
The Reddit Files: How Reddit Became the Source Layer of AI Communications
Reddit is the most-cited consumer source in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews at 40.1% citation share — ahead of Wikipedia (26.3%) and YouTube (14.7%). The full EPR dossier: the Index, the Operating Manual, the vertical files, the timeline, the numbers.









