Reddit has rolled out a design update that some users already have access to, the company said in a statement Monday.

The social media site has developed three new 'looks', which a small number of people can try out.

But users can switch back to the old version of Reddit if they do not like any of the new options.

According to Wired, the company, which was founded in 2005, surveyed users in San Francisco to create options for the updates.

This is one of three new options for certain Reddit users who have been randomly selected to try out design updates the site has been working on for more than one year. This one is called 'Card'

Researchers were tasked with determining whether or not users understood Reddit's concept and how the site works, Engadget reported.

Reddit's design team learned that while most people 'get it', they don't know what the purpose of the site is or how to use it.

The research resulted in three new formats: 'Card', 'Classic' and 'Compact'.

The new options took more than one year to design, according to a statement from Reddit.

But the company seemed wary of making mistakes made by other popular platforms: it clarified that users who prefer the original Reddit design can still use it.

Right now the new design features are only available to one percent of users.

This layout is also available and is called 'Classic'. The users selected to test the new designs can choose among the three new layouts and the old layout

This design is called 'Compact'. Reddit assured users that they could stick to the original design if they wanted to

WHAT'S NEXT FOR REDDIT? Reddit just released three new layouts to one percent of users. The members of the trial group were selected randomly, and the purpose they serve is to allow Reddit to see how its servers will function when people use the new designs. The company said more changes are in the works, but it's waiting on feedback on how people feel about the new layouts to release them. 'We have not yet rebuilt all of our current features. 'We're still iterating on your feedback and building more of the features you love - such as native nightmode and keyboard shortcuts - plus more new features, which will arrive in the next few weeks,' a statement from the company said. Advertisement

Reddit said these members were selected at random and that the company is using the group to test its servers.

'Our team has been hard at work redesigning our desktop site. The main reasons why we started this project in the first place were to allow our engineers to build features faster and to make Reddit more welcoming,' the statement said.

It continued: 'All that said, we know that many of you love Reddit just the way it is. If you are one of the lucky few chosen to test out of the redesign and prefer the existing Reddit experience, you can switch back and forth via a banner across the top or visit old.reddit.com.'

The company said it did not plan on terminating the older version of the website.

More changes are set to roll out in the future, according to Reddit's statement.

'Today, we'll begin welcoming a small percentage of users into version 1 of our redesigned desktop site. We still have many improvements & features to ship in the coming weeks, but we're proud of what we've built so far and excited to get it in the hands of more people,' the statement said.