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Measuring website popularity is an inexact science. Its accuracy depends both on what you measure (number of users? number of page views? number of visits?, num
by tomhoward 8y ago
Measuring website popularity is an inexact science. Its accuracy depends both on what you measure (number of users? number of page views? number of visits?, number of minutes spent?), your methods of measurement (e.g, proxy metadata from ISPs, user-installed browser toolbars) and their accuracy.
You'll see on that Wikipedia page that Reddit's ranking is vastly different between Alexa (6) and SimilarWeb (23). This would be due to differences in the calculation method and the accuracy of data collection.
That said, I still think Reddit may be more popular than you realise.
I also don't know many people who use it much, but I know the people who use it, use it a lot.
According to this survey [1], 70% of its users are under 25, so if you don't know many people in their early 20s and younger, its popularity won't be so visible to you.
[1] https://imgur.com/gallery/cPzlB https://imgur.com/gallery/cPzlB