Free reading · Updated October 13, 2026

Reddit guides for makers.

Find a place where your app belongs, understand what you may share, and learn from what happens next. These guides use our saved rules and measured results, with dates and limits beside the numbers.

1. How to promote an app on Reddit without getting removed

   A practical posting check for app makers, grounded in 3,676 saved community rule sets. Permission, links, disclosure and what to do after a removal.

2. Which Reddit communities allow a link to your app?

   How to tell a permitted product link from a referral link, a feedback invitation or a weekly-thread exception, using our saved rules and dated examples.

3. Reddit weekly promo threads and ratio rules explained

   What weekly promotion threads, the 10% rule and a 9:1 ratio mean in practice, with worked examples and the limits of our saved rule scan.

4. Reddit replies with links: what our 30% versus 1% result means

   The counts behind our linked and unlinked replies, why the comparison is observational, and how to measure visits separately from customers.

5. How to read a subreddit’s rules before posting

   A repeatable way to check promotion, links, account requirements, AI policies and thread exceptions before you share an app on Reddit.

6. Launching on Reddit as a solo developer

   Build a manageable Reddit launch around a real user problem, an eligible community, a useful post and a record of what happened afterward.

More reference material

• Subreddits that allow self-promotion, with their saved rules
• Reddit RSS and API access
• Search the free community rules index

Saved rules can go out of date. Check the community’s current rules and your account’s eligibility before acting.