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Reddit, Inc.

Target quarter: Q3 2026 · Earnings date TBD

Research snapshot · August 2026This analysis is frozen and is not being continuously updated.

At a glance · QW setup

Consensus fragile

Confidence: Low

The QW Revenue Estimate ($879.9M) is usable, but the evidence is not broad enough for a directional call.

QW Revenue Estimate

$879.9M

Named provider observation · Zacks Consensus Estimate · checked 2026-08-24 · +50.4% YoY

Revision: Unknown

No named-provider KPI estimate for this quarter

Operating requirement

Latest DAUq (2026Q2): ~130.3M

Evidence

  • CaveatExplicit quarterly revenue guidance midpoint: -1.69% vs Street

Coverage

  • Eligible operating evidence vs Street's requirement
  • Direct Street segment KPI consensus

QW Revenue Estimate

Revenue expectation

$879.9M

QW Revenue Estimate · 2026Q3 · +50.4% YoY

A named-provider quarterly revenue observation — not a claim that every vendor publishes one identical “Wall Street consensus.”

Period
2026Q3 / ending 2026-09
Contributing estimates
9
Observed
2026-08-24
Last verified
2026-08-24
Revision
Unknown

Operating identity

How this company's revenue is modeled

Reddit’s revenue identity is average daily unique users in the quarter (DAUq) times global ARPU (quarterly revenue divided by average DAUq). Quarter Winner translates a revenue estimate into required DAUq at a given ARPU path, or required ARPU at a given DAUq level.

net_sales ≈ dauq_m × arpu

  • DAUq is a quarterly average — not a single-day user count.
  • No extra ad-mix or segment model is applied beyond the issuer identity.
  • Does not invent DAUq or ARPU forecasts
  • Uses the company-defined identity only — no extra mix-shift model

Required operating performance

What that estimate requires

A verified revenue estimate is an outcome. Below is what the underlying business would have to deliver for that estimate to be consistent with the registered operating model.

Street ~879.9 implies required DAUq at ARPU scenarios, or required ARPU at latest DAUq, via revenue ≈ DAUq × ARPU (identity n=10, median |error| 0%).

Model confidence: High · historical n=10

  • Latest DAUq (2026Q2): ~130.3M
  • Latest ARPU (2026Q2): ~$6.2
Scenario breakdown
  • required dauq at latest arpu Required global DAUq at specified ARPU: 142.4M
  • required dauq at trailing median arpu Required global DAUq at specified ARPU: 157M
  • required arpu at latest dauq Required ARPU at specified DAUq: $6.8

Management guidance

What management says

Direct guidance

Explicit quarterly revenue guidance midpoint

Target period: 2026Q3

Range
$860M – $870M
Mid / point
$865M
Vs QW Revenue Estimate
-1.7%
As of
2026-07-30

Quarter Winner reading

How to read this setup

Supports

No material supporting evidence listed.

Against / uncertainty

  • Explicit quarterly revenue guidance midpoint: -1.69% vs Street
Fragility High
  • Multiple independent factors elevate consensus vulnerability
  • High–low range 6.69% of consensus

Still missing

  • Eligible operating evidence vs Street's requirement

Since last earnings

Current Evidence

Latest evidence scan unavailable

We could not complete discovery just now. Prior verified items still show when present; this is not a claim that nothing changed.

Model confidence

How reliable the operating model is

HighThe operating relationship is highly stable historically.

Historical check: n=10 · median residual 0.0%

Latest reported

What the business last delivered

  • Global ARPU

    $6.18

    2026Q2 · YoY +36.4%

  • Global DAUq

    130.3M

    2026Q2 · YoY +18.0%

Sources & methodology

Detailed provenance for Street, guidance, operating history, and Current Evidence. Setup classification is not a buy or sell call.

  • Revenue estimate (2026Q3): Zacks Consensus Estimate · source · observed 2026-08-24 · verified 2026-08-24
  • Management guidance: 2026-07-30
  • Operating model: kpi:dauq_m
  • Operating model: kpi:arpu
  • Operating model: street_consensus · link
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