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r/SaaS

Software as a Service

Discussions and useful links for SaaS owners, online business owners, and more.

Members
827,976
Created
2008
Posts a day
60
Avg comments, top posts this week
71

r/SaaS is a Reddit community with 827,976 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 60 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 75 and an average of 71 comments each. Saas, building and built are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 09:00 UTC, and most often on a Monday.

Only approved members can post in r/SaaS.

Data checked October 18, 2026 路 Open on Reddit

Top posts this week

  1. 976How rea be moving44 comments 路 October 13, 2026
  2. 528Who needs research right?馃ぇ62 comments 路 October 12, 2026
  3. 363Vibe coding isn鈥檛 killing SaaS194 comments 路 October 15, 2026
  4. 296My side project is making more than my 9-5114 comments 路 October 16, 2026
  5. 250Everyone here is building something useful. I wanted to build something nice.53 comments 路 October 13, 2026
  6. 158Our SaaS just sponsored a racing driver for the first time49 comments 路 October 11, 2026
  7. 148ChatGPT might become a surprisingly good distribution channel for SaaS29 comments 路 October 15, 2026
  8. 151Opus 5.5 + Blender won in motion design. Three.js didn't match the quality needed68 comments 路 October 13, 2026
  9. 114I just got my first paying customer for my SaaS!65 comments 路 October 16, 2026
  10. 1076 months in, $0 revenue. What marketing actually worked for you?211 comments 路 October 12, 2026

Top posts this month

  1. 4,187I've created Open Source 100% Rust clean-room replacements for 7 of Adobe's apps: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro. Free, no subscription, and you own the source code1,022 comments 路 October 3, 2026
  2. 3,746So real107 comments 路 September 22, 2026
  3. 2,466I'm too lazy to market my app.馃槄242 comments 路 September 26, 2026
  4. 2,171AI made everyone a builder. It forgot to make more buyers.233 comments 路 September 18, 2026
  5. 1,232saw this on LinkedIn 馃槀70 comments 路 September 27, 2026
  6. 1,046opus 5.5 is f*cking cracked at motion design195 comments 路 September 29, 2026
  7. 983How rea be moving44 comments 路 October 13, 2026
  8. 957My SaaS just made $0.000 revenue in 60days after launch and I am so grateful, this feels so real 馃帀馃帀馃帀347 comments 路 September 20, 2026
  9. 719Me and my saas ideas62 comments 路 October 5, 2026
  10. 627I made $7,802 today279 comments 路 October 2, 2026

What people ask

  1. 259Serious question: What's the point of building SaaS anymore?417 comments 路 October 8, 2026
  2. 349Why does slack need over 2000 employees??361 comments 路 September 25, 2026
  3. 1076 months in, $0 revenue. What marketing actually worked for you?211 comments 路 October 12, 2026
  4. 534Who needs research right?馃ぇ62 comments 路 October 12, 2026
  5. 51Everyone says "talk to customers before building." But how do you actually find them?59 comments 路 October 17, 2026
  6. 983How rea be moving44 comments 路 October 13, 2026

Common words in titles

  • saas 22
  • building 7
  • built 5
  • customer 5
  • free 5
  • revenue 5
  • users 5
  • customers 4
  • tool 4
  • app 3
  • everyone 3
  • founder 3

Best time to post

  • 09:00 UTC 路 4 top posts
  • 12:00 UTC 路 3 top posts
  • 17:00 UTC 路 2 top posts
  • Monday 路 6 top posts
  • Tuesday 路 5 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

  1. Submission Guidelines
  2. Posting SaaS Relevant Content Only
  3. No Vendor Spam on posts or comments
  4. No Low-Effort / Low-Quality Content
  5. No selling, soliciting, or fundraising
  6. AMA / Surveys / Polls require approval
  7. No obfuscated, shortened or indirect URLs
  8. No Personal Information (Doxing)
  9. Be excellent to eachother
  10. No "I'll review/audit/feedback/test/roast or create something for you" posts
  11. No Promotional or Advertising SaaS

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Member growth

We started recording r/SaaS 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/SaaS" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"
{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/",
    "name": "SaaS",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Software as a Service",
    "createdAt": "2008-07-31T21:06:38.000Z",
    "description": "Discussions and useful links for SaaS owners, online business owners, and more.",
    "subscribers": 827976
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/SaaS

How many members does r/SaaS have?
r/SaaS had 827,976 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.
How active is r/SaaS?
Based on its newest posts, it got about 60 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 71 comments each.
When is the best time to post in r/SaaS?
This month's top posts in r/SaaS went up most often around 09:00 UTC, and most often on a Monday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.
Can I get r/SaaS data through an API?
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