How many members does r/bigseo have?

r/bigseo has about 138.3K members (as of July 2026).

How active is r/bigseo?

r/bigseo gets roughly 1 new posts per day (measured July 2026).

Promotion banned

Promoting on r/bigseo: Rules and What Gets Removed

r/bigseo is a community for professional agency, in-house, and self-employed SEOs to discuss strategy, share ideas and case studies, and learn.

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community rules

Can you promote your product in r/bigseo?

No, you cannot promote your product in r/bigseo. Rule 5, "Sales, self-promotion, link-exchange, guest-posting offers, affiliate links," says offers of services, prospecting for work, "free tools" or beta tests, and affiliate links are not permitted, and the sidebar also defines spam as "self-marketing orientated content."

The rules that cover promotion

Rule 5: Sales, self-promotion, link-exchange, guest-posting offers, affiliate links

"Offers of services (sale or free), for hire posts, link-exchange or guest posting is not permitted. Affiliate links are not allowed. No prospecting for work of any kind."

Rule 5: Sales, self-promotion, link-exchange, guest-posting offers, affiliate links

"No "free tools" or beta tests. We don't care about your ProductHunt launch. This includes "DM me for a link/help/to take a look.""

Sidebar, Ensuring quality

"Our definition of spam is "self-marketing orientated content" and "low grade content that offers no value for the average professional"."

User Flair

"Please do not put URLs or other spammy material into your user flair."

Quoted from the subreddit's own rules, snapshot from July 2026. Read all 12 rules on Reddit

What gets removed

Sales, self-promotion, service offers, and prospecting for work
Link-exchange, guest-posting offers, and affiliate links
"Free tools," beta tests, ProductHunt launches, and "DM me for a link/help/to take a look"
Blog spam and low grade content that offers no value for the average professional

Safer ways to show up

Join strategy discussions, share ideas, case studies, and useful SEO knowledge
Make sure your post is useful to experienced SEO professionals, not beginner, homework, or interview-prep content
Avoid headline-only or link-only posts, add context and effort
Keep self-marketing out of posts and user flair, and ask the mods if you have an etiquette question

Whatever the written rules say, the pattern that gets promo removed everywhere is the same: batches of similar comments, reused wording, and necro-posting on old threads. A promotional mention only has value if it survives, so pace matters more than volume. We measured this the expensive way: 70% of bought pool comments were removed within two weeks. See also how to find customers on Reddit without getting banned.