About r/GrowthHacking
Welcome to world's largest Growth Hacking Community. A place for Growth Hacking practitioners and professionals to discuss Growth Marketing. Share novel growth marketing experiments, new tools, news and startup growth marketing stories. This community is for founders and marketers who are looking to learn, share and collaborate.
The community at a glance
r/GrowthHacking is a Subreddit for Founders and startup builders and Product Led Growth with roughly 160K members. It has been around since 2012. It has both a forum and a live chat communication style. It also includes events or meetups, member perks or discounts, and an email newsletter. On the Hive Index it ranks #9 in the Product Led Growth communities list.
Roughly 54K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Growth, and How. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Self-Promotion.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
This community has a realtime chat
This community hosts offline events and meetups
Perks
Only 6% of Product Led Growth communities have member perksThis community has discounts and perks for its members (potentially for a cost)
This community has an email newsletter of related content
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 249 members
- 2014: 849 members
- 2015: 907 members
- 2016: 1K members
- 2017: 2K members
- 2018: 2K members
- 2019: 3K members
- 2020: 4K members
- 2023: 27K members
- 2024: 16K members
- 2025: 60K members
- 2026: 43K members
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 4K members
- Dec: 5K members
- Jan: 5K members
- Feb: 6K members
- Mar: 6K members
- Apr: 4K members
- May: 5K members
- Jun: 4K members
- Jul: 4K members
- Aug: 4K members
- Sep: 3K members
- Oct: 2K members
Themes
- Solution Requests11 posts in the past month
- What’s the best all-in-one SEO tool worth paying for in 2026?
- Any cheaper alternatives to apollo?
- This one change helped us 7x reply rates in 45 days and bring in 25 booked meetings
#111Solution RequestsWhat’s the best all-in-one SEO tool worth paying for in 2026? · Any cheaper alternatives to apollo? · This one change helped us 7x reply rates in 45 days and bring in 25 booked meetings - Self-Promotion3 posts in the past month
- $600+ MRR from one reddit comment (and not the way I expected..)
- White labeling
- JUST made my LinkedIn. Trying to grow it. Anyone want to connect?
#23Self-Promotion$600+ MRR from one reddit comment (and not the way I expected..) · White labeling · JUST made my LinkedIn. Trying to grow it. Anyone want to connect? - Pain & Anger2 posts in the past month
- Just got reminded me why a solid product beats world-class marketing
- I don’t understand why people are paying monthly for AI visibility tracking. Here is the pipeline I run instead.
#32Pain & AngerJust got reminded me why a solid product beats world-class marketing · I don’t understand why people are paying monthly for AI visibility tracking. Here is the pipeline I run instead. - Ideas2 posts in the past month
- I'm building a custom growth hacking agent but it needs some work...
- Spent six weeks building a referral loop that got us 11 signups. Posting the autopsy.
#42IdeasI'm building a custom growth hacking agent but it needs some work... · Spent six weeks building a referral loop that got us 11 signups. Posting the autopsy. - Money Talk1 post in the past month
- selling some LIFETIME DEALS of tools that i never got to use
#51Money Talkselling some LIFETIME DEALS of tools that i never got to use
Topics
- Struggling3 posts in the past month#13Struggling
- Growth3 posts in the past month#23Growth
- How2 posts in the past month#32How
- Youtube2 posts in the past month#42Youtube
- App2 posts in the past month#52App
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/GrowthHacking for?
- Best for Founders and startup builders and Product Led Growth enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion, live chat, events or meetups.
- Is r/GrowthHacking 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/GrowthHacking have?
- Roughly 160K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/GrowthHacking on?
- r/GrowthHacking 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/GrowthHacking cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/GrowthHacking is organized under Founders and startup builders, Product Led Growth.
- How do I join r/GrowthHacking?
- You can join r/GrowthHacking by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Entrepreneurship communities like?
- One of the biggest categories on the site, covering everything from first-time startup founders to serial entrepreneurs scaling multiple businesses. You will find communities on Reddit, Discord, and Slack for idea validation, fundraising advice, hiring strategy, and the daily grind of building a startup or company. Good for finding peers at similar stages and getting honest feedback from people who have been through it.
Added 2/14/2022
Monthly Stats
- 15
- Views /mo (-12%)
- 15
- Visitors /mo (-6%)
- 0
- Referrals /mo (-100%)
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