Updates
TL;DR Getting to comments on Reddit’s iOS and Android mobile apps just got easier and much faster with instant comment loading, shortcuts to comments, and consistent comment navigation.
Hi! I’m and I lead a number of product teams at Reddit, including one dedicated to building our comment experience. I’m here today to share some updates on this experience on Reddit’s native apps.
Whether you’ve been here for two decades, two years, or two days, you know that conversations are the heart of Reddit (where else can we have convos like or ). Comments are where we find each other, across time zones and topics. This year, the team is focused on making Reddit the best on the internet at conversations.
H/T to Reddit’s — a group of redditors who expressed interest in helping us test early builds and provided feedback which has led to the update you see today. We knew the only way to build a better experience would be to include the community in the process.
Here’s what’s rolling out to everyone on Reddit’s iOS and Android apps today.
Instant comment loading - Comments now load faster than ever. As you’re browsing a post, the entire conversation is getting ready for you, in a fraction of a second.
Shortcut to comments - Previously, if you tapped on the comments button to read the comments of a post, you would land on the post. Now you’ll go directly to the top of the comments. And if you want to revisit the original post, there’s a stickied context bar at the top of the page. With a single tap, you can return to the post body or dive into the image, GIF, or video.
Consistent comment navigation across post types - Joining a conversation has not been easy with different ways of navigating to comments from image, video, or text posts. To create a more consistent and seamless flow across all post types, we’re introducing a unified media player, immersive transitions, and consistent gestures.
Simply swipe up for comments; swipe left for new content.
(And thanks to the UFC’s feedback, you can get an enlarged view of an image or video from your feed with a single tap)
If you want to continue building this experience with us, come join the Reddit
A few of us will stick around in case you have questions - comment away!
Updates
What do spiders, basketball, and anime fandoms all have in common? Besides being topics that redditors love geeking out about, this is a list of communities that have tapped into Reddit’s one-of-a-kind to create unique and special moments for their members that bring them closer together.
We launched the with a commitment of $1 million to help take your community passions from URL to IRL. Since then, your distinct ideas and collaborative teamwork have led to some original, impactful, and downright cool user-driven experiences on and off of Reddit. , , and for a lot of us. And that’s just in the past year alone!
To commemorate these past two years, we’re excited to recap all the amazing and creative things that communities have accomplished together with support from the Community Funds program and give a little sneak peek into our plans for the next year.
Community Funds by the numbers (since launch in 2022):
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94 eligible applications received*
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30 proposals funded
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$320,000 in funding disbursed
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33 million+ redditors engage in these funded communities
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5+ countries represented across these initiatives including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany
*151 total applications were received. Applications are deemed eligible based on program guidelines including the country where the applicant is based, established subreddit presence, application completion, and other criteria. Moderators based in the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand are eligible to apply. For more information about the application process and program requirements, please visit .
Recent community highlights:
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kicked off the new year by for members of their community.
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to help members of their community facilitate discussions around addiction recovery.
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continued the with a meetup in Indianapolis for All-Star Weekend, taking 48 people from their community to All-Star Saturday Night and raising $6,200 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
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brought back their annual Anime Awards and !
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showcased their community member’s artistic skills through .
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is .
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relaunched their podcast, , featuring special guests and discussing important topics!
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went to the sidelines for the 2024 Pro Bowl to create a one-of-a-kind Ask Me Anything (AMA) experience with football stars representing the AFC and representing the NFC. And there were snazzy AMA booths!
New in 2024: Reddit Meetup Week x Community Funds:
Every year, you continue to power Community Funds by proposing incredible new ways to collectively bring your passion and interests to life. Our expansion of the program is fully driven by your submissions (last year we launched support for donation matching!) and we’re always impressed by the inspiring ideas you curate.
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We’re thrilled to announce that Community Funds can be a helpful resource when you bring your community together for . For this URL to IRL event, you can submit proposals to take your community to the movies, for supplies to host trash cleanups, or to host a virtual book club – and Community Funds can provide support where it’s needed.
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before May 1st to have your proposal considered for Reddit Meetup Week.
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Visit to ask questions, sign up for office hours to discuss your ideas, or get inspired by what other communities have planned!
Each application has helped to raise the ceiling of what’s possible through Community Funds. No project idea is too big or too small. Whether you want to start a book club or you’d like to write a book together, thank you for sharing your ideas with us. Please keep them coming!
We’re sticking around for a while, if you have questions for us in the comments!