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Direct commercial promotion is risky. Mention a tool only when it is disclosed and genuinely answers a technical question.
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r/webdev rules, stats, and what to post
A current Rankhog guide to r/webdev: what the subreddit is for, rules, posting standards, and what works before you publish.
Current public stats
- Members
- 3,200,000
- Verified
- 2026-06-02
- Category
- Web developers and technical builders
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Rule summary
- No vague product support: Vague support questions about editors, plugins, or software should go to more relevant product communities.
- No self-promotion or commercial solicitation: Excessive self-promotion and commercial promotion can be removed or banned.
- Showoff and feedback are limited: Projects, portfolios, and feedback requests are limited to the appropriate recurring format.
- Assistance questions need context: Help requests should include context, research, the exact problem, and a specific question.
Works well
- Technical web development questions with code, context, and what has already been tried.
- Developer-tool discussions framed around implementation tradeoffs, not sales.
- Thoughtful project lessons that teach architecture, debugging, performance, or deployment choices.
- Specific answers to frontend, backend, tooling, hosting, or workflow problems.
Avoid
- Commercial promotion, SaaS launches, portfolio drops, and showoff posts outside allowed formats.
- Vague support questions with no code, context, or research.
- LLM-generated comments, memes, jokes, and low-effort prompts.
- Asking developers to validate a product without contributing technical value.
What r/webdev Is For
r/webdev is for frontend, backend, tooling, hosting, architecture, and practical web development discussions.
What Works On r/webdev
Good posts include technical context, what has already been tried, and a narrow question that other developers can actually answer.
What To Avoid
Avoid commercial promotion, low-context help requests, LLM slop, project promotion outside the right format, and disguised user research.
Rankhog Notes
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Common questions about r/webdev
What works best in r/webdev?
Specific technical questions and detailed lessons about web development, architecture, performance, deployment, or tooling.
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