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# Reddit Citation

> A Reddit citation is a reference to a brand, product, or piece of content within a Reddit post, comment, or thread that can be indexed, retrieved, and used a...

*Platform* · *Social Search*

## Definition

A Reddit citation is a reference to a brand, product, or piece of content within a Reddit post, comment, or thread that can be indexed, retrieved, and used as evidence by AI systems generating answers. Reddit has become one of the most frequently cited social sources in AI-generated responses.

## Why It Matters for AI Search

Reddit's influence on AI search is disproportionate to its social media footprint. Because Reddit content is predominantly text-based, organized by topic, and indexed by major search engines, it is heavily represented in AI training corpora and retrieval indexes. Brands that appear positively and specifically in Reddit discussions — through genuine community participation, product mentions, and user-generated recommendations — accumulate Reddit [citation signals](https://www.platelunchcollective.com/services/citation-ready-content) that influence AI representation in ways that other social platforms do not match.

## Related Terms

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  <Card title="Community-generated content" href="/ai-search-glossary/community-generated-content" />

  <Card title="Social corpus" href="/ai-search-glossary/social-corpus" />

  <Card title="Co-citation" href="/ai-search-glossary/co-citation" />

  <Card title="Brand mention" href="/ai-search-glossary/brand-mention" />

  <Card title="Search everywhere optimization" href="/ai-search-glossary/search-everywhere-optimization" />
</CardGroup>

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