r/buildinpublic

Founded September 2020 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 9

A community for creators, developers, entrepreneurs, and makers to openly share their journey as they build projects in public. Whether you're coding, designing, writing, or launching a business, this is the place to share progress, challenges, wins, and lessons.

Members

116,326

116K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

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no sample yet

Comments per post

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Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+4.4%

+4.9K members · ≈33d

Published rules

7

3 mention promotion — quoted below

Last post

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no sample yet

Distinct posters

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no sample yet

Tracking since Aug 7 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

Member growth

What works in r/buildinpublic

Every post in a recent sample, labelled by format. Share is how much of the sample used that format; average score is how it performed.

FormatShare of postsAvg score
Lessons / story55%184
Discussion22%13
Show & tell21%389
Question3%1

Based on 73 posts sampled in September 2026. A sample, not the full history.

Median score
48
Top 10% score
442
Text posts
26%
Got no replies
22%
Busiest windows
Wed 03:00 UTC, Tue 15:00 UTC

Posting rules, in plain words

Self-promotion is judged case by case.

  • No Self-Promotion Without Context: Share your work openly, but avoid posting solely for self-promotion. Instead, focus on sharing progress, lessons learned, and asking for feedback.
  • No Spam: Spamming links, irrelevant content, or unsolicited advertisements will lead to immediate removal. Keep the focus on building and learning together.
  • Transparency in Tools & Resources: If you share tools or resources, be transparent if they’re paid, free, or affiliate-linked. This helps maintain trust and clarity in the community.

Quoted from the community’s own published rules. Always re-read them before posting.

What a good comment looks like here

  • — Offers constructive criticism or specific suggestions for improvement.
  • — Shares personal experiences or relevant anecdotes.
  • — Asks clarifying questions about the product or process.
  • — Expresses encouragement and support for the builder.
  • — Discloses relevant expertise or background.

What r/buildinpublic's rules say about promotion

3 of 7 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.

  1. No Self-Promotion Without Context

    rule 3 of 7

    Share your work openly, but avoid posting solely for self-promotion. Instead, focus on sharing progress, lessons learned, and asking for feedback.
  2. No Spam

    rule 4 of 7

    Spamming links, irrelevant content, or unsolicited advertisements will lead to immediate removal. Keep the focus on building and learning together.
  3. Transparency in Tools & Resources

    rule 7 of 7

    If you share tools or resources, be transparent if they’re paid, free, or affiliate-linked. This helps maintain trust and clarity in the community.

The other 4

  • Be Respectful
  • Stay on Topic
  • No Plagiarism or Misrepresentation
  • Privacy

Read from r/buildinpublic’s published rules on Sep 13. Communities change their rules without notice and enforce requirements (karma, account age, flair) that may live in the sidebar or automod rather than here — the source page is the authority.

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r/buildinpublic — frequently asked

How many members does r/buildinpublic have?

r/buildinpublic has 116,326 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 9. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/buildinpublic growing?

Over the last ≈33 days r/buildinpublic changed by +4.4% — a gain of 4.9K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".

How active is r/buildinpublic?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/buildinpublic yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.

When was r/buildinpublic created?

r/buildinpublic was founded in September 2020 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Can I promote my product in r/buildinpublic?

r/buildinpublic publishes 7 rules and 3 of them address promotion. The first, “No Self-Promotion Without Context”, says: Share your work openly, but avoid posting solely for self-promotion. Instead, focus on sharing progress, lessons learned, and asking for feedback. Read the full rule text on this page and the community's rules page before posting — moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.

How do I monitor r/buildinpublic for mentions?

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r/buildinpublic Subreddit Stats — 116K members, +4.4% in 33d