Reddit Says Google AI Mode Cut a Million Visits a Week
Episode 11 min 33s

Reddit Says Google AI Mode Cut a Million Visits a Week

Google still crawls Reddit as hard as ever, yet Reddit says it lost more than a million search visits every week in October. Reddit Blames Google AI Mode for Vanishing Search Traffic, October 31, 2026 Reddit says referrals from Google search fell by more than a million visits a week in October, and its chief executive blames Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode. Chris and Laura unpack why Reddit is moving to a primarily logged in experience, why Alphabet admits AI searches earn less than class...

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