Can you promote in r/startup?
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The short answer
Contribute helpful, non-promotional self posts or comments and avoid mentioning or linking to your product or soliciting users.
What works here
- participate in discussions and share experience without promoting a product
- post self posts (text-only) that are relevant to startups
- ask or answer questions that provide value without solicitation
What gets posts removed
- posting product or company links
- solicitations, recruitment, or calls to sign up/buy
- self-promotion or promotional content in posts or comments
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo spam or self-promotion
The sidebar explicitly forbids spam and self-promotion, indicating promotional posts are not allowed.
Self posts only
Only self posts are allowed, which prevents link-based promotional posts.
Relevance requirement
Posts must be relevant to the community, reinforcing that promotional content unrelated to discussion is disallowed.
Official rules of r/startup
- 01Posts must be relevant
- 02No spam. No Solicitations
- 03Self posts only (Enforced)
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 23, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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