How many members does r/Etsy have?

r/Etsy has about 314.7K members (as of July 2026).

How active is r/Etsy?

r/Etsy gets roughly 15 new posts per day (measured July 2026).

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Promoting on r/Etsy: Rules and What Gets Removed

r/Etsy is an unofficial community for all things Etsy, with both buyers and sellers welcome.

314.7K

members

~15

posts / day

2008

created

community rules

Can you promote your product in r/Etsy?

You generally cannot promote your product in r/Etsy outside the specific threads the rules name. Rule 1, "No Shameless Plugs, Promotional Content, or Referral Links," says, "We do not allow promotion of any kind here" and adds that shops, listings, and seller tools or services "must go in the weekly stickied promotional post." Rule 6 also says blog posts go in the share your stuff thread, and drive by spam to non-Etsy e-commerce venues will be banned.

The rules that cover promotion

Rule 1: No Shameless Plugs, Promotional Content, or Referral Links

"We do not allow promotion of any kind here. This includes shops, listings, and seller tools / services, whether directly linked or not. All of this must go in the weekly stickied promotional post."

Rule 1: No Shameless Plugs, Promotional Content, or Referral Links

"Please do not post referral links for Etsy or another service. If someone requests a code for free listings PM them the link."

Rule 1: No Shameless Plugs, Promotional Content, or Referral Links

"If you offer a service for Etsy sellers, post your info in the weekly Share Your Stuff thread."

Rule 6: No Blog Posts, Topics Unrelated to Etsy, Promoting Other E-Commerce Sites, or Links with No Context

"Blog posts go in the share your stuff thread. ... Drive by spammers who post links to non-Etsy e-commerce venues will be banned."

Quoted from the subreddit's own rules, snapshot from July 2026. Read all 14 rules on Reddit

What gets removed

Promotion of shops, listings, seller tools, or services outside the weekly stickied promotional post
Referral links for Etsy or another service
Links posted with no context or poorly explained context
Drive by spam to non-Etsy e-commerce venues, this can lead to a ban

Safer ways to show up

Use the weekly stickied promotional post for your shop, listings, or seller service
Use the weekly Share Your Stuff thread for seller services, blog posts, surveys, or seller tools
Keep participating with helpful, constructive Etsy-relevant answers
If you want feedback on your shop, post a shop critique request on Fridays only and follow the linked guidelines

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.