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r/startups

Promo only in stickied thread

Discussion subreddit for startup founders. No promotion of any kind outside the stickied Share Your Startup thread (the rules say monthly; in Aug 2026 it was a quarterly post); feedback requests go in the Feedback Friday thread, and other posts must not name or link your own project and need at least 250 characters. Rules as of 23 Aug 2026.

r/startups is a community at reddit.com/r/startups. It lets members share AI products, with a rule: promo only in stickied thread. Listing is free. The link you get is nofollow: post links carry rel="nofollow". Review: moderators have the final say on what counts as promotion; links to your own blog need prior moderator approval. Terms read on reddit.com/r/startups on 2 October 2026.

Rate card

Price: Free; posting needs a Reddit account
Link you get: Nofollow: post links carry rel="nofollow"
Review: Moderators have the final say on what counts as promotion; links to your own blog need prior moderator approval
Their rule: Promo only in stickied thread
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: reddit.com/r/startups/about/rules ↗
Reach: TinyTiny reach: outside the Tranco top million by traffic; not in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Can you share an AI product on r/startups?: Only some. It lets members share AI products, with a rule: promo only in stickied thread.
How much does a listing on r/startups cost?: Listing is free.
What link does r/startups give?: The link you get is nofollow: post links carry rel="nofollow".

How to submit to r/startups

A post on r/startups is yours to write, not a form.

You post as yourself, within their rules on self-promotion, and answer the comments that day. No automation can do that for you, and our done-for-you service does not include it. Post it yourself, then mark the result in your tracker by hand. How to prepare.

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: promo only in stickied thread. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
3. Wait for the review. Moderators have the final say on what counts as promotion; links to your own blog need prior moderator approval. Mark the result in your tracker yourself: our checks cannot read this site.

Listing tracker

Know when r/startups lists you.

Add your app once and keep every submission in one place. reddit.com/r/startups blocks automatic reads, so this one you mark by hand; the other places we read every week, every night on Pro.

Track r/startups

Run r/startups? A badge for your site

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