r/startups

The community for ventures designed to scale rapidly | Read our rules before posting ❤️

Welcome to /r/startups, the place to discuss startup problems and solutions. Startups are companies that are designed to grow and scale rapidly. Be sure to read and follow all of our rules--we have specific places for common content and requests.

Members: 2,141,140
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 7
Avg comments, top posts this week: 45

r/startups is a Reddit community with 2,141,140 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 17 and an average of 45 comments each. Not, promote and startup are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 17:00 UTC, and most often on a Tuesday.

Only approved members can post in r/startups.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

126How do new startups actually find their first clients? "I will not promote"168 comments · September 22, 2026
73How do startup founders even come up with an idea thats profitable in the first place? I will not promote118 comments · September 30, 2026
66Is it possible to be a CEO if you don't have it in your blood? - I will not promote77 comments · October 1, 2026
33Where to find a co-founder? I will not promote62 comments · September 29, 2026
0[I will not promote] I'm 21, not a dev, and Claude writes all my code. Can this become a huge company?53 comments · October 17, 2026
49Don’t confuse “people like it” with validation [i will not promote]45 comments · October 4, 2026

Common words in titles

not 56
promote 56
startup 8
founder 5
did 4
startups 4
business 3
cofounder 3
company 3
early 3
find 3
founders 3

Best time to post

17:00 UTC · 5 top posts
16:00 UTC · 3 top posts
13:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Tuesday · 8 top posts
Monday · 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

Relevant Content Only
No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion
Submissions Serve a Specific Purpose
Feedback Has a Place
Rules for Links in Comments/Discussion
Do Not Solicit PM Requests / Post DM Notices
Sharing Your Blog is To Start a Discussion, Never For Self-Promotion
Always Be Kind and Supportive
No Unscheduled AMAs

How to post in r/startups without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/startups 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/startups" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/",
    "name": "startups",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "The community for ventures designed to scale rapidly | Read our rules before posting ❤️",
    "createdAt": "2008-01-25T05:23:46.000Z",
    "description": "Welcome to /r/startups, the place to discuss startup problems and solutions. Startups are companies that are designed to grow and scale rapidly.  Be sure to read and follow all of our rules--we have specific places for common content and requests.",
    "subscribers": 2141140
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/startups

How many members does r/startups have?

r/startups had 2,141,140 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/startups?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 45 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/startups went up most often around 17:00 UTC, and most often on a Tuesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/startups data through an API?

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