r/microsaas

Software as a Service businesses run by a very small team.

Founded July 2017 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 6

A place to change your life with micro SaaS apps

Members

214,177

214K

Online now

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Growth · 7d

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Growth · 30d

+3.1%

+6.4K members · ≈32d

Published rules

6

2 mention promotion — quoted below

Last post

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Distinct posters

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Tracking since Aug 5 · 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/microsaas

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 / story51%160
Question22%13
Discussion14%109
Rant7%224
Show & tell7%150

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

Median score
24
Top 10% score
390
Text posts
74%
Got no replies
4%
Busiest windows
Tue 18:00 UTC, Tue 19:00 UTC

Posting rules, in plain words

Self-promotion is judged case by case.

  • No Low-Effort Self-Promotion: You may share your Micro SaaS, but it must add value. Purely promotional links without context, "Build in Public" updates with no actual insights, and repetitive link-dropping will be removed. If you share your product, you must include the backstory, tech stack, revenue (if comfortable), or a specific lesson learned.
  • Keep it high quality: Avoid vague motivational posts, generic "How to get rich", or links to paid courses/newsletters without prior mod approval.

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

What a good comment looks like here

  • — Offers specific, actionable advice or insights
  • — Shares first-hand experience or results
  • — Asks clarifying questions to encourage further discussion
  • — Provides encouragement and validation to the original poster
  • — Discloses affiliation or context when relevant

What r/microsaas's rules say about promotion

2 of 6 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.

  1. No Low-Effort Self-Promotion

    rule 2 of 6

    You may share your Micro SaaS, but it must add value. Purely promotional links without context, "Build in Public" updates with no actual insights, and repetitive link-dropping will be removed. If you share your product, you must include the backstory, tech stack, revenue (if comfortable), or a specific lesson learned.
  2. No Unethical Tactics or Black Hat

    rule 4 of 6

    Do not post, promote, or ask for unethical growth hacks. This includes buying fake reviews, spamming scraped emails, astroturfing, or stealing intellectual property.

The other 4

  • Keep it Micro SaaS
  • Be Respectful and Constructive
  • Keep it high quality
  • No DM ME

Read from r/microsaas’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/microsaas — frequently asked

How many members does r/microsaas have?

r/microsaas has 214,177 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 6. 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/microsaas growing?

Over the last ≈32 days r/microsaas changed by +3.1% — a gain of 6.4K 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/microsaas?

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

r/microsaas was founded in July 2017 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/microsaas?

r/microsaas publishes 6 rules and 2 of them address promotion. The first, “No Low-Effort Self-Promotion”, says: You may share your Micro SaaS, but it must add value. Purely promotional links without context, "Build in Public" updates with no actual insights, and repetitive link-dropping will be removed. If you share your product,… 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/microsaas for mentions?

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r/microsaas Subreddit Stats — 214K members, +3.1% in 32d