# Reddit's AI Paradox

> Reddit's AI training fuels chatbots while Google's AI Overviews drain its search traffic.
- Title: Reddit's AI Paradox · BigGo Finance | Shortify
- Summary: Reddit's AI training fuels chatbots while Google's AI Overviews drain its search traffic.
- Keywords: reddit, steve huffman, google ai overviews, similarweb, ai training, search referrals, revenue guidance, login requirement, markets, BigGo Finance
- Source: BigGo Finance — https://finance.biggo.com/news/cd5a45c5-cde1-4c22-ab29-991cb0339fe9
- Author: BigGo Finance
- Published: 2026-11-12T17:05:16+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: reddit, steve huffman, google ai overviews, similarweb, ai training, search referrals, revenue guidance, login requirement, finance, markets
## Reddit's AI Paradox
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman calls AI a paradox for the platform.

> AI does not exist as we know it without Reddit
## Search Traffic Drop
Similarweb estimates global visits fell 13% year over year.
## Weekly Referrals Lost
Reddit lost over 1 million weekly search referrals in October.
## Q3 User Metrics
Q3 daily active uniques rose 12% to 130.3 million.
## US User Decline
US daily users slipped 2% year over year.
## Q4 Revenue Guidance
Reddit guided Q4 revenue to $1.0 billion-$1.03 billion.
## Google Data Deal
Reddit's $60 million-a-year Google data deal expires in 2027.
## Login Requirement Test
Reddit will test US login requirement this quarter.
## Key takeaway

Reddit's AI training data drives chatbots but Google's AI Overviews cut search referrals, causing a 13% global traffic drop.