r/indiehackers

Independent developers building their own way

IndieHackers is a subreddit focused on people who bootstrap their way to success by building products.

Members: 197,136
Created: 2016
Posts a day: 2
Avg comments, top posts this week: 58

r/indiehackers is a Reddit community with 197,136 members, created in 2016. It averaged about 2 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 14 and an average of 58 comments each. Building, built and product are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 13:00 UTC, and most often on a Thursday.

Only approved members can post in r/indiehackers.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

16How do you validate your ideas?144 comments · September 23, 2026
21After trying many things nothing really stuck, so how to choose what to work on next?137 comments · October 12, 2026
20What is your go-to tool to make a promo video for SaaS for free?89 comments · October 10, 2026
23I'm building subscriptions for expert-made agent skills. What would make you keep paying?76 comments · October 8, 2026
16Need some feature ideas on an app60 comments · October 5, 2026
7Looking for feedback on the proof receipt that gets generated after agent runs against fetchsandbox36 comments · October 13, 2026

Common words in titles

building 10
built 8
product 8
feedback 4
share 4
tool 4
youre 4
app 3
founders 3
free 3
hunt 3
saas 3

Best time to post

13:00 UTC · 3 top posts
07:00 UTC · 3 top posts
15:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Thursday · 6 top posts
Wednesday · 6 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

Self Promotion
MRR
What you build type thing

How to post in r/indiehackers without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/indiehackers member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/indiehackers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/indiehackers/",
    "name": "indiehackers",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Independent developers building their own way",
    "createdAt": "2016-09-26T12:05:56.000Z",
    "description": "IndieHackers is a subreddit focused on people who bootstrap their way to success by building products.",
    "subscribers": 197136
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/indiehackers

How many members does r/indiehackers have?

r/indiehackers had 197,136 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/indiehackers?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 2 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 58 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/indiehackers?

This month's top posts in r/indiehackers went up most often around 13:00 UTC, and most often on a Thursday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/indiehackers data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/indiehackers for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/indiehackers/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.