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by lilyball 1281 days ago
If 32 bits lasted 10 years, 33 bits would not last 20, as engagement is not a constant. If we look at the last 10 years, presumably there were a lot more posts in the second 5 years than in the first 5 years. I don't know what Reddit's actual user/engagement metrics show though. Certainly if they got to a stable point where they had approximately the same activity going forward as they have going back then it would, but that's not usually how social sites work.

That said, it would still take quite a while to get to 64 bits.