r/podcasting rules, stats, and what to post
Know the rules before you post. So easy grandma can do it.
- To post
- 7 day old account
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Banned
- Links
- Banned
- Promo risk
- High
- From the rules, not from removal counts
- Community age
- 16 years
- Since Sep 2010
- Showcase posts
- Thursday only
About r/podcasting
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/podcasting: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.Checked from the r/podcasting rules on Reddit. Look up any subreddit's numbers in the free subreddit stats checker.
r/podcasting rules
15 rules, in the community's own words.
- 1
Promoting Your Podcast
Podcast self-promotion or thinly veiled 'feedback' requests should not be posted. Please post these types of posts in the Weekly Episode thread, posted every Thursday morning Eastern Time. Users who post a link to their show in a post will result in a temporary or permanent ban. Any post with a link to a podcast may be removed at the discretion of the moderators if deemed self-promotional.
- 2
Promoting Products or Services
Promotional posts or feedback requests for products, services, or tools are not allowed except in the weekly Product or Service promotional thread. Violating this rule can result in being banned. Clarification on what counts as 'products or services.'
- 3
No Kudos, Milestones or Gratuitous Appreciation posts
No kudos threads when you reach a milestone or gratuitous congratulatory verbiage as these look like a self-promotional post in an attempt to bypass Rule 1. While the moderation team understands a pat on the back and a word of encouragement is a good thing, the appearance of self promotion is unwanted by the subreddit members. Celebratory posts will be deleted by the moderators at their discretion and the posting member could be subjected to a temporary or permanent ban.
- 4
Be Civil
Please do not conduct personal attacks, be intentionally rude, or report a post or comment just because you do not like it. Please familiarize yourself with Reddiquette and remember the human being behind the computer screen.
- 5
AutoMod Rule 1: Low Karma
Your post will be removed by the automod if your reddit karma is less than 5. This is a measure to reduce spam and unwanted self-promotion in the subreddit from new accounts. The moderation team will monitor the automod removals and approve any legitimate non-spam post that was removed.
- 6
AutoMod Rule 2: Low Account Age
Your post will be removed by the automod if your reddit account age is less than 7 days. This is a measure to reduce spam spam and unwanted self-promotion in the subreddit from new accounts. The moderation team will monitor the automod removals and approve any legitimate non-spam post that was removed.
- 7
AutoMod Rule 3: No Main Post Text
Your post will be removed by the automod if your post does not have any text in the main post. Posts with runon sentences in the title without main body text to explain look like spam and often do not provide enough information to invite constructive conversation in the comments. The moderation team would like to encourage concise, descriptive post titles with a longer explaination in the post body.
- 8
No Calls For Review Exchanges
Review exchanges are prohibited - contrary to popular belief, reviews don't help promote your show. Reviews should come from members of audience, not random people on reddit. Accounts posting to directly ask for reviews or review swaps are subject to being banned by the moderators.
- 9
Required Disclosure Of Affiliation
In an effort to foster open and honest discourse in r/podcasting, Posts and Comments from a user which is affiliated with a product, service or event must disclose that relationship. In case multiple affiliations apply all relationships must be disclosed. This rule also pertains to any post granted permission to post via rule “Promoting Products or Services.” Users who post or comment that promote or recommend without the affiliation disclosure will be subject to mod actions up to being banned.
- 10
No Requests For Trailer Swaps
There is a community thread that posts on Fridays to post and take trailers for swaps with the title "Weekly Podcast Trailer Exchange Thread - Post Your Podcast Trailer For Other Shows To Use." Do not ask to swap trailers outside of that thread.
- 11
Market Research Posts For Tool/Service/Product
Posts requesting general feedback for podcasting repetitive tasks or pain points are not allowed except as comments in the weekly Product or Service promotional thread which posts each Wednesday at 7 AM ET. Market research style posts or open ended posts which possibly lead to product development will be removed and the posting account will be banned.
- 12
Job Related Post
Posting a job announcement style of post are encouraged but will be consolidated in the Weekly Podcasting Job Announcement Threads. These threads post each Tuesday at 7 AM ET. Separate posts are not allowed and will be removed.
- 13
No Cross Posts
Cross Posts are no longer allowed in the r/podcasting subreddit.
- 14
Moderator Harassment
The moderators of this subreddit are volunteers and enforce the rules of the subreddit created to optimize the assistance of podcasters themselves and as set by community feedback. Harassment of the moderators either publicly or in ModMail will not be tolerated. Do not private message the moderators with subreddit moderation business - that is what ModMail is for. Violation of this rule will result in actions up to a ban from this subreddit.
- 15
Service in Job Announcement Thread
Do not post for a service or product in the monthly job announcement thread. This will result in a removal of comment and possible ban from the subreddit.
What to post in r/podcasting
What fits the room, and what gets removed.
Works well
- A text post sharing a specific lesson from building your podcasting product, with no link and no pitch.
- A genuine question about a podcasting workflow problem, written as a real question rather than a setup for a product pitch.
- A comparison or breakdown of two common approaches to a podcasting task, posted as plain text with a clear takeaway.
- A comment in the weekly Product or Service promotional thread, with your affiliation disclosed in the same comment.
- A job announcement saved for the Weekly Podcasting Job Announcement Threads, which post each Tuesday at 7 AM ET.
Avoid
- Posting a link to your podcast anywhere outside the Weekly Episode thread, which the rules say can earn a temporary or permanent ban.
- Pitching your product or service in a main post instead of the weekly Product or Service promotional thread.
- Dressing up a promo as a feedback request, which the rules call thinly veiled and treat the same as self-promotion.
- Posting a milestone celebration, because the rules say celebratory posts get deleted and can lead to a ban.
- Asking for review swaps in a post, which the rules say gets accounts banned.
- Requesting trailer swaps outside the Friday weekly thread, which is prohibited by rule 10, “No Requests For Trailer Swaps”.
Best hours to post in r/podcasting
No pattern yet. r/podcasting does not have enough top posts from the last 90 days to name its best hours.
What r/podcasting Is For
This community is for people who make podcasts. The public description says topics include podcasting news, how to guides, gear, marketing, and anything related to podcasters. So the room is full of podcasters themselves, people recording, editing, growing, and monetizing their own shows. The rules exist to keep the feed focused on helping podcasters rather than on people selling to them. The moderator one-liner says they remove self-promotion, product pitches, low-effort posts, and off-topic content to keep the focus on helpful podcasting advice.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides almost everything here is “Promoting Your Podcast”. It bans podcast self-promotion and thinly veiled feedback requests from normal posts, and it says a link to your show in a post can earn a temporary or permanent ban. The only place for show links is the Weekly Episode thread, posted every Thursday morning Eastern Time. “Promoting Products or Services” does the same job for tools, so any pitch belongs in the weekly Product or Service promotional thread. “Required Disclosure Of Affiliation” says that if you are connected to a product, service, or event, you must say so in any post or comment that promotes or recommends it, and skipping that can get you banned. “No Kudos, Milestones or Gratuitous Appreciation posts” deletes celebration posts because they look like self-promotion in disguise. “No Calls For Review Exchanges” and “No Requests For Trailer Swaps” ban asking for reviews or trailer swaps outside their designated weekly threads. “Market Research Posts For Tool/Service/Product” removes open ended questions that could feed product development and bans the accounts that post them. “AutoMod Rule 1: Low Karma” removes posts from accounts under 5 karma, “AutoMod Rule 2: Low Account Age” removes posts from accounts under 7 days old, and “AutoMod Rule 3: No Main Post Text” removes posts with no body text, so arrive with an aged account and write a real post body. “No Cross Posts” bans cross posts outright.
What To Post
A good post here is a genuine contribution with no link to anything you own. Write a descriptive title and put a real explanation in the body, because the automod removes posts with no main text. Share a lesson from building your product, a comparison of approaches, or a plain question about a podcasting problem you are trying to solve for yourself. If you want to mention your product at all, do it in the weekly Product or Service promotional thread, which posts each Wednesday at 7 AM ET, and disclose your affiliation when you do. If you have a show, its link belongs only in the Weekly Episode thread on Thursday mornings. If you are hiring, save it for the Weekly Podcasting Job Announcement Threads on Tuesdays.
What To Avoid
The fastest way to get banned is posting a link to your podcast in a normal post, which “Promoting Your Podcast” says can result in a temporary or permanent ban. Pitching your product or service outside the weekly promotional thread is banned under “Promoting Products or Services”. Asking for feedback on your show in a main post counts as thinly veiled self-promotion. Milestone and celebration posts get deleted under “No Kudos, Milestones or Gratuitous Appreciation posts”. Asking for review swaps is banned under “No Calls For Review Exchanges”, and asking for trailer swaps outside the Friday thread is banned under “No Requests For Trailer Swaps”. Market research posts that could lead to product development get removed and the account gets banned under “Market Research Posts For Tool/Service/Product”. New or low karma accounts get removed by the automod rules, and posts with no body text get removed by “AutoMod Rule 3: No Main Post Text”. Cross posts are not allowed at all. Finally, recommending a product you are affiliated with without disclosing it can get you banned under “Required Disclosure Of Affiliation”.
A note from Anthony
The thing that stands out to me is rule 11, where a market research post does not just get removed, the account gets banned. That tells me this community has been burned by founders fishing for product ideas, so come with help to give instead of questions to extract. I also like that the rules tell you exactly which day each weekly thread goes up, which makes the safe path unusually clear.
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.