How many members does r/devops have?

r/devops has about 503.4K members (as of July 2026).

How active is r/devops?

r/devops gets roughly 8 new posts per day (measured July 2026).

Allowed with conditions

Promoting on r/devops: Rules and What Gets Removed

r/devops is a subreddit for people discussing the DevOps movement, including technologies, meetups, conferences, and building the future of IT systems.

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community rules

Can you promote your product in r/devops?

You can promote your product only under narrow conditions. Rule 4 says, "Self promotion goes in the weekly self promotion thread," requires that "Any personal affiliation with a product or tool must be fully disclosed," and adds, "if this is your sole purpose in this subreddit we don't want it." The sidebar also says, "No vendor spam. Buy an ad from reddit instead."

The rules that cover promotion

Rule 4: Self Promotion / Vendors / Personal Affiliation Disclaimer

"Self promotion goes in the weekly self promotion thread."

Rule 4: Self Promotion / Vendors / Personal Affiliation Disclaimer

"Any personal affiliation with a product or tool must be fully disclosed at the top of a post or comment."

Rule 4: Self Promotion / Vendors / Personal Affiliation Disclaimer

"We won't mind you promoting projects you're part of but if this is your sole purpose in this subreddit we don't want it."

Rule 4: Self Promotion / Vendors / Personal Affiliation Disclaimer

"Note that posts should be as self-contained as possible and not link to external blogs. This is not a space to funnel traffic."

Quoted from the subreddit's own rules, snapshot from July 2026. Read all 9 rules on Reddit

What gets removed

Self promotion outside the weekly self promotion thread
Undisclosed personal affiliation with a product or tool
Vendor spam, stealth marketing, and spammy or low-quality content
Posts that funnel traffic to external blogs instead of being self-contained

Safer ways to show up

Use the weekly self promotion thread for self-promotion
Disclose any personal affiliation at the top of your post or comment
Make posts self-contained, do not use them to funnel traffic to an external blog
If you share an article, include a 3-5 sentence submission statement and use the exact article title

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.