r/passive_income

Passive Income

Founded October 2012 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 9

The largest passive income community on the web—share wins, vet ideas, and learn what really works.

Members

1,245,200

1.2M

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Growth · 7d

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Growth · 30d

+1.9%

+23K members · ≈33d

Published rules

10

5 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.

Member growth

What r/passive_income's rules say about promotion

5 of 10 published rules mention promotion, advertising or spam. Quoted from the community's own rules page, not summarised.

  1. All referral links must have a disclaimer

    rule 1 of 10

    This sub is to discuss and inspire each other. Not profit from getting people here to click on your referral link. All referral or affiliate links on low effort posts will be removed. If you do include a referral link, you must clearly label it with a disclaimer. The following have been brought up many times. If you have a unique insight or method, please post. But we don't need any more referral links to these sites. - Honeygain - Robinhood / Webull - Swagbucks - Anything to do with Tai Lopez
  2. Mods may remove content at their discretion

    rule 6 of 10

    There are certain types of posts that do not serve the community (e.g. A.I. generated spam masquerading as advice or a guide, and adult content) that mods may remove at their discretion.

    Removal reason shown to posters: Misc

  3. No identity fraud

    rule 7 of 10

    Attempting to solicit or offering to purchase KYC verified accounts is prohibited.
  4. No scams or illegal activity

    rule 9 of 10

    If you promote a scam or illegal activity its an instant ban.
  5. Software or paywalled content

    rule 10 of 10

    Any post promoting software or paywalled content must be relevent to passive income and provide value to the reader. It must also include a free trial. The free trial must be mentioned in the post. Any exceptions to this rule must be pre approved by mods.

    Removal reason shown to posters: Software or paywalled content rule violation

The other 5

  • Don't be a jerk
  • Content must be relevant to Passive Income
  • No vague posting
  • No begging for money
  • No karma farming

Read from r/passive_income’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/passive_income — frequently asked

How many members does r/passive_income have?

r/passive_income has 1,245,200 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/passive_income growing?

Over the last ≈33 days r/passive_income changed by +1.9% — a gain of 23K 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/passive_income?

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

r/passive_income was founded in October 2012 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/passive_income?

r/passive_income publishes 10 rules and 5 of them address promotion. The first, “All referral links must have a disclaimer”, says: This sub is to discuss and inspire each other. Not profit from getting people here to click on your referral link. All referral or affiliate links on low effort posts will be removed. If you do include a referral link,… 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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