Can you promote in r/excel?
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The short answer
Answer helpfully first, disclose any affiliation briefly, avoid making the post primarily promotional, keep links minimal and ensure your account history follows the 10% self-promotion guideline.
What works here
- Answering questions and providing solutions
- Mentioning your product/service for transparency
- Posting in-text (text posts) with examples or demos
What gets posts removed
- Direct advertising or solicitations
- Posting jobs/gigs
- Posting primarily promotional/link-only posts
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditFollow Reddit self-promotion/spam rules
The subreddit requires users to follow Reddit's self-promotion and spam guidelines (mentions 10% or less of your posting linking to your own content), so vendor posts must be limited and non-spammy.
No gig/job advertisements
Job or gig advertisements are explicitly disallowed, so recruiting customers via job/gig posts is banned.
Text-posts only; no link/image-only posts
The sub requires text posts (you can include links or images in the text body), so avoid link-only posts and prefer in-text explanations and examples.
Content must be about Excel
Posts must be related to Excel/spreadsheets and provide meaningful discussion; product mentions should be clearly relevant.
Submission quality and disclosure expectations
The submission rules emphasize detailed questions and proper formatting; promotional content should not replace helpful content and should be transparent.
Official rules of r/excel
- 01Post Titles must follow our Submission Rules
- 02Post Content must follow our Submission Rules
- 03Posts must be related to MS Excel or other spreadsheet software
- 04Set appropriate post flair
- 05No link or image posts. Text posts only.
- 06Don't post asking how to learn Excel or VBA or similar
- 07Close your post by replying to the answer with "solution verified"
- 08No personal insults/attacks
- 09No NSFW/offensive content
- 10No AI slop or lazy "just use AI" advice
- 11No gig or job advertisements
- 12Follow Reddit rules for self-promotion and spam
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 24, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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