Due in large part to Reddit’s newsgathering prowess, the social news website managed to accumulate 56 billion page views in 2013, a massive increase from 2012’s 19 billion. North American’s generated over 45 million monthly unique visitors for the website, 48.5 million from the U.S. and 7.4 million from Canada.
The votes have been tallied and the numbers crunched: 2013 was a monster year for Reddit—especially for news junkies and Canadians. This year Reddit collected 56 billion pageviews, an increase of 19 billion over last year. It also netted 731 million unique visitors, almost doubling the number from 2012. The biggest factor in Reddit’s growth may have been its newsgathering prowess.
