moderating, Reddit for Community and the Moderator Code of Conduct sit in the footer, though the company describes moderators as central to how communities thrive.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Senior Manager

    First action

    Count homepage visits and footer clicks to Reddit for Community.

    How to measure it

    Homepage-to-RfC clicks

    Now
    –
    Target
    3x
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Baseline

      Current footer clicks.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 day

    2. 2

      Write the section

      Two clear actions.

      Communications team 1 day

    3. 3

      Build

      On the homepage.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 2 days

    4. 4

      Track

      UTM to Reddit for Community.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 hour

    5. 5

      Localize

      Where local versions exist.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Review

      Clicks and sign-ups.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence

    Smallest test

    Add one "Start a community" button under the numbers.

    Why it works

    Add a short "Build a community" section with two buttons, Start a community and Become a moderator, linking to Reddit for Community with tracking. Show it in each visitor's language once local versions exist.

    Visitors who come to the company site are often press, candidates and curious power users; giving the curious ones a next step costs nothing.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Crowds the corporate homepage

      Keep it to one short section.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteredditinc.com homepage and press page: "Reddit by the numbers ... As of June 2026" is a JavaScript counter, so the HTML that crawlers, AI assistants and link previews read says "0 M+ Daily active uniques", "0 M+ Weekly active uniques", "0 K+ Active communities" and "0 B+ Posts & comments"; the real values (130, 514, 100 and 26) sit only in data attributes. The homepage's calls to action are four "Visit Reddit" buttons; moderator links appear only in the footer.Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • HiringSenior Community Lifecycle Manager (posted August 31, 2026): build "programs that educate, engage, and reactivate moderators, from creating a subreddit to growing an established community"; "Build email campaigns in HubSpot and push campaigns using Reddit's first-party tools"; "Design experiments using treatment and control groups".Source
  • 06

    Real visitors see main content in 1.8 s, which is good, but interaction delay is 224 ms at the 75th percentile, above Google's 200 ms limit, so the site fails Core Web Vitals. In the lab the header image takes 6.7 s on mobile and the page downloads 2.8 MB, and images lack alt text.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 months Web team

    First action

    Run a performance trace on the homepage and list long tasks.

    How to measure it

    INP at the 75th percentile

    Now
    –
    Target
    Under 200 ms
    By
    2 months

    Steps

    1. 1

      Trace

      Long tasks on mobile.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    2. 2

      Defer scripts

      Non-essential scripts after interaction.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 week

    3. 3

      Fix the header image

      Modern format, mobile size, priority.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 2 days

    4. 4

      Cache

      Longer lifetimes for static files.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    5. 5

      Alt text

      All images.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Chrome UX Report monthly.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) monthly

    First result
    2 months
    Cost
    Developer time
    Owner
    Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community)

    Smallest test

    Defer one heavy script and compare INP.

    Why it works

    Find the scripts that block interaction (counters, chat, tag manager), defer them, serve the header image in a modern format at mobile size with priority, set cache lifetimes and add alt text.

    A passing site helps search and accessibility, and the fixes are routine on a HubSpot template.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Tag removals break tracking

      Check analytics after each change.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedredditinc.com on mobile: performance 60/100; lab main content (the header image) at 6.7 s and 2.8 MB downloaded. Real Chrome visitors: main content at 1.8 s and layout shift 0.07, both good, but interaction delay (INP) at 224 ms at the 75th percentile, above Google's 200 ms limit, so the site fails Core Web Vitals on responsiveness. Images also lack alt text.Source

This quarter 11

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    Reddit for Community already has a five-week getting-started course for new moderators, and the lifecycle manager is hired to run email and push with treatment and control groups. The course is pages today; it should be a sequence triggered by creating a community.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Community Lifecycle Ma…

    First action

    Map each course week to one action and one metric.

    How to measure it

    Communities active at 60 days

    Now
    –
    Target
    +10% vs control
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map weeks to actions

      One action each.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Build triggers

      Community created, invite accepted.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Write messages

      Email and push versions.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Set control

      Hold-out group.

      Staff Data Scientist, Marketing 1 day

    5. 5

      Launch in English

      Then the five other languages.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 1 month

    6. 6

      Read results

      Survival and actions taken.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Community Lifecycle Manager

    Smallest test

    Send week 1 to one cohort of new moderators.

    Why it works

    Trigger the course when someone creates a subreddit or accepts a mod invite: one email or push per week, each with one action (rules, first posts, recruit a co-mod, flair, scheduled posts). Hold out a control group and measure 60-day community survival.

    New communities die in their first weeks; timely, single-action nudges keep the moderator going.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Notification fatigue

      Cap messages and stop when the action is done.

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • HiringSenior Community Lifecycle Manager (posted August 31, 2026): build "programs that educate, engage, and reactivate moderators, from creating a subreddit to growing an established community"; "Build email campaigns in HubSpot and push campaigns using Reddit's first-party tools"; "Design experiments using treatment and control groups".Source
    • HiringSenior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence (posted September 4, 2026): turn "open-ended opportunities into structured problems, quantitative opportunity sizes, investment cases, and executable plans" and "make our impact clear to senior leaders". Senior Growth Manager (Contract, International Community, posted August 20): experiments on "content supply, community density, contribution, discovery, engagement, and user growth", turned into "repeatable playbooks" across markets; "This is not a marketing role."Source
  • 08

    Reddit for Community has a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and an ultimate guide to reviving a community, and the lifecycle role is explicitly about reactivating moderators. Dormant communities with existing members are cheaper to revive than new ones are to build.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Community Lifecycle Ma…

    First action

    Count communities that fit the dormant definition.

    How to measure it

    Dormant communities back to weekly posts

    Now
    –
    Target
    2,000
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define dormant

      Members, posts, mod activity.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 week

    2. 2

      Size it

      By language and topic.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 week

    3. 3

      Write the sequence

      Starter pack and co-mod ask.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Add power-user path

      Where mods are absent.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 month

    5. 5

      Run with control

      Hold-out group.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Report

      Posts and members after 90 days.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Community Lifecycle Manager

    Smallest test

    Message 200 dormant-community moderators.

    Why it works

    Define a dormant community (members but few posts for 60 days), message its moderators with the starter pack, offer a recruit-a-co-mod path, and, where moderators are gone, open the community to power users through the existing request process.

    Reviving existing communities adds content supply and density where there is already an audience.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • New mods change a community's culture

      Ask existing members first.

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • HiringSenior Community Lifecycle Manager (posted August 31, 2026): build "programs that educate, engage, and reactivate moderators, from creating a subreddit to growing an established community"; "Build email campaigns in HubSpot and push campaigns using Reddit's first-party tools"; "Design experiments using treatment and control groups".Source
    • HiringSenior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence (posted September 4, 2026): turn "open-ended opportunities into structured problems, quantitative opportunity sizes, investment cases, and executable plans" and "make our impact clear to senior leaders". Senior Growth Manager (Contract, International Community, posted August 20): experiments on "content supply, community density, contribution, discovery, engagement, and user growth", turned into "repeatable playbooks" across markets; "This is not a marketing role."Source
  • 09

    The community managers are hired to turn power users and creators into moderators. The hardest part is finding them. Contribution data already shows who answers, posts and gets upvoted most in each local community.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Growth Manager

    First action

    Pull the list for the Netherlands and France.

    How to measure it

    Invites accepted

    Now
    –
    Target
    25%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define a power user

      Contribution and standing.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community 1 week

    2. 2

      Define understaffed

      Members per active mod.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 week

    3. 3

      Build the list

      Per market, monthly.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Write invites

      Personal and local.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 week

    5. 5

      Send

      Netherlands and France first.

      Community Manager, French Speaking monthly

    6. 6

      Track

      Acceptance and 90-day activity.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Growth Manager, International Community

    Smallest test

    Invite 30 Dutch power users by hand.

    Why it works

    Build a monthly list per market: top contributors in communities with too few active moderators, ranked by contribution quality and account standing. The community managers invite them with a personal message and the local getting-started course.

    People who already carry a community are the most likely to moderate it well, and a list makes outreach repeatable across markets.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Privacy concerns about targeting

      Use on-platform signals only and an on-platform invite.

    Evidence

    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
    • HiringSenior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence (posted September 4, 2026): turn "open-ended opportunities into structured problems, quantitative opportunity sizes, investment cases, and executable plans" and "make our impact clear to senior leaders". Senior Growth Manager (Contract, International Community, posted August 20): experiments on "content supply, community density, contribution, discovery, engagement, and user growth", turned into "repeatable playbooks" across markets; "This is not a marketing role."Source
    • Investor resultsQ2 2026 results: daily active uniques 130.3 million (+18%), weekly active uniques 514.6 million (+24%), revenue $805 million (+61%). International DAUq 77.1 million (+28%) against US 53.2 million (+6%), but international logged-in DAUq only 29.5 million (+12%) while logged-out DAUq grew 27% to 77.7 million. International ARPU $2.26 against US $11.85.Source
  • 10

    France, Germany, Brazil, India and the UK each have a moderator subreddit listed on Reddit for Community; the Netherlands does not. Moderators learn most from each other, and the community managers are asked to "build bridges with local volunteer moderators".

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Community Manager

    First action

    Check whether a Dutch moderator community already exists to adopt.

    How to measure it

    Active Dutch moderators in the hub

    Now
    –
    Target
    300
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find or open the hub

      Adopt an existing one if possible.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 week

    2. 2

      List it

      In the International menu.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 hour

    3. 3

      Weekly thread

      Local tips and questions.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking weekly

    4. 4

      First session

      Online or in Amsterdam.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 month

    5. 5

      Recruit peer leads

      Two or three experienced mods.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Members and questions answered.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Event costs
    Owner
    Community Manager, Dutch Speaking

    Smallest test

    Post the first weekly thread.

    Why it works

    Open (or adopt) a Dutch moderator community, staff it with the community manager, post a weekly local tips thread and announce a first meet-up or online session for Dutch moderators.

    A peer hub keeps new moderators going after the course ends, and it costs a fraction of one-to-one support.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Hub goes quiet

      Weekly thread and peer leads.

    Builds on

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
  • 11

    International daily uniques grew 28% to 77.1 million, but international logged-in users grew only 12% to 29.5 million, and international ARPU is $2.26 against $11.85 in the US. The Community Growth & Intelligence lead is hired to size opportunities and build investment cases.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Manager

    First action

    Build the map for the five largest non-US markets.

    How to measure it

    Markets with a sized case

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick measures

      Logged-out, logged-in, communities, mods.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 week

    2. 2

      Pull data

      With Data Science.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Rank markets

      Gap and size.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 week

    4. 4

      Write cases

      Top three markets.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Review

      With Community and Product leaders.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 day

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Each quarter.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence

    Smallest test

    Build one market's row by hand.

    Why it works

    For each market, compare logged-out reading, logged-in users, local-language communities and active moderators, and rank where more local communities would convert readers. Use it to decide where the next community manager goes.

    It turns hiring and translation choices into an investment case, which is exactly the role's brief.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Logged-out data is noisy

      Use trends, not single numbers.

    Evidence

    • Investor resultsQ2 2026 results: daily active uniques 130.3 million (+18%), weekly active uniques 514.6 million (+24%), revenue $805 million (+61%). International DAUq 77.1 million (+28%) against US 53.2 million (+6%), but international logged-in DAUq only 29.5 million (+12%) while logged-out DAUq grew 27% to 77.7 million. International ARPU $2.26 against US $11.85.Source
    • HiringSenior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence (posted September 4, 2026): turn "open-ended opportunities into structured problems, quantitative opportunity sizes, investment cases, and executable plans" and "make our impact clear to senior leaders". Senior Growth Manager (Contract, International Community, posted August 20): experiments on "content supply, community density, contribution, discovery, engagement, and user growth", turned into "repeatable playbooks" across markets; "This is not a marketing role."Source
    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
  • 12

    The new Trust & Safety PMM must explain how safety products and community moderation "work together" for people on and off Reddit. redditinc.com already explains a three-layer moderation model on the Transparency page, and the newsroom has 37 Policy and Safety posts, but the tools moderators actually use live elsewhere.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Staff Community Product Marke…

    First action

    List the safety tools moderators ask about most.

    How to measure it

    Moderators using launched safety tools

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List tools

      Most asked about.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety 1 week

    2. 2

      Write explanations

      Plain language.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety 1 month

    3. 3

      Record videos

      Short demos.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety 1 month

    4. 4

      Publish

      Linked from Transparency.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 week

    5. 5

      Use at launch

      Every safety announcement.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Adoption after launches.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety

    Smallest test

    Publish one tool explainer.

    Why it works

    Build one hub linking the three layers to the tools behind them (safety filters, reporting, mod tools), each with a plain explanation, a short video and what changed recently. Use it for every safety launch and translate it with the moderator pages.

    One clear explanation builds trust with moderators, press and advertisers, and gives each launch a home.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Explaining defenses helps abusers

      Explain what tools do, not how detection works.

    Evidence

    • HiringStaff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety (posted October 19, 2026): help people "understand how safety products work, what changes mean for their communities, and how to use the tools available to them"; explain how products address "spam, coordinated manipulation, and harmful behavior" for "people on and off Reddit"; "Explain how platform protections and community moderation work together".Source
    • Your websiteTransparency page: a "biannual transparency report" on moderation by "Reddit moderators and admins", community-level actions and legal requests; a three-layer model of community voting, volunteer community moderation and platform moderation. Newsroom tags: Announcements (143), Product and Community (126), Life at Reddit (38), Policy and Safety (37), Community Insights (1).Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
  • 13

    The transparency report includes moderation by "Reddit moderators and admins" and community-level actions, but it is a long English report. Moderators in each market would read a one-page version of what it says about their work.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Staff Community Product Marke…

    First action

    Draft the summary for the latest report.

    How to measure it

    Moderator open rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    40%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Draft summary

      One page.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety 1 week

    2. 2

      Add moderator stats

      Share and tools.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety 1 week

    3. 3

      Translate

      Six languages, then Dutch.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Send

      Lifecycle email and push.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager 1 day

    5. 5

      Post

      Mod hubs.

      Community Manager, French Speaking 1 day

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Each report.

      Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety twice a year

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Translation costs
    Owner
    Staff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety

    Smallest test

    Send the English summary to one cohort.

    Why it works

    Publish a one-page summary per report in each moderator language, with the share of removals done by moderators, the tools they used most, and a thank-you. Send it through the moderator lifecycle program.

    Moderators rarely see their collective impact; showing it is recognition that keeps volunteers.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Numbers read as criticism

      Frame as impact and thanks.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteTransparency page: a "biannual transparency report" on moderation by "Reddit moderators and admins", community-level actions and legal requests; a three-layer model of community voting, volunteer community moderation and platform moderation. Newsroom tags: Announcements (143), Product and Community (126), Life at Reddit (38), Policy and Safety (37), Community Insights (1).Source
    • HiringStaff Community Product Marketing Manager, Trust & Safety (posted October 19, 2026): help people "understand how safety products work, what changes mean for their communities, and how to use the tools available to them"; explain how products address "spam, coordinated manipulation, and harmful behavior" for "people on and off Reddit"; "Explain how platform protections and community moderation work together".Source
    • HiringSenior Community Lifecycle Manager (posted August 31, 2026): build "programs that educate, engage, and reactivate moderators, from creating a subreddit to growing an established community"; "Build email campaigns in HubSpot and push campaigns using Reddit's first-party tools"; "Design experiments using treatment and control groups".Source
  • 14

    Community Funds lists eligible countries as Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, the UK and the US. Reddit is now hiring community managers based in the Netherlands and Ireland, whose moderators cannot apply.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Senior Manager

    First action

    Ask legal what adding two countries requires.

    How to measure it

    Applications from NL and IE

    Now
    –
    Target
    40 per round
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Check requirements

      Legal and tax.

      Legal 1 month

    2. 2

      Update eligibility

      Pages and forms.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    3. 3

      Translate

      Dutch application page.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 week

    4. 4

      Promote

      Local hubs and outreach.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 month

    5. 5

      Review

      First round.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Report impact

      Communities and members.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Fund grants
    Owner
    Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence

    Smallest test

    Confirm eligibility rules for one country.

    Why it works

    Add the Netherlands and Ireland to Community Funds in the next round (with legal and tax checks), and let the community managers promote it as a reason to start and grow local communities.

    Funding a local project gives new moderators a concrete goal and gives the community team a story to tell.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Legal complexity

      Start with the two markets where staff are based.

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityCommunity Funds: "Moderators based in the following countries are eligible for Community Funds: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States." The Netherlands and Ireland are not on the list. redditinc.com calls it a "$1M Community Funds program".Source
    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
  • 15

    The homepage stories are r/WaysToPBJ, r/Outfits, r/AskAstronomy and r/RollsRoyce, all English-language. A French or Dutch moderator sees no one like them.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Community Manager

    First action

    Ask three French communities for a story.

    How to measure it

    Local-page sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Shortlist

      Growing local communities.

      Community Manager, French Speaking 1 week

    2. 2

      Interview mods

      First 100 members, mod team.

      Community Manager, French Speaking 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Write stories

      Two per language.

      Community Manager, French Speaking 1 month

    4. 4

      Publish

      On each locale homepage.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 week

    5. 5

      Share

      Local hubs.

      Community Manager, French Speaking 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sign-ups.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Community Manager, French Speaking

    Smallest test

    Publish one French story.

    Why it works

    In each language version, feature two local communities (how they found their first 100 members, how they recruited mods), written with their moderators.

    Local peer proof is the strongest reason for a new moderator to try.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Featured community changes

      Refresh twice a year.

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community homepage: the four success stories are r/WaysToPBJ, r/Outfits ("From zero to 940k+"), r/AskAstronomy and r/RollsRoyce, all English-language. The page has no visible sign-up form; a hidden "Make your community stand out" block still holds the template text "The headline and subheader tells us what you're offering, and the form header closes the deal" with a "Learn more" button to reddit.com. The sitemap also lists internal test and style-showcase pages.Source
    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
  • 16

    The marketing data scientist is building geo-holdout experiments across B2C growth, and the community teams are experimenting market by market. Without a holdout, nobody can say how many daily users a community manager adds.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Staff Data Scientist

    First action

    Pick matched regions for the first test.

    How to measure it

    Measured incremental DAU per market

    Now
    –
    Target
    One read per quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define the intervention

      Programs per market.

      Staff Data Scientist, Marketing 1 week

    2. 2

      Match regions

      Treatment and holdout.

      Staff Data Scientist, Marketing 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Run

      One quarter.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Read results

      Logged-in and contribution.

      Staff Data Scientist, Marketing 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Add to the model

      Media mix.

      Staff Data Scientist, Marketing 1 month

    6. 6

      Decide budget

      With Finance.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 day

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Staff Data Scientist, Marketing

    Smallest test

    Run one city-level holdout.

    Why it works

    Treat community programs (local pages, power-user invites, funds) as an intervention by region, hold out comparable regions, and read incremental logged-in users and contribution. Feed the result into the media mix model.

    It puts community hires and paid marketing on the same scale, which is how budget gets allocated.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Spillover across regions

      Use language markets with little overlap.

    Evidence

    • HiringMarketing hiring: a Staff Data Scientist, Marketing (posted May 5, 2026, still open) to build media mix models and "geo-holdout experiments" across "B2B Marketing (acquiring and retaining advertisers) and B2C Growth (acquiring and engaging new Redditors)", with "hundreds of millions in marketing budget"; a Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK (posted August 11) to "define the local market narrative" and "develop UK-specific research, data and thought leadership".Source
    • HiringSenior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence (posted September 4, 2026): turn "open-ended opportunities into structured problems, quantitative opportunity sizes, investment cases, and executable plans" and "make our impact clear to senior leaders". Senior Growth Manager (Contract, International Community, posted August 20): experiments on "content supply, community density, contribution, discovery, engagement, and user growth", turned into "repeatable playbooks" across markets; "This is not a marketing role."Source
    • Investor resultsQ2 2026 results: daily active uniques 130.3 million (+18%), weekly active uniques 514.6 million (+24%), revenue $805 million (+61%). International DAUq 77.1 million (+28%) against US 53.2 million (+6%), but international logged-in DAUq only 29.5 million (+12%) while logged-out DAUq grew 27% to 77.7 million. International ARPU $2.26 against US $11.85.Source
  • 17

    The UK business marketing lead is asked to define "the local market narrative" and build UK-specific research. Reddit's UK communities (and r/UKMods for moderators) are a source no other UK media owner has.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Country Lead

    First action

    Pick four categories with UK advertiser demand.

    How to measure it

    Report-sourced UK meetings

    Now
    –
    Target
    50 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick categories

      With UK sales.

      Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK 1 week

    2. 2

      Pull insights

      With the insights team.

      Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK 1 month

    3. 3

      Write report

      Short and visual.

      Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK 1 month

    4. 4

      Launch

      UK event and press.

      Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK 1 month

    5. 5

      Sales follow-up

      Category accounts.

      Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK ongoing

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Quarterly.

      Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Research time
    Owner
    Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK

    Smallest test

    Publish one category snapshot.

    Why it works

    Publish a quarterly UK report on what British communities are talking about by category (retail, finance, food, travel), with brand-safe examples and what it means for advertisers, launched at UK events.

    Local insight is what UK marketers share and what sales can open with.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Privacy of users

      Aggregate trends, no usernames.

    Evidence

    • HiringMarketing hiring: a Staff Data Scientist, Marketing (posted May 5, 2026, still open) to build media mix models and "geo-holdout experiments" across "B2B Marketing (acquiring and retaining advertisers) and B2C Growth (acquiring and engaging new Redditors)", with "hundreds of millions in marketing budget"; a Country Lead, Business Marketing, UK (posted August 11) to "define the local market narrative" and "develop UK-specific research, data and thought leadership".Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • Investor resultsQ2 2026 results: daily active uniques 130.3 million (+18%), weekly active uniques 514.6 million (+24%), revenue $805 million (+61%). International DAUq 77.1 million (+28%) against US 53.2 million (+6%), but international logged-in DAUq only 29.5 million (+12%) while logged-out DAUq grew 27% to 77.7 million. International ARPU $2.26 against US $11.85.Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 18

    The international growth manager is hired to turn experiments into "repeatable playbooks" across markets. The Dutch launch (pages, hub, power-user invites, funds, success stories) is the first chance to write that kit down.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Senior Growth Manager

    First action

    Start the launch log in the Netherlands.

    How to measure it

    Weeks from hire to first 100 new mods

    Now
    –
    Target
    Under 12
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Log the Dutch launch

      Each step and result.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community ongoing

    2. 2

      Compare with France

      What differed.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Write the kit

      Steps, scripts, metrics.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community 1 month

    4. 4

      Pick the next market

      From the opportunity map.

      Senior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence 1 week

    5. 5

      Run with the kit

      Next market.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Refine

      After each market.

      Senior Growth Manager, International Community quarterly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Growth Manager, International Community

    Smallest test

    Write the kit outline after the first month in the Netherlands.

    Why it works

    Document each step of the Dutch and French launches with costs and results, then turn it into a kit: page list, translation guide, outreach scripts, list queries, event plan and success metrics. Use it for the next market on the opportunity map.

    A kit cuts the cost and time of each new market and makes results comparable.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Markets differ

      Mark which steps need local adaptation.

    Builds on

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Manager, Community Growth & Intelligence (posted September 4, 2026): turn "open-ended opportunities into structured problems, quantitative opportunity sizes, investment cases, and executable plans" and "make our impact clear to senior leaders". Senior Growth Manager (Contract, International Community, posted August 20): experiments on "content supply, community density, contribution, discovery, engagement, and user growth", turned into "repeatable playbooks" across markets; "This is not a marketing role."Source
    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
  • 19

    Logged-out daily uniques grew 27% to 77.7 million, while logged-in users grew 7%. The notifications PM owns "off-platform conversion" across push and email. A reader who keeps returning to one community from search has no way to follow it without an account.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Senior Product Manager

    First action

    Find communities with the most repeat logged-out readers.

    How to measure it

    Digest subscribers who create an account

    Now
    –
    Target
    20%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find communities

      Repeat logged-out readers.

      Senior Product Manager, Notifications 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Design digest

      Top posts, one action.

      Senior Product Manager, Notifications 1 month

    3. 3

      Consent and privacy

      Opt-in and unsubscribe.

      Legal 1 month

    4. 4

      Test

      Selected communities.

      Senior Product Manager, Notifications 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Add account step

      One tap from the digest.

      Senior Product Manager, Notifications 1 month

    6. 6

      Scale

      By language.

      Senior Product Manager, Notifications 1 quarter

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Senior Product Manager, Notifications

    Smallest test

    Test a digest for ten large communities.

    Why it works

    Offer logged-out readers of a community a weekly email digest of its top posts, with a one-tap account creation when they want to post or vote. Test by community size and language.

    A light commitment converts repeat readers who will not create an account on the first visit, and the digest brings them back.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Digest replaces visits

      Measure total visits, not only clicks.

    Evidence

    • Investor resultsQ2 2026 results: daily active uniques 130.3 million (+18%), weekly active uniques 514.6 million (+24%), revenue $805 million (+61%). International DAUq 77.1 million (+28%) against US 53.2 million (+6%), but international logged-in DAUq only 29.5 million (+12%) while logged-out DAUq grew 27% to 77.7 million. International ARPU $2.26 against US $11.85.Source
    • HiringProduct hiring around communities: a Staff Product Manager, Community Builders (posted October 7, 2026) for "how people find communities, understand where they belong"; a Senior Product Manager, Notifications (posted October 1) for "reach and addressability, off-platform conversion" across in-app, push and email; a Staff Software Engineer, Developer Ecosystem (posted September 4): "Tens of thousands of external developers are already building apps on Reddit".Source
  • 20

    Tens of thousands of external developers build apps on Reddit, and Reddit for Community has a Made on Reddit section for mod tools. Moderators' most common questions (recruitment, rules, recurring threads) are a ready list of apps to build.

    Medium impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Staff Software Engineer

    First action

    Collect the top ten moderator requests.

    How to measure it

    Communities using a featured app

    Now
    –
    Target
    10,000
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Collect requests

      From mod hubs.

      Community Manager, French Speaking 1 month

    2. 2

      Publish the list

      Developer site.

      Staff Software Engineer, Developer Ecosystem 1 week

    3. 3

      Support builders

      Office hours.

      Staff Software Engineer, Developer Ecosystem monthly

    4. 4

      Feature apps

      Course and emails.

      Senior Community Lifecycle Manager quarterly

    5. 5

      Localize

      App descriptions.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Installs and retention.

      Staff Software Engineer, Developer Ecosystem quarterly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Staff Software Engineer, Developer Ecosystem

    Smallest test

    Publish the first request list.

    Why it works

    Publish a quarterly list of moderator requests from mod hubs, invite developers to build for them, and feature the best apps in the moderator course and lifecycle emails, in each language.

    It grows the developer platform and makes moderating easier, which keeps moderators.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low-quality apps

      Feature only reviewed apps.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct hiring around communities: a Staff Product Manager, Community Builders (posted October 7, 2026) for "how people find communities, understand where they belong"; a Senior Product Manager, Notifications (posted October 1) for "reach and addressability, off-platform conversion" across in-app, push and email; a Staff Software Engineer, Developer Ecosystem (posted September 4): "Tens of thousands of external developers are already building apps on Reddit".Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • HiringSenior Community Lifecycle Manager (posted August 31, 2026): build "programs that educate, engage, and reactivate moderators, from creating a subreddit to growing an established community"; "Build email campaigns in HubSpot and push campaigns using Reddit's first-party tools"; "Design experiments using treatment and control groups".Source

Wildcards 2

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 21

    The Reddit for Community sitemap lists internal test and style-showcase pages, and the homepage HTML carries a hidden template block with placeholder copy. Search engines and assistants read all of it.

    Low impactLow effort First result in 1 month Web team

    First action

    List sitemap URLs that are not public content.

    How to measure it

    Test pages in the index

    Now
    –
    Target
    0
    By
    1 month

    Steps

    1. 1

      List pages

      Test and showcase pages.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    2. 2

      Remove from sitemap

      And noindex.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    3. 3

      Delete leftovers

      Hidden template blocks.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    4. 4

      Check locales

      Same pages in each language.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    5. 5

      Add a check

      Before publishing.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 day

    6. 6

      Review

      Quarterly.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community)

    Smallest test

    Remove the test pages today.

    Why it works

    Remove test pages from the sitemap and block them from indexing, delete hidden placeholder blocks, and add a check to the publishing process.

    A tidy site keeps search results and AI answers about moderating on the right pages.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Removing a page someone uses

      Check analytics first.

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community homepage: the four success stories are r/WaysToPBJ, r/Outfits ("From zero to 940k+"), r/AskAstronomy and r/RollsRoyce, all English-language. The page has no visible sign-up form; a hidden "Make your community stand out" block still holds the template text "The headline and subheader tells us what you're offering, and the form header closes the deal" with a "Learn more" button to reddit.com. The sitemap also lists internal test and style-showcase pages.Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
  • 22

    Reddit for Community runs a Mod Hall of Fame and mod events, and the new community managers need visible reasons for volunteers to step up. Local recognition is cheap and travels in local press and communities.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 quarters Community Manager

    First action

    Open nominations in the Dutch hub.

    How to measure it

    Nominations per market

    Now
    –
    Target
    100
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set criteria

      Local communities.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 week

    2. 2

      Open nominations

      Hubs and communities.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 month

    3. 3

      Pick winners

      Panel with local mods.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Hold the event

      Online or in person.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking 1 day

    5. 5

      Feature winners

      Local pages.

      Web team (redditinc.com and Reddit for Community) 1 week

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Yearly.

      Community Manager, Dutch Speaking yearly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Event costs
    Owner
    Community Manager, Dutch Speaking

    Smallest test

    Run nominations for one month.

    Why it works

    Run a Dutch and a French edition: nominations from local communities, a short list, and a small event or online ceremony, with winners featured on the local Reddit for Community pages.

    Recognition is the main reward volunteers get; local recognition makes moderating visible to future moderators.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Few nominations

      Seed with known active mods.

    Builds on

    Evidence

    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community (the moderator site linked from the redditinc.com footer) is published in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese; /nl-nl/ returns 404. Its "International" menu lists r/ModsBr, r/DeutscheMods, r/IndianMods, r/UKMods and r/FrMods, none for the Netherlands. Its sitemap (448 URLs) includes a five-week "mods getting started" course, a "tactical guide to mod recruitment", a reviving-a-subreddit starter pack and a mod newsletter confirmation page.Source
    • HiringCommunity Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract, Netherlands, posted October 13, 2026), part of the International Growth team: "help grow Reddit outside of the US", "build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators" and "implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators". Two French-speaking Community Manager contracts (UK, posted August 20; Ireland, posted October 13) carry the same brief.Source
    • Reddit for CommunityReddit for Community homepage: the four success stories are r/WaysToPBJ, r/Outfits ("From zero to 940k+"), r/AskAstronomy and r/RollsRoyce, all English-language. The page has no visible sign-up form; a hidden "Make your community stand out" block still holds the template text "The headline and subheader tells us what you're offering, and the form header closes the deal" with a "Learn more" button to reddit.com. The sitemap also lists internal test and style-showcase pages.Source

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What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 307 ideas

    Dutch moderator front door, counters and metadata on redditinc.com, a moderator sign-up, a start-a-community path and Core Web Vitals; clean the sitemap.

  2. Days 31 to 6012 ideas

    Lifecycle course and reactivation, power-user scoring, Dutch hub, opportunity map, safety hub and summaries, Community Funds eligibility, local stories, geo-holdout and UK insights; a local Hall of Fame.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    The repeatable market kit, the logged-out community digest and developer apps for moderators.

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Customers

What customers say

Customers value authentic, human conversation. The most cited problem: starting a community from zero.

  • A community for every niche interest
  • Finding and keeping co-moderators
  • In their words: “subreddit”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: Discord, Facebook Groups, Quora and X Communities.

  • Gap to exploit: Local-language moderator support in mid-size European markets
  • Discord: Conversations are not public or searchable
  • Facebook Groups: Tied to real identity

Hiring signals

Reddit's growth hiring is about communities, not ads: Dutch- and French-speaking community managers to recruit local moderators and build a power-user-to-moderator funnel (ideas 1, 9, 10, 15, 22), a lifecycle manager…

  • Community Manager, Dutch Speaking (Contract): Recruit Dutch moderators; a power-user-to-moderator funnel. Ideas 1, 10, 22.
  • Community Manager, French Speaking (Contract): Same brief for French-speaking markets. Ideas 9, 15.
  • Senior Community Lifecycle Manager: HubSpot email and push for moderators, with control groups. Ideas 4, 7, 8.

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