r/advertising

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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 254K 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, Advertising, and Job. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention memes.

On Reddit
Established 2008
254K Members

Community Topics

Community Features

Forum

This community has a forum

Chat

This community has a realtime chat

Subreddit Analysis

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Yearly: +39K members
Growth: +18.3% / year

Member 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: 24K 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
  • Aug: 2K members

Themes

  • Advice Requests
    8 posts in the past month
    1. Career Move Advice: Agency to Account Manager
    2. Doing PPC at a small company, no one around to actually learn from. Offering free help in exchange for feedback
    3. Advice needed - Freelance Client Service Director
    #1
    Advice Requests
    Career Move Advice: Agency to Account Manager · Doing PPC at a small company, no one around to actually learn from. Offering free help in exchange for feedback · Advice needed - Freelance Client Service Director
    8
  • Pain & Anger
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Been out of work for almost 2 years and feeling incredibly lost. Is this industry cooked? Has anyone in the past few years been able to successfully transfer out of advertising agency life into another career path?
    2. Trying to break into advertising has been much harder than I expected (INDIA)
    #2
    Pain & Anger
    Been out of work for almost 2 years and feeling incredibly lost. Is this industry cooked? Has anyone in the past few years been able to successfully transfer out of advertising agency life into another career path? · Trying to break into advertising has been much harder than I expected (INDIA)
    2
  • Solution Requests
    1 post in the past month
    1. Any SaaS Marketing Wizard?
    #3
    Solution Requests
    Any SaaS Marketing Wizard?
    1

Topics

  • Struggling
    28 posts in the past month
    #1
    Struggling
    28
  • Advertising
    18 posts in the past month
    1. Animation & Advertising
    2. How do i switch from advertising to brand marketing role
    #2
    Advertising
    Animation & Advertising · How do i switch from advertising to brand marketing role
    18
  • Job
    12 posts in the past month
    #3
    Job
    12
  • Agency
    10 posts in the past month
    1. Best NYC agencies?
    #4
    Agency
    Best NYC agencies?
    10
  • Worst
    9 posts in the past month
    #5
    Worst
    9

Product recommendations

  • memes
    1 post in the past month
    1. Why are brands using memes now as an advertising strategy? And who does it best?
    #1
    memes
    Why are brands using memes now as an advertising strategy? And who does it best?
    1
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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 254K 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.
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