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Reddit to Convert Top Text Posts into Video/Audio by 2026

8/1/2026

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced a new feature that turns popular text posts into watchable and listenable videos.
Testing could begin before the end of 2026.
The move responds to 19.6 million #reddit and 9.9 million #redditstories posts on TikTok.
Reddit’s video-in-comments feature, launched in June, already makes up more than 10 % of its video posts.

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced a new feature that turns popular text posts into watchable and listenable videos.
Testing could begin before the end of 2026.
The move responds to 19.6 million #reddit and 9.9 million #redditstories posts on TikTok.
Reddit’s video-in-comments feature, launched in June, already makes up more than 10 % of its video posts.