Reddit Sinks 25% as Google's AI Search Squeezes Its Traffic.

First reported Oct 30, 2026, 14:48 UTC

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  • Reddit Sinks 25% as Google's AI Search Squeezes Its Traffic. Reddit fell about 25% to near $97 early Friday after guiding fourth-quarter revenue to $1 billion to $1.03 billion. CEO Steve Huffman told CNBC search referral traffic is "down meaningfully" due to Google's "shift to… — @DecryptMedia (X), Oct 30, 2026, 14:48 UTC
  • JUST IN: Reddit $RDDT stock crashes 28% after CEO reveals Google AI search is driving significantly less traffic to the platform. — @WatcherGuru (X), Oct 30, 2026, 16:01 UTC
  • JUST IN: Reddit $RDDT stock crashes 28% after CEO reveals Google AI search is driving significantly less traffic to the platform. @WatcherGuru — Rickler Feed, Oct 30, 2026, 16:01 UTC
  • 🚨TODAY: Reddit SINKS deeper into the red as $RDDT crashes 28%. CEO Steve Huffman says Google’s AI search is squeezing traffic. “It used to be a traffic driver, now it’s not.” Search referrals dropped by more than 1 MILLION per week on average in October. — @coinbureau (X), Oct 30, 2026, 16:15 UTC
  • Reddit Stock Plunges 30% as Google's AI Search Hits Traffic and User Growth https://decrypt.co/382276/reddit-stock-plunges-30-googles-ai-search?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto — @DecryptMedia (X), Oct 30, 2026, 19:32 UTC
  • The Nasdaq 100 is closing in on a CORRECTION. The index fell 3.5% on Friday, leaving it around 9% below its record close. It marked the Nasdaq's worst day since June. At least 18 major tech stocks are already in a bear market from their 52-week highs, including SpaceX (−40%)… — @coinbureau (X), Oct 30, 2026, 21:10 UTC
  • Reddit's CEO on last night's earnings call: “Googles AI Mode does not drive traffic. Not for us, and not to anybody.” Search referrals fell by over 1m a week in October, and Reddit is moving everyone to logged-in, partly to keep scrapers out of its 27B-post corpus. Google still… — @kimmonismus (X), Oct 30, 2026, 21:13 UTC

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