Reddit, the self-proclaimed "front page of the Internet," has finally earned a place at the social network table.

The online community, which allows people to submit content and vote it up or down based on interest, is used by 6 percent of U.S. Internet users, according to the Pew Research Center.

That's still eons behind Facebook with 67 percent, but Reddit is on par with Tumblr, which has also attracted the attention of 6 percent of the Web. Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram all hover around the 15 percent mark.

Unsurprisingly, Reddit appeals mostly to young men, who are more inclined to spend hours sifting through memes or voting up Minecraft images than their female counterparts. About 15 percent of males ages 18 to 29 visit the site, compared to the 5 percent of women the same age.

Overall, men are twice as likely as women to be Reddit users, Pew said, adding that those over 50 show little interest in the site. The report also points out that urban and suburban residents more often sign onto Reddit than those living in rural areas.

No matter the breakdown of demographics, Reddit use is on the rise. The site celebrated its eighth birthday last month with more than 70 million unique visitors from over 183 countries; July kicked off with 5,360 active communities with more than 19.8 million votes cast.

Generation Y is growing up in the age of instant communication and personalized Internet experiences, so it's no wonder they have taken such an interest in Reddit  a bulletin board of user-submitted text, links, photos, and videos.

The site hosts sub-communities ranging from world news headlines and animal GIFs to fan forums and Firefly. Its bread and butter is the ability for anyone to vote on posted material, boosting a funny link to the top of the page, or sinking an unpopular image to the bottom.

Reddit has gained popularity recently, though, with its "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) sessions, which allow people to get digitally up close and personal with famous people.

President Barack Obama actually broke the site in late August with his own AMA. The leader of the free world drove such heavy traffic to the page that Reddit crashed more than a few times during the 40-minute AMA.

In an effort to keep up with Reddit's growth, the site recently introduced multireddits  a sort of offshoot of the popular subreddit feature, allowing users the power to create their own public Reddit front pages.

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