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When I clicked "Try new site BETA", I thought I tabbed over to Reddit. Here is a list of Reddit competitors, all unsuccessful:

  • Voat.co, launched 2014, dissolved 2020
  • Lemmy.world, launched 2019, stagnated 2023stagnated 2023 growing slowly as of 2026
  • PieFed competes with Lemmy but has no Wikipedia article
  • Imzy, launched 2016, defunct 2017. It tried to be "friendlier", paralleling effectsefforts here to be more welcoming to askers
  • Steemit launched 2017, but forked 2020
  • Digg, launched 2004, declined 2010 after a "poorly received redesign". Sounds familiar? Edit: Let's see whether the 2025 relaunch can fix things
  • Slashdot, launched 1997, declined 2012 after a sale
  • Certain non-English clones survived, but didn't spread globally. They carved out their niche because they had a loyal userbase held back from English-speaking websites

We're on the way towards becoming Google+. Google+ couldn't compete with Facebook, despite forcibly onboarding YouTube users. Having a healthy userbase for the Network effect is very important. Making a Reddit clone will only cause all our users to flee to the real Reddit, draining the userbase.

When I clicked "Try new site BETA", I thought I tabbed over to Reddit. Here is a list of Reddit competitors, all unsuccessful:

  • Voat.co, launched 2014, dissolved 2020
  • Lemmy.world, launched 2019, stagnated 2023
  • Imzy, launched 2016, defunct 2017. It tried to be "friendlier", paralleling effects here to be more welcoming to askers
  • Steemit launched 2017, but forked 2020
  • Digg, launched 2004, declined 2010 after a "poorly received redesign". Sounds familiar?
  • Slashdot, launched 1997, declined 2012 after a sale
  • Certain non-English clones survived, but didn't spread globally. They carved out their niche because they had a loyal userbase held back from English-speaking websites

We're on the way towards becoming Google+. Google+ couldn't compete with Facebook, despite forcibly onboarding YouTube users. Having a healthy userbase for the Network effect is very important. Making a Reddit clone will only cause all our users to flee to the real Reddit, draining the userbase.

When I clicked "Try new site BETA", I thought I tabbed over to Reddit. Here is a list of Reddit competitors, all unsuccessful:

  • Voat.co, launched 2014, dissolved 2020
  • Lemmy.world, launched 2019, stagnated 2023 growing slowly as of 2026
  • PieFed competes with Lemmy but has no Wikipedia article
  • Imzy, launched 2016, defunct 2017. It tried to be "friendlier", paralleling efforts here to be more welcoming to askers
  • Steemit launched 2017, but forked 2020
  • Digg, launched 2004, declined 2010 after a "poorly received redesign". Sounds familiar? Edit: Let's see whether the 2025 relaunch can fix things
  • Slashdot, launched 1997, declined 2012 after a sale
  • Certain non-English clones survived, but didn't spread globally. They carved out their niche because they had a loyal userbase held back from English-speaking websites

We're on the way towards becoming Google+. Google+ couldn't compete with Facebook, despite forcibly onboarding YouTube users. Having a healthy userbase for the Network effect is very important. Making a Reddit clone will only cause all our users to flee to the real Reddit, draining the userbase.

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Daniel T
Daniel T
  • 1.4k
  • 7
  • 8

When I clicked "Try new site BETA", I thought I tabbed over to Reddit. Here is a list of Reddit competitors, all unsuccessful:

  • Voat.co, launched 2014, dissolved 2020
  • Lemmy.world, launched 2019, stagnated 2023
  • Imzy, launched 2016, defunct 2017. It tried to be "friendlier", paralleling effects here to be more welcoming to askers
  • Steemit launched 2017, but forked 2020
  • Digg, launched 2004, declined 2010 after a "poorly received redesign". Sounds familiar?
  • Slashdot, launched 1997, declined 2012 after a sale
  • Certain non-English clones survived, but didn't spread globally. They carved out their niche because they had a loyal userbase held back from English-speaking websites

We're on the way towards becoming Google+. Google+ couldn't compete with Facebook, despite forcibly onboarding YouTube users. Having a healthy userbase for the Network effect is very important. Making a Reddit clone will only cause all our users to flee to the real Reddit, draining the userbase.