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r/freelanceWriters

A community for freelance writers of all types, backgrounds, and experience levels.

Founded January 2011 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 9

A place by and for freelance writers of all kinds to discuss and share every facet of freelance writing.

Members

200,695

201K

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Growth · 7d

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Growth · 30d

+1.1%

+2.1K members · ≈33d

Published rules

12

4 mention promotion — quoted below

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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.

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What r/freelanceWriters's rules say about promotion

4 of 12 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.

  1. R1: No Spam or Self-Promotion

    rule 1 of 12

    Self-promotion and marketing content is forbidden. Promoting any goods, services, content mills, courses, studies, surveys, market research, ebooks, etc. is not allowed. Moderators may remove any post or comment at their discretion.

    Removal reason shown to posters: Rule 1: No Spam or Self-Promotion

  2. R2: No Links in Posts

    rule 2 of 12

    Posts are not permitted to contain any links, without exception (whether self-promotional or not).

    Removal reason shown to posters: Rule 1A: No Links in Posts

  3. R3: Links in Comments

    rule 3 of 12

    Comments may include links to freely-available content only, so long as (1) the link is relevant to the topic, (2) the user provides brief context about the link (min. 1-2 sentences), and (3) the user is a consistent contributor to the subreddit. Links may not be self-promotional.

    Removal reason shown to posters: Rule 1B: Links in Comments

  4. R11: No AMAs Without Approval

    rule 11 of 12

    AMA (Ask Me Anything)-style posts require prior permission and approval from the Mod Team. AMAs may not be self-promotional and cannot be used to advertise your products or services. By requesting to host an AMA, you agree that it may be archived and included in the subreddit Wiki.

    Removal reason shown to posters: Rule 8: No AMAs Without Approval

The other 8

  • R4: AI-Generated Content
  • R5: No Looking for Work
  • R6: No Hiring Posts
  • R7: No Academic Writing/Homework
  • R8: No Requests for Feedback/Criticism
  • R9: No Linking to Chatrooms/Forums or Requesting Contact from Other Users
  • R10: Civil Discourse Only
  • R12: Don't Editorialize Experiences With Clients/Platforms

Read from r/freelanceWriters’s published rules on Mar 12. 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/freelanceWriters — frequently asked

How many members does r/freelanceWriters have?

r/freelanceWriters has 200,695 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/freelanceWriters growing?

Over the last ≈33 days r/freelanceWriters changed by +1.1% — a gain of 2.1K 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/freelanceWriters?

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

r/freelanceWriters was founded in January 2011 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/freelanceWriters?

r/freelanceWriters publishes 12 rules and 4 of them address promotion. The first, “R1: No Spam or Self-Promotion”, says: Self-promotion and marketing content is forbidden. Promoting any goods, services, content mills, courses, studies, surveys, market research, ebooks, etc. is not allowed. Moderators may remove any post or comment at… 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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