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Reddit is testing a new way to watch - and listen to

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Reddit is developing a new video and audio experience for short-form content, with testing expected to begin later this year.

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techcrunch.comJul 31, 2026By Sarah Perez

Reddit is testing a new way to watch - and listen to

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Reddit is taking a cue from TikTok to bring viral stories to life through video. On Thursday's second-quarter earnings call, the company said it's been working on a new "video Reddit" experience that would not only allow users to watch videos from the platform, but also listen to posts in the background. CEO Steve Huffman told investors that the company already sees people consuming this type of content on other platforms. He's right - on TikTok, for instance, there are 19.6 million posts labeled with the hashtag #reddit and another 9.9 million labeled #redditstories. Many of these feature a text-to-speech narration of a viral story published on Reddit paired with an unrelated video, like gameplay footage or cooking content. "There is an emerging content type elsewhere on the internet of, basically, podcasts where people read Reddit content," Huffman explained on the call. "I think this version of, like, listened-to or spoken Reddit can be really engaging, as well," he said. "So that would be almost a different format entirely." It's not clear how these types of Reddit videos will be incorporated into Reddit's main app, but Huffman teased that the company will have something available for testing "later this year." The news comes as mainstream social and entertainment apps experiment with adding TikTok-like video feeds to their products. Last week, Facebook announced plans...

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