Why is reddit advertising itself on reddit?

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created by ResponsibleBanana522 on 12/02/2025 at 07:29 UTC

65 upvotes, 10 top-level comments (showing 10)

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Comment by Timozkovic at 12/02/2025 at 07:35 UTC

48 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I suppose to lure business owners who are already Redditors to buy Reddit ads for their business

Comment by Cyoarp at 12/02/2025 at 08:17 UTC

23 upvotes, 3 direct replies

It might just be a foible of Google AdSense.

It's possible that Reddit pays for a certain amount of advertising on Google AdSense and Google AdSense pays Reddit for a certain amount of appearances on Reddit and by coincidence a Reddit ad in Google AdSense came up in Google add senses presents on Reddit.

Comment by qtx at 12/02/2025 at 09:07 UTC

30 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Because it's an ad on /r/RedditforBusiness?

Some of these questions man.

Comment by RunDNA at 12/02/2025 at 11:32 UTC

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TV channels advertise themsleves on their own channel all the time.

Comment by badwolf1013 at 13/02/2025 at 04:51 UTC

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For the same reason that McDonald's has posters for new products INSIDE their restaurants. You're already there for Chicken Mcnuggets, but you may not have known that you can get an Oreo Shamrock McFlurry, too.

Comment by sevenorbs at 12/02/2025 at 16:00 UTC

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Man, I remember the days of Reddit Moose (and all those cartoons ads) and those reddit plushie one.

Comment by Asleep-Issue1696 at 13/02/2025 at 14:31 UTC

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LeftTheBurnerOn

Comment by startgonow at 14/02/2025 at 03:57 UTC

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IPO

Comment by BoomBapBiBimBop at 12/02/2025 at 09:27 UTC

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Probably to make you not hate reddit

Comment by elite-pigeon at 13/02/2025 at 16:22 UTC

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tumblr did it better, i still have nightmares of the pikaman