If you’re like me, you’ve had at least one friend ask you what exactly Reddit is. For some reason, the first time I heard about and checked out the site, I kind of understood. But for a lot of people, they might be constantly hearing about it in articles and comments but still know what it is. And for some reason, explaining Reddit isn’t actually very easy to do.

But this video from YouTube user CGPGrey explains what Reddit is perfectly, then adds all sorts of context around it to top everything off. It’s around 5 minutes long, but if you’ve ever wondered what Reddit is and couldn’t be bothered to find out yourself, this should do the trick:

I hear the Reddit community can be pretty awesome at times.

[via Gizmodo]