r/productivity

Founded January 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 5

Tips and tricks for being more productive!

Members

4,244,833

4.2M

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Growth · 7d

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Growth · 30d

+0.3%

+11K members · ≈28d

Published rules

6

2 mention promotion — quoted below

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Tracking since Aug 8 · 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/productivity'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 Advertising

    rule 2 of 6

    No soliciting or surveying of products or services of any type. Self-promotion is not allowed here in any form, even if asked for recommendations. Advertising via DMs and referral codes are included in this rule.
  2. No Off Topic, Spam, AI-generated posts, SEO Farming, or Low Effort Content.

    rule 6 of 6

    Off topic: This is a subreddit for civil discussion about the topic of productivity, how to improve productivity, and similarly intertwined subjects. Posts must be on topic. Spam & SEO Farming: Asking for upvotes, donations/money, and promotional/link farming is considered spam. Low effort & AI-Generated: Posts and comments must add value to the subreddit. This includes any AI-generated posts.

    Removal reason shown to posters: No Off Topic, Spam, SEO Farming, or Low Effort Content

The other 4

  • Be Civil and Stay Positive
  • No Listicles
  • No Isolated Links
  • No NSFW Content

Read from r/productivity’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/productivity — frequently asked

How many members does r/productivity have?

r/productivity has 4,244,833 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 5. 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/productivity growing?

Over the last ≈28 days r/productivity changed by +0.3% — a gain of 11K 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/productivity?

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

r/productivity was founded in January 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.

Can I promote my product in r/productivity?

r/productivity publishes 6 rules and 2 of them address promotion. The first, “No Advertising”, says: No soliciting or surveying of products or services of any type. Self-promotion is not allowed here in any form, even if asked for recommendations. Advertising via DMs and referral codes are included in this rule. 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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