r/googlecloud

Google Cloud Platform

Founded December 2013 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 9

The goto subreddit for Google Cloud Platform developers and enthusiasts.

Members

98,245

98K

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Growth · 7d

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Growth · 30d

+1.6%

+1.6K members · ≈33d

Published rules

9

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/googlecloud's rules say about promotion

4 of 9 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.

  1. Advertising

    rule 1 of 9

    In general, we don't allow the advertising of third party services and/or job postings in such a way that a post or comment contains no substance to it other than the advertisement. For example, if you're answering someone's question and plug something you work on/have done (even if it's paid) in order to actually help someone, that's absolutely allowed. What's not allowed is drive by comments or posts whose sole purpose is to advertise for a third party business.

    Removal reason shown to posters: You may not advertise on this subreddit.

  2. Blog Spam

    rule 2 of 9

    In general, we don't allow third party blog spam on this subreddit. This subreddit is very human focused, and if you'd like to discuss a blog post you wrote, you must solicite active feedback and be engaged. For example, if you post a link to a blog from a reddit account named "TheEnterpriseBlog" and your blog name/website is "The Enterprise Blog", your post will probably get removed.

    Removal reason shown to posters: You may not blog spam on this subreddit.

  3. Blockchain, NFT, and Crypto Coins

    rule 4 of 9

    Blockchain and crypto are generally predatory in nature and advertising your coin, crypto technology, or blockchain offering will result in a ban.

    Removal reason shown to posters: You may not advertise for Crypto and Blockchain related technology.

  4. No Selling (or buying!)

    rule 7 of 9

    You may not sell products, services, vouchers, and similar offerings directly to our users. You may not purchase exam vouchers, keys, and other software licenses from users via posts on this subreddit.

    Removal reason shown to posters: You may not sell your products, services, keys, books, vouchers, etc on this subreddit.

The other 5

  • Exam Dumps
  • Incomplete/Low Effort Posts
  • Kindness and Respect
  • AI Generated Responses
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Read from r/googlecloud’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/googlecloud — frequently asked

How many members does r/googlecloud have?

r/googlecloud has 98,245 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/googlecloud growing?

Over the last ≈33 days r/googlecloud changed by +1.6% — a gain of 1.6K 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/googlecloud?

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

r/googlecloud was founded in December 2013 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/googlecloud?

r/googlecloud publishes 9 rules and 4 of them address promotion. The first, “Advertising”, says: In general, we don't allow the advertising of third party services and/or job postings in such a way that a post or comment contains no substance to it other than the advertisement. For example, if you're answering… 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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r/googlecloud Subreddit Stats — 98.2K members, +1.6% in 33d