Can I promote my business in r/Entrepreneur?
The rules are strict against promotion, sales, solicitation, traffic driving, and DM funnels. Use designated threads when available and keep regular posts discussion-first.
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r/Entrepreneur rules, stats, and what to post
A current Rankhog guide to r/Entrepreneur: what the subreddit is for, rules, posting standards, and what works before you publish.
Current public stats
- Members
- 5,188,753
- Verified
- 2026-05-26
- Category
- Entrepreneurs, side projects, and small business builders
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Rule summary
- No promotion, sales, or solicitation: Do not sell, promote, recruit, hire, drive traffic, ask for DMs, drop URLs, or pitch investments outside designated places.
- Be civil and inclusive: Treat members professionally. Personal attacks, hostility, harassment, discrimination, and unprofessional conduct are not tolerated.
- Meet contribution standards: Participate in comments before posting, and make posts specific, practical, and grounded in real entrepreneurial effort.
- Original human content only: Duplicate content, reposts, blog dumps, and AI-generated posts or comments are high removal risk.
- AMAs need approval: AMA requests should go through modmail and need a useful story for the community.
Works well
- Practical stories about building, selling, hiring, operations, pricing, or customer acquisition.
- Specific questions grounded in real effort, not get-rich-quick hypotheticals.
- Posts from accounts that already participate meaningfully in comments.
- Lessons that help a broad entrepreneur audience without pushing an offer.
Avoid
- URLs, profile traffic, books, consulting, crypto or investment pitches, and hiring posts.
- AI-generated or polished-but-empty posts.
- Vague questions about making money fast.
- Posts that ask readers to DM, check a profile, join a list, or claim a free resource.
What r/Entrepreneur Is For
r/Entrepreneur is one of Reddit's largest business communities. It covers side projects, small businesses, solo ventures, startups, and broader entrepreneurial work. Because the audience is large, the moderation line against promotion is also clear.
What Works On r/Entrepreneur
Strong posts feel grounded in real effort. Share the problem, the attempt, the result, and the next decision. The subreddit is broad, so practical specificity matters more than niche jargon.
What To Avoid
Avoid URLs, check-my-profile language, free resources, hiring asks, investment pitches, crypto pitches, consulting offers, and anything that turns the thread into a sales path.
Rankhog Notes
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Common questions about r/Entrepreneur
What type of posts work in r/Entrepreneur?
Specific, practical posts grounded in real entrepreneurial work tend to fit best. The post should help the community even if your business is never mentioned.
Does r/Entrepreneur allow AI-generated posts?
The rules call for original human content and warn that AI-generated posts or comments may be removed.
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