21 August 2026
ChatGPT citations from Reddit drop sharply in recent weeks
First reported
Simon Willison ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.
- Reddit went from roughly 4 percent of ChatGPT's cited sources to 0.5 percent since mid-July, according to citation tracking.
- The change appears intentional but OpenAI has not publicly explained why it reduced Reddit's prominence in responses.
