About r/CommunityManager
Welcome! This is a space for everything community management, built for community managers focused on running and maintaining healthy communities. Not to be confused with social media management.
The community at a glance
r/CommunityManager is a Subreddit for Community Builders with roughly 8K members. It has been around since 2011. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 2nd largest community in the Community Building topic page.
Roughly 3K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Community, Manager, and Community Manager. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests. Product recommendations often mention community platforms.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 25 members
- 2014: 23 members
- 2015: 78 members
- 2016: 82 members
- 2017: 107 members
- 2020: 799 members
- 2023: 2K members
- 2024: 1K members
- 2025: 2K members
- 2026: 2K members
Past year (monthly)
- Jul: 192 members
- Aug: 182 members
- Sep: 191 members
- Oct: 285 members
- Nov: 244 members
- Dec: 189 members
- Jan: 303 members
- Feb: 245 members
- Mar: 291 members
- Apr: 278 members
- May: 235 members
- Jun: 216 members
Themes
- Advice Requests16 posts in the past month
- What should a Community Manager who is not a designer have in his or her portfolio?
- Any good course recommendations on community management, etc?
- What I learned scaling a paid community to $30k/mo without ads or a huge audience
#116Advice RequestsWhat should a Community Manager who is not a designer have in his or her portfolio? · Any good course recommendations on community management, etc? · What I learned scaling a paid community to $30k/mo without ads or a huge audience - Solution Requests14 posts in the past month
- Looking for a TRUE alternative to facebook groups
- Podcast for community managers
- Community managers, especially those involved in gaming and game development, what social media platform do you use most (X, Threads, etc.)? And how do you see it evolve in the future?
#214Solution RequestsLooking for a TRUE alternative to facebook groups · Podcast for community managers · Community managers, especially those involved in gaming and game development, what social media platform do you use most (X, Threads, etc.)? And how do you see it evolve in the future? - Opportunities4 posts in the past month
- Community Growth Strategy
- A community manager with 3+ years of experience.
- Looking for a Community Growth Manager (Vibe Coder Focus)
#34OpportunitiesCommunity Growth Strategy · A community manager with 3+ years of experience. · Looking for a Community Growth Manager (Vibe Coder Focus) - Pain & Anger3 posts in the past month
- Contract To Hire Conundrum
- Just Need to Rip the Band-aid off......
- Who Else is Drowning in Discord Mid-Sized Server/Channel/Group Frustrations?
#43Pain & AngerContract To Hire Conundrum · Just Need to Rip the Band-aid off...... · Who Else is Drowning in Discord Mid-Sized Server/Channel/Group Frustrations? - Self-Promotion2 posts in the past month
- Check Out this new card game "One Billion Users" - It might be a good way to introduce community management concepts to non-community people
- Introducing self
#52Self-PromotionCheck Out this new card game "One Billion Users" - It might be a good way to introduce community management concepts to non-community people · Introducing self
Topics
- Community172 posts in the past month
- everything I did to reduce my paid community churn by +50%
- Tips on how to build an online community?
- JOB: Community Manager for an AI Agent company
#1172Communityeverything I did to reduce my paid community churn by +50% · Tips on how to build an online community? · JOB: Community Manager for an AI Agent company - Manager47 posts in the past month
- JOB: Community Manager for an AI Agent company
- Most valuable Community Manager Conferences?
- Do Reddit community managers exist?
#247ManagerJOB: Community Manager for an AI Agent company · Most valuable Community Manager Conferences? · Do Reddit community managers exist? - Community Manager35 posts in the past month
- Happy Community Managers Day!
- New Community Manager Podcast!
- Is “Community Manager” now the new cool name for Social Media Manager? 🤔
#335Community ManagerHappy Community Managers Day! · New Community Manager Podcast! · Is “Community Manager” now the new cool name for Social Media Manager? 🤔 - Management33 posts in the past month
- Managing repeated questions in active communities — built a tool, curious if this is useful?
- Help needed! I am working for a Saas client for the first time to build their community, what are some tricks that worked for you! Based out of USA
#433ManagementManaging repeated questions in active communities — built a tool, curious if this is useful? · Help needed! I am working for a Saas client for the first time to build their community, what are some tricks that worked for you! Based out of USA - Discord24 posts in the past month
- Who Else is Drowning in Discord Mid-Sized Server/Channel/Group Frustrations?
- How do you keep community engage in discord?
- Community Manager Role - Focus on Discord and Reddit
#524DiscordWho Else is Drowning in Discord Mid-Sized Server/Channel/Group Frustrations? · How do you keep community engage in discord? · Community Manager Role - Focus on Discord and Reddit
Flair
- Question89 posts in the past month
- Tips on how to build an online community?
- Opinions about Circle.so
- How to find clients in Spanish
#189QuestionTips on how to build an online community? · Opinions about Circle.so · How to find clients in Spanish - Discussion80 posts in the past month
- everything I did to reduce my paid community churn by +50%
- Why recurring community rituals work better than most big event ideas
- Building community with Zoom small groups
#280Discussioneverything I did to reduce my paid community churn by +50% · Why recurring community rituals work better than most big event ideas · Building community with Zoom small groups - Resource9 posts in the past month
- Online Communities for Community Managers
- Real community launch help
- Anyone need help with their career as a community manager?
#39ResourceOnline Communities for Community Managers · Real community launch help · Anyone need help with their career as a community manager? - Vent5 posts in the past month
- i’ve been looking at my numbers and being really honest with myself: the old way of doing things is just… failing
- I refuse to “create content.”
- Help finding a community manager that actually works
#45Venti’ve been looking at my numbers and being really honest with myself: the old way of doing things is just… failing · I refuse to “create content.” · Help finding a community manager that actually works - Job Post5 posts in the past month
- JOB: Community Manager for an AI Agent company
- Hiring: Looking for an experienced Reddit community manager (must have built a subreddit before)
- [HIRING] Community Engagement Specialist (Remote, $55k USD)
#55Job PostJOB: Community Manager for an AI Agent company · Hiring: Looking for an experienced Reddit community manager (must have built a subreddit before) · [HIRING] Community Engagement Specialist (Remote, $55k USD)
Product recommendations
- community platforms4 posts in the past month
- List of the best community platforms
- What is the best platform for building a customer community? Social media vs community platforms
- Best community platfrom?
#14community platformsList of the best community platforms · What is the best platform for building a customer community? Social media vs community platforms · Best community platfrom?
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/CommunityManager for?
- Best for Community Builders enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/CommunityManager 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/CommunityManager have?
- Roughly 8K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/CommunityManager on?
- r/CommunityManager 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/CommunityManager cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/CommunityManager is organized under Community Builders.
- How do I join r/CommunityManager?
- You can join r/CommunityManager by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Community Building communities like?
- Communities for people who build and manage communities, covering engagement tactics, moderation, platform selection, and monetization. Slack and Discord host active practitioner communities, with discussion spanning online community design for brands and startups to managing large Discord servers and growing Skool communities.
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