How many members does r/marketing have?

r/marketing has about 2M members (as of July 2026).

How active is r/marketing?

r/marketing gets roughly 2 new posts per day (measured July 2026).

Promotion banned

Promoting on r/marketing: Rules and What Gets Removed

r/marketing is a community for marketing communications and advertising industry professionals to discuss marketing topics and ask questions, including people at brands, businesses, agencies, vendors, and academia.

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community rules

Can you promote your product in r/marketing?

No, you cannot promote your product in r/marketing. Rule 1, "Advertising, Self-Promotion, & Spam (Permanent Ban)," says, "We have a zero tolerance policy to Advertising, Self-Promotion, & Spam." Rule 7 also says low quality content includes "a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service" and "a few sentences with a link to their blog," which will be removed.

The rules that cover promotion

Advertising, Self-Promotion, & Spam (Permanent Ban)

"We have a zero tolerance policy to Advertising, Self-Promotion, & Spam."

Low Quality (Post Removal & Possible Ban)

"A post or comment in a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service, is someone's homework, is asking a question which has already been answered many times, is looking for free marketing instead of paying for a professional, or is a few sentences with a link to their blog."

Website/Product Reviews (Post Removal & Possible Ban)

"Please don't ask us to review or give feedback for your website or product."

URL Shorteners (Post Removal & Possible Ban)

"Any post or comment using a URL shortener will be removed."

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

What gets removed

Advertising, self-promotion, and spam, permanent ban
Shilling or selling a product or service, or posting a few sentences with a blog link
Requests for website or product reviews or feedback
Posts or comments using URL shorteners

Safer ways to show up

Discuss marketing industry topics without promoting your product or service
Ask specific professional marketing questions, if they are not beginner questions
Use r/AskMarketing for beginner questions or general marketing questions mentioned in the submit page
Read the subreddit rules before posting and use a descriptive 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.