Can I promote my own subreddit here?
The spam rule bans self-promotion outright and points people to the promotion subreddits it names instead, so advertising your own community here will get the post removed.
Subreddit guides
r/findareddit rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/findareddit: 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
- 658,005
- Verified
- September 26, 2026
- Category
- Subreddit discovery and community navigation
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Rule 1: Be nice.: **Don't be a jerk or be deliberately unhelpful.** This applies to everyone. Derogatory / insulting comments and posts and comments that are unhelpful are subject to removal.
- Rule 2: Post must be looking for a subreddit.: **You must post a clear, easy to understand request for a subreddit.** There are certain technical exceptions to this that will arise on a case-by-case basis but if your post is asking for anything other than a subreddit, or if the request is very confusing or unclear, it may be removed.
- Rule 3: No NSFW posts.: **NSFW posts are not allowed** unless you have made a request in r/NSFW411 and they were unable to answer your question. If this is the case, please let us know in the modmail. Moderators will remove NSFW posts at their discretion.
- Rule 4: No posting personal information.: Absolutely **no posting of personal information** or requests for personal information of anyone else, including name, location and any other personally-identifiable information
- Rule 5: Don't tell users to "just Google it".: **Do not suggest only that the user should use search engines.** Our users are here for our help, not sarcastic responses that they should do it themselves. If you have nothing else to say other than to check a search engine, please refrain from commenting and leave the thread to others to assist with.
- Rule 6: No joke / troll / irrelevant suggestions.: **Absolutely no joke or troll suggestions and / or posts.** Those that suggest sarcastic, off-topic, trolling or purely incorrect subreddits to those that are genuinely seeking help, or those that make joking / trolling posts may be temporarily banned without warning. This especially includes posts such as "a subreddit to find subreddits". An example of a joke suggestion would be a response suggesting /r/atheism to a user requesting Christian subreddits.
- Rule 7: No spam.: Spammers and clickbaiters will be swiftly removed. This includes subreddit self-promotion. Please use /r/promoteareddit, /r/promotereddit or /r/newreddits to advertise the sub you just made.
- Rule 8: No requests for illegal or prohibited stuff that breaks the Reddit Content Policy.: It is against Reddit's Content Policy to: - Request or provide methods to exchange or purchase illegal or prohibited goods or services. - Seek or encourage methods to commit a crime or cause harm to others. - Suggest or participate in any way, shape or form in vote manipulation (ex. by asking for karma or for votes in an online contest). - Suggest or participate in targeted harassment, cyber-bullying, callouts, doxxing and brigading against individual people and communities both on and outside
- Rule 9: No negative posts about other subreddits, their mods or users, and about being banned.: Any posts which speak negatively of other subreddits, their modteams and/or userbase, including complaints about being banned or muted, are not allowed here, regardless of the circumstances. Same applies to requests for subreddits which allow such content, or requests for where to report the aforementioned.
Works well
- A plain request naming the topic you want, such as asking for subreddits where people discuss the problem your product solves
- A request for communities around a niche you want to learn from before you build anything
- A follow-up comment on someone else's request that suggests a subreddit you genuinely know fits what they asked for
- A short thank you reply to the people who suggested communities to you, which keeps you on the right side of the niceness rule
Avoid
- Advertising the subreddit you just made, since the spam rule sends that to the promotion communities instead
- Posting anything that is not a clear request for a subreddit
- Replying to a request by telling the person to just use a search engine
- Suggesting a joke, sarcastic, or deliberately wrong subreddit to someone asking for help
- Complaining about another subreddit, its moderators, or a ban you received
- Sharing or asking for anyone's personal details
What r/findareddit Is For
This community exists for one simple job. If you are having trouble finding the subreddit or community you need, you post what you are looking for and someone suggests a community for you. So the people who post here are searchers, and the people who reply are helpers who know the wider map of Reddit. That makes it a place to ask where a conversation happens, not a place to hold the conversation yourself.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides everything here is “Post must be looking for a subreddit.”, which means your post has to be a clear and easy to understand request for a subreddit or it can be removed. “No spam.” is the one that matters most for anyone marketing, because subreddit self-promotion is banned and the rule points people toward the promotion communities it names instead. “No joke / troll / irrelevant suggestions.” also carries real weight, since joke or troll suggestions and posts can get you temporarily banned without warning. “No negative posts about other subreddits, their mods or users, and about being banned.” removes complaints about other communities, their mod teams, or being banned anywhere. Finally, “Be nice.” applies to everyone, so deliberately unhelpful replies are on the chopping block too.
What To Post
A good post here is one plain question with one clear shape. Say what topic or kind of person you want to find communities around, and ask for subreddit suggestions. A founder can do this honestly by asking which subreddits discuss the problem their product touches, or which communities exist for a niche they want to learn from. Keep it a genuine request for a subreddit, keep it easy to understand, and leave your product name and links out of it, because self-promotion is banned here. If you hang around and answer other people's requests with helpful suggestions, that is the respectful way to earn a name in this room.
What To Avoid
The fastest way to lose your post is to make it anything other than a request for a subreddit, because the community rule says confusing or off-topic requests may be removed. The fastest way to lose your account standing is to spam or clickbait, since the spam rule removes spammers and bans subreddit self-promotion, pointing you to the promotion subreddits it names instead. Suggesting a sarcastic or purely incorrect subreddit to someone who is genuinely asking can get you temporarily banned without warning. If your only reply to a request is to check a search engine, the rules ask you to refrain from commenting entirely. Complaining about another subreddit, its mod team, its users, or a ban you got is not allowed here regardless of the circumstances. On top of that, personal information is off the table, and requests for illegal or prohibited stuff that breaks the Reddit Content Policy are out too.
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Common questions about r/findareddit
Can I ask where my target audience hangs out?
Yes, as long as it is a clear and easy to understand request for a subreddit and not a promo, since the rule about posts looking for a subreddit is what the community is built around.
Can I use this community to find customers?
Not directly, but a clear request for the subreddits where your kind of customer already talks is a safe way to do that research here.
Which rule trips up marketers most often here?
The big one is the spam rule, because self-promotion gets removed, and the joke and troll rule matters too since it carries a temporary ban without warning.
Can I reply to other people's requests while I am here?
The niceness rule says don't be a jerk or deliberately unhelpful, so plain and friendly wins.