Can I mention my accounting software if I am not selling it here?
No. The rules ban self-promotion, advertising, and solicitations, and the moderators say they remove posts that promote products or services.
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r/Accounting rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/Accounting: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 1,288,829
- Verified
- September 30, 2026
- Category
- Bookkeeping and accounting professionals
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Respectful and civil: Be patient with others. Keep disagreements polite. You can feel free to be "harsh", but never insulting. Personal attacks are not tolerated.
- No self-promotion, advertising, solicitations, or research ideas: This includes business solicitations and market research ideas, referrals and job postings. Do not post your own blog, website, or video channel. We expect users to not use the subreddit for financial gain, although we will remove self-promotion regardless of whether there has been personal financial gain. This also extends to PM'ing users because of comments they made on this subreddit.
- Ethics: While no advice or credentials of those giving advice have been verified or endorsed, any blatant violations of ethical rules are not tolerated.
- Duplicative posting: Reposting of content within a short period of time of other posts or meta posts meming off of other posts are prohibited in order to focus threads and promote a diversity of content on the subreddit.
Works well
- A genuine question about how accountants handle a specific workflow, with no product mentioned anywhere
- A career question from someone exploring the field, since the description explicitly welcomes advice and questions
- A plain observation from your own experience working with or alongside accountants, written as a discussion starter
- A thoughtful reply to someone else's thread that helps them without linking anything of yours
- A question about a common pain point in the profession that invites people to share their own stories
Avoid
- Posting a link to your own blog, website, or video channel, even if the content is genuinely helpful
- Pitching your product or service anywhere in the post, title, or comments
- Sending private messages to members because of something they said in a comment thread
- Dropping a job posting or asking people to sign up for a research survey
- Being insulting when someone pushes back on your comment, even if you think you are right
- Reposting something that was already posted here recently
What r/Accounting Is For
r/Accounting is a community primarily for accountants and aspiring accountants to learn about and discuss their career choice. The description says advice and questions are welcome, so the normal traffic here is people asking about the profession, sharing career experiences, and helping each other figure out the path. The rules make clear this is a peer community, not a marketplace. Nobody here signed up to be pitched, and the moderators state plainly that they remove posts that promote products or services.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides most things here is “No self-promotion, advertising, solicitations, or research ideas”. It bans business solicitations, referrals, job postings, market research ideas, and posting your own blog, website, or video channel. It also says the community expects users not to use the subreddit for financial gain, and it extends to private messaging people because of their comments. The rule “Respectful and civil” matters too, because it asks for patience and polite disagreements, and it allows harsh feedback as long as it never becomes insulting. The rule “Ethics” bans blatant violations of ethical rules, which matters in a community built around professional advice. Finally, “Duplicative posting” prohibits reposting content within a short period of time and meta posts meming off other posts, so check the feed before you post.
What To Post
A good post here is a genuine question or a useful contribution with nothing attached to it. Ask something real about the profession, or share an honest observation from your own work that accountants can respond to. If you are a founder, come with curiosity about their world, like how they handle a messy workflow, and let the answers teach you. Keep any disagreement polite, because harsh is allowed but insulting is not. Check the feed first so you do not duplicate something posted recently.
What To Avoid
The fastest way to get removed here is anything that looks like promotion. That means linking your own blog, website, or video channel, soliciting business, posting job ads, asking for referrals, or pitching a research idea. The rule on self-promotion also covers private messages, so do not DM members because of something they said here. Personal attacks will get you in trouble even when the disagreement itself was fair. And reposting content that was already posted within a short period of time is prohibited, so always check the feed first.
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Common questions about r/Accounting
Can I ask people to sign up for a beta or a waitlist?
The rules ban referrals and job postings, so this counts as a solicitation and will likely be removed.
Can I ask a real question about accounting careers?
Yes. The description says advice and questions are welcome, so a genuine question about the profession fits well.
Can I DM people who comment on my post?
No. The rules explicitly extend the self-promotion ban to PM'ing users because of comments they made on this subreddit.
Are links allowed at all?
The rules do not say links are banned outright, but links to your own blog, website, or video channel are banned, so treat any self-serving link as unsafe.