How many members does r/SideProject have?

r/SideProject has about 787.5K members (as of July 2026).

How active is r/SideProject?

r/SideProject gets roughly 270 new posts per day (measured July 2026).

Promo-friendly

Promoting on r/SideProject: Rules and What Gets Removed

r/SideProject is a community for people sharing side projects, getting constructive feedback, and finding inspiration for new projects.

787.5K

members

~270

posts / day

2013

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community rules

Can you promote your product in r/SideProject?

Yes, you can promote your project in r/SideProject, because the community description and sidebar explicitly say it is for sharing side projects and receiving constructive feedback. The stated requirement is the submission format: "When submitting a link to a project or startup, please use this format: [Project name] - [Short description]."

The rules that cover promotion

Community purpose

"r/SideProject is a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects."

Welcome text

"Welcome to r/SideProject, a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects."

Interesting projects welcome

"This is also a subreddit to get motivated and inspired to work on new projects, so please submit links to projects you find interesting."

Submission Format

"When submitting a link to a project or startup, please use this format: [Project name] - [Short description]."

Quoted from the subreddit's own rules, snapshot from July 2026. Read all 0 rules on Reddit

Safer ways to show up

Post your own side project as a link, using the required format: [Project name] - [Short description].
Frame your post to invite constructive feedback, since the subreddit is for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects.
You can also submit links to projects you find interesting, because the sidebar says to "please submit links to projects you find interesting."
Keep your title in the exact project-name plus short-description format shown in the sidebar and submit page.

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.