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r/copywriting

Founded December 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 10

A subreddit for learning, discussing, critiquing, and sharing resources about, advertising copy... BY copywriters, FOR copywriters. (Read the FAQ before you post. Chat with other copywriters on Discord: discord.gg/copywritingcollective)

Members

261,854

262K

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Growth · 7d

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Growth · 30d

+0.7%

+1.8K members · ≈33d

Published rules

8

4 mention promotion — quoted below

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Tracking since Aug 8 · 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.

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What r/copywriting's rules say about promotion

4 of 8 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.

  1. No bilking, scamming, spamming, or profiteering.

    rule 2 of 8

    This isn't a marketing channel. A wee bit of self-promotion is fine, so long as it's a free & helpful resource. If links lead to a paid or lead gen effort, it must be disclosed or the post will be removed. If the post is all pitch and no value, it will be removed.
  2. No undisclosed or unsolicited links

    rule 3 of 8

    Links are fine, but you must disclose whether payment or email signup is necessary to access information (even if free). Posts or comments that exist only to shill a product or service (e.g., a GPT-3 AI copywriting tool) will be removed and the user will be banned. Affiliate links will be removed and the user banned. Linking a free or paid service in response to someone's question or a request is ok.
  3. No AI Shills

    rule 5 of 8

    No links to AI copywriting tools, no product reviews, no beta tests. Instant ban for anyone who posts this stuff. Only discussion is allowed.

    Removal reason shown to posters: AI Shill

  4. Job ads are fine. Pitching your copy services is not.

    rule 8 of 8

    It is ok to make a post about hiring. It is not ok to make a post advertising your copywriting services.

    Removal reason shown to posters: Self-promoter.

The other 4

  • Only post things loosely related to "copywriting."
  • No pirating courses, content, etc.
  • Don't be a dick.
  • Personal Income Claims or Promises Require Verification

Read from r/copywriting’s published rules on May 28. 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/copywriting — frequently asked

How many members does r/copywriting have?

r/copywriting has 261,854 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 10. 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/copywriting growing?

Over the last ≈33 days r/copywriting changed by +0.7% — a gain of 1.8K 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/copywriting?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/copywriting 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/copywriting created?

r/copywriting was founded in December 2008 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/copywriting?

r/copywriting publishes 8 rules and 4 of them address promotion. The first, “No bilking, scamming, spamming, or profiteering.”, says: This isn't a marketing channel. A wee bit of self-promotion is fine, so long as it's a free & helpful resource. If links lead to a paid or lead gen effort, it must be disclosed or the post will be removed. If the… Read the full rule text on this page and the community's rules page before posting — moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.

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