r/askTO rules, stats, and what to post
Know the rules before you post. So easy grandma can do it.
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Banned
- Links
- Not mentioned in the rules
- Promo risk
- High
- From the rules, not from removal counts
- Community age
- 13 years
- Since Jun 2013
About r/askTO
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/askTO: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.Checked from the r/askTO rules on Reddit.
r/askTO rules
5 rules, in the community's own words.
- 1
Submissions must be specific or relevant to Toronto or the GTA
This is the core tenet of this sub. Do not post rhetorical questions, lectures or rants. Please share Toronto centric articles to /r/toronto.
- 2
Be excellent to each other
No racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance, dehumanizing speech, or other negative generalizations. No concern-trolling, personal attacks, or misinformation. No victim blaming.
- 3
Submissions must be community benefiting
No memes, rage bait, or low-effort posts. Human generated content only.
- 4
Spam, self promotion, solicitation is not allowed
We do not allow:
- Spam, self promotion
- Requesting or offering monetary or in-kind gifts/donations/food/loans or loan cosigning.
- Petitions, fundraising, vote-begging, surveys, market research, recruiting/head-hunting/beta-testing, referral codes/sign up bonuses etc
- Requests for dm's/chat, email, or other off-subreddit communication
- Soliciting to engage in any kind of transaction whatsoever
- 5
All of Reddit's platform-wide rules apply
Please follow reddit's content policy, self-promotion guidelines, and Reddiquette. Doxxing, witch hunting, name-and-shame is not allowed. Ban evasion is not allowed.
What to post in r/askTO
What fits the room, and what gets removed.
Works well
- Asking a question about a specific local trend in Toronto that relates to a problem your product solves.
- Asking for advice on how Torontonians navigate a specific local issue, like transit or housing.
- Posting a genuine, non-promotional observation about a unique aspect of the GTA that invites discussion.
Avoid
- Posting a question that is not specific to Toronto or the GTA.
- Asking for people to sign up for a beta test or use a referral code.
- Posting content that is a lecture or a rant about city issues.
- Soliciting any kind of transaction or asking for off-subreddit contact.
Best hours to post in r/askTO
No pattern yet. r/askTO does not have enough top posts from the last 90 days to name its best hours.
What actually works in r/askto
These are the highest scoring posts Rankhog observed in r/askto over the past month, with what each one did differently. Rankhog watches this community continuously, so it sees posts when they are published and again as they climb.
- Upvotes
- 346
- Comments
- 173
- Posted
- Nov 6, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Kept short enough to read in one pass
- Upvotes
- 334
- Comments
- 177
- Posted
- Nov 8, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Upvotes
- 276
- Comments
- 80
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Almost no downvotes (98% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 221
- Comments
- 125
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Upvotes
- 195
- Comments
- 64
- Posted
- Nov 8, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog breakout tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Almost no downvotes (96% upvoted)
- Upvotes
- 178
- Comments
- 90
- Posted
- Nov 7, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Upvotes
- 129
- Comments
- 62
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Kept short enough to read in one pass
- Upvotes
- 129
- Comments
- 135
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
- Upvotes
- 128
- Comments
- 480
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Told in the first person
- Kept short enough to read in one pass
- Upvotes
- 111
- Comments
- 149
- Posted
- Nov 6, 2026
Why it worked
- Rankhog top tier from a local post-score estimate
- Asks the community a question instead of announcing something
- Short paragraphs rather than one block of text
What r/askTO Is For
This subreddit is for people to submit questions to Torontonians and about Toronto. The goal is to receive constructive responses to those questions. The core tenet is that all submissions must be specific or relevant to Toronto or the GTA.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rules that decide if a marketing adjacent post survives are “Submissions must be specific or relevant to Toronto or the GTA”, “Be excellent to each other”, “Submissions must be community benefiting”, and “Spam, self promotion, solicitation is not allowed”.
What To Post
For respectful marketing, you should ask a question that is genuinely about Toronto or the GTA. Make sure the question is specific and requires a thoughtful response from a Torontonian. Frame your question so that it gathers local insight or feedback that is helpful to the community, not just to your business.
What To Avoid
You must avoid posting rhetorical questions, lectures, or rants. You must also avoid memes, rage bait, or anything low-effort. The rules strictly forbid spam, self promotion, and soliciting any kind of transaction, which includes asking for donations or requesting direct messages.
A note from Anthony
It seems like this community takes its local focus very seriously. The rules are extremely strict about what counts as promotion or solicitation. It is clear that the moderators want genuine, helpful conversations about Toronto, not marketing pitches. You have to earn your place here.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog. Every guide is built from the community's own public rules and data, then checked by Rankhog's grounding audit before it goes live.
Common questions about r/askTO
What subreddits are similar to r/askTO?
Subreddits like r/askTO are r/melbourne, r/bayarea, r/hyderabad, r/houston, r/washingtondc, r/brisbane, r/AskNYC and r/bali.
Can I ask a question that is not directly about Toronto?
Submissions must be specific or relevant to Toronto or the GTA, so if your question is about a general topic, you should share Toronto centric articles to /r/toronto instead.
Is it okay to ask for donations or financial support?
No, you cannot request monetary or in-kind gifts, donations, or any kind of transaction whatsoever.
Can I post something that is just a meme or a quick joke?
The content must be human generated and community benefiting, so memes, rage bait, or low-effort posts are not allowed.
Subreddits like r/askTO
Other rooms for the same crowd.