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r/PPC rules, stats, and what to post

A current Rankhog guide to r/PPC: what the subreddit is for, rules, posting standards, and what works before you publish.

Current public stats

Members
264,976
Verified
2026-06-02
Category
Paid search and performance marketers

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Rule summary

  • No spam: Agency, freelancer, tool, and service promotion can be removed as spam, especially with URL shorteners.
  • No low-quality posts: Low-quality tool posts, surveys, and vague requests are removed.
  • Keep titles clean and specific: Titles should be clear, professional, and specific to the PPC issue.
  • Use approved formats for special posts: AMAs, coupons, personal information, and course questions have strict limits or dedicated places.

Works well

  • Specific Google Ads, Meta Ads, Microsoft Ads, or Amazon Ads troubleshooting questions.
  • Campaign diagnostics with budget, objective, bidding, audience, and conversion context.
  • Performance lessons that explain what changed and what the data showed.
  • Helpful comparisons of ad workflows, measurement tradeoffs, or platform behavior.

Avoid

  • Agency lead generation, tool launches, surveys, and thin product research.
  • Vague posts like asking why ads are not working with no account context.
  • Coupon posts, URL shorteners, or personal account details.
  • Pitching a PPC tool before answering the operator's actual question.

What r/PPC Is For

r/PPC is for paid search and performance marketers discussing campaigns, platforms, tracking, bidding, creative, and account problems.

What Works On r/PPC

Good posts are specific enough for practitioners to diagnose: objective, platform, budget, conversion setup, and what changed.

What To Avoid

Avoid tool pitches, agency promotion, surveys, coupon posts, and vague troubleshooting without account context.

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Common questions about r/PPC

Can I promote a PPC tool in r/PPC?

It is risky. The community removes spammy tool and service posts, so any mention needs to be disclosed and directly relevant to a specific problem.

What works best in r/PPC?

Concrete ad-platform questions with campaign context, metrics, and what has already been tested.

Is r/PPC useful for SaaS Reddit SEO?

Yes for SaaS teams selling analytics, attribution, landing page, creative, or paid growth tools, as long as the answer helps operators first.

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