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Reddit Shares Plunge 29% on Weak Q4 Outlook and Search Decline

Reddit Shares Plunge 29% on Weak Q4 Outlook and Search Decline

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THE BRIEF
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Reddit shares plunged 29% to $91.30 on Friday, marking its worst single-day fall after warning that declining Google Search traffic will weaken fourth-quarter user growth.

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The platform forecast fourth-quarter revenue between $1 billion and $1.03 billion, missing the Bloomberg consensus estimate of $1.05 billion.

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CEO Steve Huffman reported that Google search referrals dropped by over one million weekly in October due to shifts toward AI-powered search features.