r/advertising rules, stats, and what to post

A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/advertising: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.

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By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.

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Current public stats

Members: 50,000
Verified: July 9, 2026
Category: Marketing and growth communities

Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.

Rule summary

Be nice: Don't be a dick.
No advertisements or spam: Posts will be removed, posters banned. If you would like to advertise visit - https://about.reddit.com/advertise.
Low quality: We're trying to build something great here, help us do that. A post or comment in a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service, is someone's homework, is looking for free marketing instead of paying for a professional, or is a few sentences with a link to their blog. Let's not forget, memes, rants without a source, screenshots, etc. will all be removed.
URL Shorteners: Any post or comment using a URL shortener will be removed.
Surveys and/or homework/assignment help: Don't post them.
Not advertising industry related: This sub is for professionals to talk specifically about advertising, not for advertising product/services and not for topics unrelated to the advertising industry.
No AI Generated Posts: Posts that have clearly been generated by ChatGPT or another chatbot will be deleted and user banned.

Works well

Posts that match the community context: THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE. YOU WILL BE BANNED. r/Advertising: Is for ad creators, students, copywriters, and anyone else who...
Specific questions or lessons about marketing tactics, campaign work, growth experiments, and channel-specific questions, with enough context for useful replies.
Share a campaign postmortem with audience, channel, creative, budget, and result context.
Ask a narrow marketing question after explaining the market, channel, and constraint.
Drafts that satisfy the visible rule "Low quality" before any link, launch, or product mention appears.

Avoid

Anything that trips "No advertisements or spam": Posts will be removed, posters banned. If you would like to advertise visit - https://about.reddit.com/advertise.
Off-topic posts that do not fit the visible community context or marketing tactics, campaign work, growth experiments, and channel-specific questions.
Low-context posts that fail "Low quality": We're trying to build something great here, help us do that. A post or comment in a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service, is someone's...
Posts that ignore "Be nice": Don't be a dick.
Posts that ignore "URL Shorteners": Any post or comment using a URL shortener will be removed.

What r/advertising Is For

Reddit describes r/advertising this way: THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE. YOU WILL BE BANNED. r/Advertising: Is for ad creators, students, copywriters, and anyone else who is finely honing their reverse banner blindness for professional reasons.

For Rankhog planning, treat it as a place for marketing tactics, campaign work, growth experiments, and channel-specific questions. Use the source description and the visible rule list before deciding whether a startup post belongs there.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

The fetched old Reddit rules include "Be nice", "No advertisements or spam", "Low quality", "URL Shorteners". The rule to read twice is "No advertisements or spam". It is the clearest source-backed warning against turning the subreddit into a launch, link, or sales channel.

What To Post

A strong post gives the community something to answer, inspect, or learn from before it asks for attention. Bring the audience, stage, constraint, what you tried, and the exact question.

Good fits include:

Posts that match the community context: THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE. YOU WILL BE BANNED. r/Advertising: Is for ad creators, students, copywriters, and anyone else who...
Specific questions or lessons about marketing tactics, campaign work, growth experiments, and channel-specific questions, with enough context for useful replies.
Share a campaign postmortem with audience, channel, creative, budget, and result context.

What To Avoid

Do not use r/advertising as a cold launch channel. The safest draft should still make sense if the company name, product URL, and call to action are removed.

Watch for:

Anything that trips "No advertisements or spam": Posts will be removed, posters banned. If you would like to advertise visit - https://about.reddit.com/advertise.
Off-topic posts that do not fit the visible community context or marketing tactics, campaign work, growth experiments, and channel-specific questions.
Low-context posts that fail "Low quality": We're trying to build something great here, help us do that. A post or comment in a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service, is someone's...

Rankhog Notes

Use this page as a pre-flight check. If the rule note and the community description do not support the post, choose another subreddit or turn the idea into a comment, lesson, or question first.

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Common questions about r/advertising

Can I promote a startup in r/advertising?

Treat direct promotion as high-risk because the fetched public rules include "No advertisements or spam". A safer post should lead with a useful question, lesson, or context that fits the community.

What should I post in r/advertising?

Use it for marketing tactics, campaign work, growth experiments, and channel-specific questions. The source context says: THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE. YOU WILL BE BANNED. r/Advertising: Is for ad creators, students, copywriters, and anyone else who is finely honing...

What rule should I read first for r/advertising?

Start with "Be nice": Don't be a dick.

What gets removed fastest in r/advertising?

Posts that ignore "Low quality" are risky. We're trying to build something great here, help us do that. A post or comment in a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service, is someone's homework,...