Social news site Reddit has come a long way since the days it played second fiddle to (now mostly abandoned) Digg. According to a new report by Pew Internet, 6% of online adults in the U.S. are Reddit users.

The report is based on a telephone survey conducted in April and May 2013 among a sample of 2,252 adults, age 18 and over.

According to the report, 15% of male internet users ages 18-29 use Reddit. With men aged 30-49, this percentage drops to 8%, and 5% of women aged 18-29 say they use the site. Read more…

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The creation of a Hollywood movie started with a question on Reddit: Could a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus?

The head-scratcher of a query, posted to the site in 2011, amassed nearly 4,000 comments and got military historian James Erwin thinking about the answer. Erwin was so intrigued that he sat down during his lunch break and wrote a short story based on the question. By end of day, Erwin had 250,000 visitors reading his blog post "Rome, Sweet Rome." Read more…

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