r/advertising

Community Overview

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 250K members. It has been around since 2008. It has both a forum and a live chat communication style.

Roughly 38K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Advertising, and Job. Common discussion themes are Self-Promotion and Pain & Anger.

On Reddit
Established 2008
250K Members

Community Features

This community has a forum

This community has a realtime chat

Subreddit Analysis

via GummySearch
Yearly: +38K members
Growth: +18.2% / 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: 20K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Aug: 3K members
  • 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: 1K members

Themes

  • Self-Promotion
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Desperately need a marketing Co founder or Just a regular collab.
    2. Need tips to advertise my document vault app that I built. Not mentioning the product name to show its not a promotional post.
    3. Looking for a growth/marketing partner for my AI car diagnostic app- equity available (no advertisment)
    #1
    Self-Promotion
    Desperately need a marketing Co founder or Just a regular collab. · Need tips to advertise my document vault app that I built. Not mentioning the product name to show its not a promotional post. · Looking for a growth/marketing partner for my AI car diagnostic app- equity available (no advertisment)
    3
  • Pain & Anger
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Have you ever sent management an email detailing your frustrations?
    2. We spent over a year building the perfect launch plan. Then we cut ad spend and admitted we'd be begging for users if we ran it.
    #2
    Pain & Anger
    Have you ever sent management an email detailing your frustrations? · We spent over a year building the perfect launch plan. Then we cut ad spend and admitted we'd be begging for users if we ran it.
    2
  • Advice Requests
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Advanced Meta Ads strategy advice
    2. Frustrated Hypnotist here. I understand human psychology, but copywriting psychology is breaking my brain. Help?
    #3
    Advice Requests
    Advanced Meta Ads strategy advice · Frustrated Hypnotist here. I understand human psychology, but copywriting psychology is breaking my brain. Help?
    2
  • Solution Requests
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Making an ad for the first time. Need help
    2. How can I manage Facebook Ads for others?
    #4
    Solution Requests
    Making an ad for the first time. Need help · How can I manage Facebook Ads for others?
    2

Topics

  • Struggling
    27 posts in the past month
    #1
    Struggling
    27
  • Advertising
    13 posts in the past month
    1. What's one advertising metric you stopped caring about as you gained more experience?
    #2
    Advertising
    What's one advertising metric you stopped caring about as you gained more experience?
    13
  • Job
    12 posts in the past month
    #3
    Job
    12
  • Ads
    11 posts in the past month
    1. Our biggest competitor is dropping huge money on Outdoor/Billboard ads, and I think they are wasting capital. Am I missing something?
    2. Advanced Meta Ads strategy advice
    3. Coursiv Has One of the Worst Ads—Manipulating People Instead of Educating Them
    #4
    Ads
    Our biggest competitor is dropping huge money on Outdoor/Billboard ads, and I think they are wasting capital. Am I missing something? · Advanced Meta Ads strategy advice · Coursiv Has One of the Worst Ads—Manipulating People Instead of Educating Them
    11
  • Marketing
    11 posts in the past month
    1. Looking for a growth/marketing partner for my AI car diagnostic app- equity available (no advertisment)
    #5
    Marketing
    Looking for a growth/marketing partner for my AI car diagnostic app- equity available (no advertisment)
    11

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 250K 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.