# Aaron Swartz on Reddit (u/AaronSw)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/aaron-swartz

Aaron Swartz (1986–2013): Reddit co-founder, programmer and activist.

- Reddit account: [u/AaronSw](https://www.reddit.com/user/AaronSw/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Reddit's own r/blog post in his memory, "AaronSw (1986 - 2013)"](https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/16h4aa/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/reddit.com (23), r/politics (1), r/WTF (1), r/HPMOR (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2005 to 2012
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

## Moments

### u/AaronSw in r/reddit.com, Dec 1, 2006 · Funny

Replying to the post "What reddit looked like in July 25, 2005.".

> Wow, so much has changed... Paul Graham now posts under 10 psuedonyms instead of just one!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/t5ns/what_reddit_looked_like_in_july_25_2005/ct622/ · 48 points as of Nov 7, 2026