r/apple rules, stats, and what to post

This is an unofficial community about Apple and all of its devices and software. People come here to talk about Apple products, share news, and discuss software updates. The rules make it clear this is a discussion community, not a help desk or a shopping advice board. Content has to benefit the community as a whole rather than answer one person's question. Tech support and buying questions get sent to a daily advice thread that runs every morning, so the main feed stays focused on news and conversation. If you are a developer, there is one narrow door for promotion, and it only opens on Sundays.

The biggest one for any founder is “Self-promotion is allowed on Sundays, only for developers.” It says no spam, no self-promotion of your own blogs, websites, videos, or surveys, except that developers may promote an app on Sundays, California time, as a self-post only. It also says activity requirements are enforced and you should participate organically in comments and posts before you promote. “No posts that aren’t directly related to Apple.” will kill anything that only touches Apple loosely, so your post has to be genuinely about Apple devices or software. “Posts must foster reasonable discussion.” means low-effort or announcement style posts that nobody can discuss will not survive. “No reposts, and/or rehosted content.” means you cannot re-share something already posted, even from a different source. “No memes, direct images or contextless image/video posts.” bans direct image and video links, so use a self-post if you share one. “No editorialized link titles.” means you keep the source's original title unless you genuinely need to fix a click bait one. “No tech-support questions.” and “No posts relating to buying, selling advice.” push individual questions to the daily advice thread. “No posts about bugs in beta software.” only allows beta release news and major bugs, like a beta bricking devices. “No low-effort, rude/offensive, or hateful comments.” governs how you behave in the comments, which matters a lot if you plan to participate before promoting.

A good post here is a link to an article or news item with its original title kept intact, unless the original title is click bait and an honest rewrite helps. If you want to share an image or video, put it inside a self-post instead of linking it directly, because that is what the rules ask for. Write posts that invite people to share opinions, because the community wants discussion, not announcements. If you are a developer, your one promotion window is a Sunday self-post about your app, and you should have already been commenting and participating in the community before you use it. Anything you post has to be directly about Apple, its devices, or its software. If you have a support question or a what should I buy question, take it to the daily advice thread instead of making a new post, and use your main post slot for something the whole community can react to.

Do not repost an article that has already been posted, from the same source or a different one. Do not post memes, and do not submit direct image or video links without putting them in a self-post. Do not editorialize link titles. Do not post tech support questions, what should I buy threads, or buying advice posts, because they get removed and you get pointed to the daily advice thread. Do not self-promote outside of Sundays, and do not spam, push your own blog or website or video, or run surveys, unless you are a developer using the Sunday self-post window. Do not post about bugs in beta software unless it is beta release news or a major bug like one that bricks devices. Do not post anything only vaguely related to Apple, anything NSFW, anything about piracy or illegal activity, or vaccine misinformation. And keep comments civil, because rude, offensive, or hateful comments are against the rules and can make you unwelcome.

What stands out to me is the Sunday window. It is generous in one way, developers get a real door, and strict in another, because activity requirements are enforced, so showing up only on Sunday to drop your link is exactly the wrong move. I also respect how the community routes individual questions to the daily advice thread, which keeps the main feed about discussion instead of one person's problem. If you build something for Apple users, my honest read is that months of genuine comments come first, and the Sunday self-post is the reward, not the strategy.