r/selfpublish
Self Published Writers
Founded April 2011 · Public — anyone can post
A place to discuss just about everything in the world of indie books. *Not* a place for self-promotion.
Members
266,988
267K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
12.6
from the last 100 posts, spanning 7.9 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
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not enough history yet
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Oct 3
sampled Oct 3
Distinct posters
94%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Oct 3 · 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
Tracking since Oct 3 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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A place for authors, old and new, to learn and share what they know about book promotion and marketing. This is also a safe place to post your book promotions in moderation.
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This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook.
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r/selfpublish — frequently asked
How many members does r/selfpublish have?
r/selfpublish has 266,988 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 3. 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/selfpublish growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/selfpublish yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 3; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/selfpublish?
Around 12.6 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 7.9 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.
When was r/selfpublish created?
r/selfpublish was founded in April 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.
Who posts in r/selfpublish?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 94% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 3. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.
Can I promote my product in r/selfpublish?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/selfpublish yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/selfpublish for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/selfpublish into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/selfpublish's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/selfpublish's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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