r/Etsy
Founded December 2008 · Public — anyone can post
The unofficial community for all things Etsy, buyers and sellers both welcome. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Etsy.com.
Members
322,983
323K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
12.1
from the last 100 posts, spanning 8.2 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
+1.0%
+3.1K members · ≈36d
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Oct 18
sampled Oct 18
Distinct posters
98%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Sep 11 · 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
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Communities that discuss what r/Etsy discusses.
A subreddit for Etsy sellers on Reddit to collaborate and discuss techniques and experiences selling their products and building their stores.
Everything about selling custom and personalized products online - tips for Shopify, Etsy, and POD sellers, design inspiration, automation tools, and real success stories.
Sellers (18+) only. This is not eBay 101 or a beginner's forum for basic "how to" questions or a substitute for basic research. This is a highly moderated subreddit. It is intentionally curated on a quality-vs-quantity basis: All posts are reviewed, and not all posts are allowed. Read the rules before posting.
Print on demand! Talk about it, request help, or request critique.
r/crafts is for sharing crafts you made or questions on how to do something crafty. It is NOT for promotion. This includes but is not limited to the following: Asking where to buy something Selling something Asking for advice on growing a business or following Sharing social media Sharing commissions or work for clients You are welcome to share anything you have made, from simple beginner works to complex works that are only made possible from years of experience. Please read our rules
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r/Etsy — frequently asked
How many members does r/Etsy have?
r/Etsy has 322,983 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 18. 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/Etsy growing?
Over the last ≈36 days r/Etsy changed by +1.0% — a gain of 3.1K 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/Etsy?
Around 12.1 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 8.2 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.
When was r/Etsy created?
r/Etsy 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.
Who posts in r/Etsy?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 98% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 18. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.
Can I promote my product in r/Etsy?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/Etsy yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/Etsy for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/Etsy into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/Etsy's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/Etsy's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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