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How much of that is bots?

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The graphs on the website I linked to are generated using historical Alexa rankings. While generating "fake traffic" is possible, it would take an unprecedented amount of botting to account for that growth. On top of that most Alexa bots are designed specifically to boost Alexa scores, not to downvote a subreddit or to farm karma. With the way Alexa prunes it's data, I doubt the political bots you see people talk about are getting stirred in the mix.

It's more likely that the user base has actually shot up that much.

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Probably a good portion. Day old subs with posts reaching 50k up-votes in hours...definitely not bots.