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By the end of 2026, scrolling on Reddit could mean a bit less reading and a lot more listening and watching.
In the company's latest earnings call, CEO Steve Huffman teased what it calls "video Reddit" or "spoken Reddit," TechCrunch reports. Huffman said the new project will let users listen to Reddit posts and play them in the background, presumably while switching tabs or viewing other pages.
Huffman didn't give much detail on what these new features could look like in practice, whether the company would use an AI tool to read the posts aloud, or allow users to upload their own voice notes and recordings.
There's obviously at least some appetite for this type of content. Reddit posts are a goldmine for some content creators on platforms like YouTube and TikTok, who often upload videos of themselves simply reading them aloud. Huffman dubbed this type of material an "emerging content type," and said testing of the feature is planned for later this year.
Reddit has slowly become more video-friendly in recent months. In June, it started allowing users to include video in responses to posts, which the company says is already widely used.
Reddit is still experimenting with how video will interact with the rest of its feed. "You have got video. You have got text. You have got images. So those flows...from feed to theater mode to the comment page back to the feed are essential," he said during the call.
Several video-streaming services have added TikTok-style, short-form video content this year to promote their shows and movies, including HBO Max, ESPN, Disney+, Prime Video, and Netflix.
Reddit continues to gain new users compared with some of its rivals. Pew Research Center data released in November 2025 found that its regular users rose from 22% to 26% since January 2024, while platforms like X and Snapchat saw declines.
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