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Saturday 31 October 2026

Reddit will make you log in as Google traffic falls

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said on 29 October the site will move to logged in only, with tests outside the US this quarter. Search referrals are sliding.

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File photo of Reddit chief executive Steve Huffman, 2018. Photo: Steve Jurvetson / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0), cropped

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Reddit is going to make you log in. Chief executive Steve Huffman told investors on Thursday 29 October that the site is shifting to what he called "a logged-in only experience", with tests starting before the end of the year in select markets outside the United States.

Reddit chief executive Steve Huffman seated on stage in a light shirt, talking at a Goldman Sachs conference — File photo of Reddit chief executive Steve Huffman, 2018. Photo: Steve Jurvetson / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0), cropped

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