TREE NEWS reports: Reddit shares have fallen 44% this week after CEO Steve Huffman warned that Google’s AI-powered search features are reducing referrals to the platform. Weaker user growth and disappointing fourth-quarter guidance added to investor concerns, with the stock dropping as much as 30% in a single session.
Reddit Shares Fall 44% This Week as Google AI Search Cuts Referrals
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The significance here is structural rather than cyclical: Reddit's traffic dependence on a single distribution channel, Google search, is being eroded by the very AI features that channel is now prioritizing. That affects any platform whose audience acquisition leans on search referrals, not just Reddit, and the guidance weakness suggests the pressure is showing up in forward expectations rather than one quarter's optics. The open question is whether Reddit can convert its logged-in, community-driven engagement into a durable counterweight to shrinking referral flow, or whether AI-mediated discovery keeps compressing the top of the funnel.
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