r/startup

Updated Aug 8

Reddit's space to learn the tools and skills necessary to build a successful startup. A community meant to support each other and grow through the exchange of knowledge and ideas. A rising tide lifts all ships in its wake.

Members

313,843

314K

Posts per day

no sample yet

Comments per post

no sample yet

Growth · 7d

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

medium

read the sidebar rules first

Tracking since Aug 8 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows.

Member growth

Tracking since Aug 8 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/startup — frequently asked

How many members does r/startup have?

r/startup has 313,843 members as of our most recent crawl on Aug 8. 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/startup growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/startup yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Aug 8; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/startup?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/startup yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the crawl accumulates more.

Can I promote my product in r/startup?

Our read on r/startup is medium promo tolerance. A product mention is fine when it genuinely answers the question asked, and unwelcome when it does not. Always read the sidebar rules before you post; moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.

How do I monitor r/startup for mentions?

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