Interview With Reddit Founders

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1. Startups.in/India
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 6:01 pm

   Jotspot doesn’t disclose the price and neither does reddit. what’s up folks. Share the good fortune err…i meant news

2. Spart
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 6:04 pm

   Any thoughts on the secrecy of these acquisition prices?

3. Patricia
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 6:15 pm

   Wow! $100k in funding and conde nast just bought them! That’s hot!

4. Patricia
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 6:17 pm

   @ Spart, I always think it means they’re small but that’s probably not accurate.

5. Ashish
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 6:18 pm

   I just read a rumor that the price was $65mm, but I’m assuming that’s way off (way too high).

6. Startups.in/India
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 6:22 pm

   Ashish - 65mil is definitely way too high unless we are in a bubble/boom.

7. Gregg
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 6:30 pm

   I would guess around 10 mil.

8. Emre Sokullu
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 7:01 pm

   $65M is high? Every web sites has now “reddit this” button besides their “del.icio.us this”, “digg this” buttons.. Do you know how valuable is this…

9. zoomr
   

   October 31st, 2006 at 7:07 pm

   the 65Million price rumor was false (so said one of the founders).

10. ashkan karbasfrooshan
    

    October 31st, 2006 at 9:22 pm

    Here is an analysis with macro and micro factors, pegging it at $15-20 million:

    http://www.watchmojo.com/web/blog/?p=664

    enjoy

11. Ted
    

    October 31st, 2006 at 9:40 pm

    I have heard it was less then $10m, but includes incentives and options that could net each founder between $3.5m and $6m depending on their stake and whether as a team they’re able to grow Reddit beyond its current base.

    … just kidding. I totally made that up, but that’s what I would guess.

12. Search Engines WEB
    

    October 31st, 2006 at 10:28 pm

    Here Lies an Opportunity for an Interesting Experiment

    Reddit estimated about…
    
    80,000 to 96,000 unique visitors daily and

    750,000 Pageviews

    …during that interview

    ___________________________

    Compare this to ALEXA Estimation

    http://www.alexa.com/data/deta.....reddit.com

    ______________________________

    Then compare this to COMPETE Estimation

    http://snapshot.compete.com/reddit.com/

    ———————————-
    This allows for a good evaluation of the accuracy of the top traffic estimators - and allows one to infer the REAL traffic from the disarity

13. Search Engines WEB
    

    October 31st, 2006 at 10:28 pm

    Here Lies an Opportunity for an Interesting Experiment

    Reddit estimated about…
    
    80,000 to 96,000 unique visitors daily and

    750,000 Pageviews

    …during that interview

    ___________________________

    Compare this to ALEXA Estimation

    alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?compare_sites=techcrunch.com&range=1y&size=large&y=p&url=reddit.com

    ______________________________

    Then compare this to COMPETE Estimation

    snapshot.compete.com/reddit.com/

    ———————————-
    This allows for a good evaluation of the accuracy of the top traffic estimators - and allows one to infer the REAL traffic from the disarity

14. Graydon
    

    October 31st, 2006 at 10:53 pm

    Is there a discrepancy in traffic figures between TC and GigaOM… or am I not doing math correctly… or is this a good example of numbers being tossed around by either the company or the reporters…

    http://gigaom.com/2006/10/31/w.....d-version/

    1 mil unique visitors last month
    vs.
    70k unique visitors per day (assuming we are averaging that’s coming up at the 2 mil mark)

15. Denis Krukovsky
    

    October 31st, 2006 at 11:29 pm

    See Graydon, those of 70K per day may return next day.

16. Ashish
    

    November 1st, 2006 at 10:59 am

    Emre, I think you’re a little off there - “every web site”? Maybe a lot of sites we like to look at. Your average consumer has never heard of Reddit. $65mm would be a ridiculously high valuation. Plus, what’s the barrier to entry? It’s very small.

    Reddit is awesome, so I’m hoping the founders make a good net out of this. The $10-15mm rumor seems more accurate to me.

17. Peter Cooper
    

    November 2nd, 2006 at 11:21 am

    I can’t figure if Conde Nast bought a brand, the traffic, the technology or what… The traffic is very low, I don’t think the brand is particularly well known, and the technology isn’t particularly unique. Actually, perhaps it’s the talent, because I’m sure Conde Nast needs some hot talent like Steve and Alexis in there even if they don’t need Reddit?