Redditor

See also: redditor

English

Alternative forms

redditor

Etymology

From Reddit +‎ -or, or as a blend of Reddit +‎ editor.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.dɪ.tə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.dɪ.təɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛdɪtə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: Red‧dit‧or

Noun

Redditor (plural Redditors)

A user of or contributor to Reddit.
(derogatory, slang) A person with unusual interests or someone seen as being chronically online; a basement dweller.
- 2007 November 27, Alan Crowe <alan@cawtech.freeserve.co.uk>, “The origins of CL conditions system”, in comp.lang.lisp‎^[1] (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 7 August 2025:
  The idea that a feature can be valuable beyond the number of
  times it is used is of interest beyond the confines of
  c.l.l. I wonder what redditors will make of it?
- 2013, Darin Jewell, Conrad Jones, Publish and Promote Your Ebook in a Day, page 140:
  Because of Reddit's voting system, the visibility of content is dependent on how the content resonates with Redditors.
- 2016, Robert W. Gehl, Maria Bakardjieva, Socialbots and Their Friends:
  /u/RemindMeBot can be invoked by a Redditor to remind them of a thread or comment after a certain period of time.
- 2021 February 3, Farhad Manjoo, “Can We Please Stop Talking About Stocks, Please?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:
  The Reddit amateurs may be gloating about their victory over elite hedge funds now, but in the casino of Wall Street the house always wins, and many Redditors may be flirting with financial catastrophe.
- 2025 November 20, Van Badham, “Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:
  Any technofearful Redditor still persuaded by the myth of individual creative genius needs to familiarise themselves with words like “editor”, “dramaturg”, “amanuensis”, “arranger”, “fabricator”, “director”, “studio assistant” and “producer”.

Derived terms

Translations

A user of or contributor to Reddit

French: redditeur (fr) m, rédditeur m, redditrice f, rédditrice f, redditeuse f
Spanish: redditor m or f (Spain, Mexico)