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 147K 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 #3 in the Product Led Growth communities list.
Roughly 73K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Growth, Marketing, and Ai. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Advice Requests.
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: 30K members
Past year (monthly)
- Jul: 9K members
- Aug: 12K members
- Sep: 7K members
- Oct: 5K members
- Nov: 4K members
- Dec: 5K members
- Jan: 5K members
- Feb: 6K members
- Mar: 6K members
- Apr: 4K members
- May: 5K members
- Jun: 3K members
Themes
- Solution Requests17 posts in the past month
- Anyone actually happy with their SEO software API? Looking for one that won't break my pipeline
- Apollo.io alternatives with better data quality in 2026? I switched 3 months ago and here's what actually happened to our bounce rates
- What's the best alternative to outbound calling when answer rates are declining?
#117Solution RequestsAnyone actually happy with their SEO software API? Looking for one that won't break my pipeline · Apollo.io alternatives with better data quality in 2026? I switched 3 months ago and here's what actually happened to our bounce rates · What's the best alternative to outbound calling when answer rates are declining? - Advice Requests10 posts in the past month
- How I get 39.6% reply rate on my LinkedIn outreach
- How did you get your first 5 paying users? Stuck at 0 after a 14-day launch.
- how to use reddit for business?
#210Advice RequestsHow I get 39.6% reply rate on my LinkedIn outreach · How did you get your first 5 paying users? Stuck at 0 after a 14-day launch. · how to use reddit for business? - Self-Promotion6 posts in the past month
- After making $200K ARR we launched on Product Hunt today
- $5k revenue, 10 weeks after launching my SaaS
- Solo founder building in public — I automated my own lead prospecting and I'm launching it on PH next Tuesday
#36Self-PromotionAfter making $200K ARR we launched on Product Hunt today · $5k revenue, 10 weeks after launching my SaaS · Solo founder building in public — I automated my own lead prospecting and I'm launching it on PH next Tuesday - Ideas2 posts in the past month
- Building a "company brain" for a logistics business ... am I shipping something new or reinventing a wheel?
- Should I build an AI Aesthetic Form Generator, or is the market already too crowded?
#42IdeasBuilding a "company brain" for a logistics business ... am I shipping something new or reinventing a wheel? · Should I build an AI Aesthetic Form Generator, or is the market already too crowded? - Pain & Anger1 post in the past month
- Getting the first 1000 users feels harder than building the product 😭
#51Pain & AngerGetting the first 1000 users feels harder than building the product 😭
Topics
- Growth114 posts in the past month
- Unpopular opinion: "growth hacking" died around 2020 and most of us are still pretending it didn't
- The growth hack most people overlook is not more content - it is faster discovery
- 3 things about Instagram growth that started making sense after I tried different growth methods
#1114GrowthUnpopular opinion: "growth hacking" died around 2020 and most of us are still pretending it didn't · The growth hack most people overlook is not more content - it is faster discovery · 3 things about Instagram growth that started making sense after I tried different growth methods - Marketing84 posts in the past month
- Building Tech is easy but marketing is too hard do y'all agree ?
- I'm an engineer with zero marketing skills. Here's how I got 50 paying customers in 2 months — no ads, no budget.
- how do you guys actually handle marketing and support alignment without driving each other crazy?
#284MarketingBuilding Tech is easy but marketing is too hard do y'all agree ? · I'm an engineer with zero marketing skills. Here's how I got 50 paying customers in 2 months — no ads, no budget. · how do you guys actually handle marketing and support alignment without driving each other crazy? - Ai67 posts in the past month
- Getting your product cited by AI tools is becoming a real growth lever
- Gojiberry ai got my linkedin account banned
- How has AI actually changed your marketing and outreach?
#367AiGetting your product cited by AI tools is becoming a real growth lever · Gojiberry ai got my linkedin account banned · How has AI actually changed your marketing and outreach? - Saas50 posts in the past month
- I tracked every directory I submitted my SaaS to for 3 weeks. Some tiny ones beat Product Hunt.
- What’s the most underrated skill for growing a SaaS in 2026?
- What’s the weirdest place your SaaS ever got users from? 😅
#450SaasI tracked every directory I submitted my SaaS to for 3 weeks. Some tiny ones beat Product Hunt. · What’s the most underrated skill for growing a SaaS in 2026? · What’s the weirdest place your SaaS ever got users from? 😅 - Startup30 posts in the past month
- I run a 35-person marketing agency (14 years, 300+ brands), built and exited 2 startups, and have investor connections. Looking to partner with tech founders who can't scale due to marketing — I'll support for free in exchange for equity. Anyone interested?
- Most startups don't have a marketing problem. Change my mind.
#530StartupI run a 35-person marketing agency (14 years, 300+ brands), built and exited 2 startups, and have investor connections. Looking to partner with tech founders who can't scale due to marketing — I'll support for free in exchange for equity. Anyone interested? · Most startups don't have a marketing problem. Change my mind.
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 147K 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.
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