About r/advertising
THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE. YOU WILL BE BANNED. r/Advertising: Is for ad creators, students, copywriters, and anyone else who is finely honing their reverse banner blindness for professional reasons.
The community at a glance
r/advertising is a Subreddit for Marketers with roughly 252K members. It has been around since 2008. It has both a forum and a live chat communication style.
Roughly 39K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Job, and Worst. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger.
Community Topics
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 6K members
- 2014: 6K members
- 2015: 6K members
- 2016: 5K members
- 2017: 10K members
- 2018: 23K members
- 2019: 34K members
- 2020: 26K members
- 2021: 19K members
- 2023: 31K members
- 2024: 26K members
- 2025: 33K members
- 2026: 22K members
Past year (monthly)
- Sep: 3K members
- Oct: 3K members
- Nov: 3K members
- Dec: 5K members
- Jan: 4K members
- Feb: 3K members
- Mar: 3K members
- Apr: 3K members
- May: 3K members
- Jun: 3K members
- Jul: 3K members
Themes
- Advice Requests7 posts in the past month
- Want to Quit. Vent/seeking advice…
- Advice for events
- How to create a resume for a creative wanting to move in-house?
#17Advice RequestsWant to Quit. Vent/seeking advice… · Advice for events · How to create a resume for a creative wanting to move in-house? - Pain & Anger5 posts in the past month
- Recruiters; y'all are terrible
- Has anyone else developed a strong dislike for a brand because of intrusive ads?
- Upwork is Bad for Your Mental Health
#25Pain & AngerRecruiters; y'all are terrible · Has anyone else developed a strong dislike for a brand because of intrusive ads? · Upwork is Bad for Your Mental Health - Solution Requests3 posts in the past month
- How can I find advertising/marketing agencies that I can work with as a web design agency?
- What are people using to make html5 ads these days?
- Advertising Agency
#33Solution RequestsHow can I find advertising/marketing agencies that I can work with as a web design agency? · What are people using to make html5 ads these days? · Advertising Agency
Topics
- Struggling27 posts in the past month#127Struggling
- Job12 posts in the past month#212Job
- Worst9 posts in the past month#39Worst
- Advertising9 posts in the past month#49Advertising
- Marketing9 posts in the past month#59Marketing
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/advertising for?
- Best for Marketers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion, live chat.
- Is r/advertising free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/advertising have?
- Roughly 252K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/advertising on?
- r/advertising runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/advertising cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/advertising is organized under Marketers.
- How do I join r/advertising?
- You can join r/advertising by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Marketing communities like?
- Marketing is one of the bigger topic areas on the site, with communities covering pretty much every corner of the discipline: SEO, paid, content, social, growth, and everything in between. Most of the action happens across Discord and Slack, with some solid independent forums in the mix too. If you are looking to sharpen your skills, swap tactics, or just talk shop with other marketers, there is a lot to dig into here.
Monthly Stats
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- Views /mo (+167%)
- 7
- Visitors /mo (+133%)
- 1
- Referrals /mo
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