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That implies about $1-2/CPM. Which is not an unusual value.

20k visitors for the front page of Reddit sounds low, though. I've hit the front page (with http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/2ac8ba/who_... , also a default subreddit) and I received 150k visitors.

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150k wow! Maybe the subreddit subscribers perform differently, or I wasn't on the front for that long. It did have over 1800 votes though

You'll see quite a bit more traffic if you get over 3,000 votes. Seeing the 3k or the 4k threshold is a quality signal for reddit's more casual browsers.

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