IntoruBack to home
All communities

Can you promote in r/appstoreoptimization?

/r/AppStoreOptimization is the place for anything related to App Store Optimization AKA ASO. This includes: - tips - tricks - guides - studies - findings - tools

The short answer

Answer questions helpfully first, disclose your affiliation up front, use the appropriate flair, avoid posting links or promotions repeatedly, and get mod approval for hiring/commercial posts.

What works here

  • Helpful answers and advice on ASO or app marketing
  • Occasional contextual app links or screenshots
  • Tool recommendations with upfront disclosure
  • Case studies / methodology-backed wins

What gets posts removed

  • Posting repeated ads or using the subreddit as an ad board
  • Shameless/self-serving posts without value
  • Dropping your app link in every comment (spam)
  • Job or recruiting posts without mod approval

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

No Shameless Self-Promo

Self-promotion is disallowed unless you first contribute value and avoid using the subreddit as an ad board.

Disclose affiliations

If you recommend a tool you work for, you must say so; disclosure is required.

Use flair

Posts must be flaired (e.g., Tool Review, Case Study) to keep things organized.

Links allowed in context but spam flagged

Occasional contextual app links are fine, but repeatedly including links is considered spam.

Job posts need mod approval

Hiring/freelance requests require prior moderator approval or use of monthly thread.

Official rules of r/appstoreoptimization

  1. 01Keep It On Topic
  2. 02 No Shameless Self-Promo
  3. 03 Put In Some Effort
  4. 04Search First, Post Second
  5. 05Get Specific, Share the Numbers
  6. 06Disclose Your Affiliations
  7. 07Be Cool
  8. 08Use Your Flair
  9. 09Back Up Your Big Claims
  10. 10Job Posts Need Mod Approval
  11. 11We Have Eyes 👀

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 23, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

Read the Intoru research and correction methodology.

Intoru follows these rules for you.

It finds people in r/appstoreoptimization and hundreds of other communities who are looking for what you sell, and drafts replies that fit each community’s rules, so you help first and never read as spam.

Find your buyers on Reddit