How to market on r/SideProject

Can you promote on r/SideProject?

Yes. r/SideProject exists for sharing projects, so posting your own work is the point. Make it worth reading, not an ad. What the rules say:

“r/SideProject is a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects.”

Community description

The rules

r/SideProjectdoesn't publish a list of rules. Its sidebar says: “r/SideProject is a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects.” Read the sidebar and any pinned posts before you post.

What people asked this week

r/SideProject moves fast: its last 189 posts only go back 3 hours, and 26 of them asked a question or for a recommendation. Here are 12, starting with people asking for a tool, a service or someone to hire.

• Struggling to get your first backlinks? Drop your site below and I'll help you find relevant places to submit it.
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• What should I build next for Orbit? drop your suggestions
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• 410 days, 3,460 commits, ~30 UI redesigns. I finally shipped an open-source alternative to Canny, Featurebase, UserVoice & more.
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• Looking for 5 more app testers
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• I just need your thoughts about my tool
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• Why does every little software tool need a subscription these days?
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• What made you quit the last productivity app you tried?
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• Would you like to run your own AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex) directly on WhatsApp?
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• What do you actually want an audio AI companion to remember about you?
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• Cookieless analytics, so no consent banner? I checked what 9 tools actually send from your URLs
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• Course creators, what's the one thing you wish your current platform did better?
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct
• Ever wished you could just sit by a bus window and do nothing for a while?
  r/SideProject · 24 Oct

How to show up here without getting banned

• Show the work, not the pitch. Posts that explain what you built, why, and what you learned do better on r/SideProject than launch announcements. Reply to every comment.
• Be early. r/SideProject gets about 1.1k new posts a day, so a question is buried within hours. The first useful answers get the attention.
• Read the sidebar and pinned posts. Moderators often add rules there, and rules change. Check r/SideProject's before your first post.
• Build a history first. Comment helpfully on r/SideProject for a few weeks before you post. Accounts that only ever promote get filtered.

More on how this works across Reddit: Reddit's self-promotion rules, explained and the full Reddit marketing playbook.

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