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 157K 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 #2 in the Product Led Growth communities list.
Roughly 58K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Ai, Landing Page, and Channel. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution 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: 39K members
Past year (monthly)
- 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: 4K members
- Jul: 4K members
- Aug: 4K members
- Sep: 1K members
Themes
- Advice Requests9 posts in the past month
- Spent 30 days tracking why identical posts survived in some subs and died in others
- I failed in my first startup (Need Advice)
- How to scrape 2-3M leads if I don't want contact info (emails, #'s, etc?)
#19Advice RequestsSpent 30 days tracking why identical posts survived in some subs and died in others · I failed in my first startup (Need Advice) · How to scrape 2-3M leads if I don't want contact info (emails, #'s, etc?) - Solution Requests8 posts in the past month
- Is a free AI website builder good enough for a real landing test?
- A simple AI-assisted marketing ops checklist that actually saves time
- Best agencies for high ticket lead gen in finance with reviews advisor jetpack vs wealthreach?
#28Solution RequestsIs a free AI website builder good enough for a real landing test? · A simple AI-assisted marketing ops checklist that actually saves time · Best agencies for high ticket lead gen in finance with reviews advisor jetpack vs wealthreach? - Self-Promotion3 posts in the past month
- Hey guys I’m starting my business
- Got my first paying customer today 🥳
- I made an AI visibility checklist to get your business recommended by chatgpt & claude
#33Self-PromotionHey guys I’m starting my business · Got my first paying customer today 🥳 · I made an AI visibility checklist to get your business recommended by chatgpt & claude - Opportunities3 posts in the past month
- Finding a cofounder is unstructured and the stakes are high
- our best growth channel costs $0 and brings us 50 daily users
- Looking to Join a Micro-SaaS Team and Build Something Useful
#43OpportunitiesFinding a cofounder is unstructured and the stakes are high · our best growth channel costs $0 and brings us 50 daily users · Looking to Join a Micro-SaaS Team and Build Something Useful - Pain & Anger2 posts in the past month
- Solo founder here. Spent way too long tool-hopping before I just built my own PM app.
- Everybody wants growth, but does anyone really understand the pain behind it?
#52Pain & AngerSolo founder here. Spent way too long tool-hopping before I just built my own PM app. · Everybody wants growth, but does anyone really understand the pain behind it?
Topics
- Ai5 posts in the past month
- Does AI landing page copy actually convert, or just look good?
- Is a free AI website builder good enough for a real landing test?
#15AiDoes AI landing page copy actually convert, or just look good? · Is a free AI website builder good enough for a real landing test? - Landing Page4 posts in the past month
- A/B tested our landing page hero for 3 weeks. The "boring" version won by a lot.
- Does AI landing page copy actually convert, or just look good?
#24Landing PageA/B tested our landing page hero for 3 weeks. The "boring" version won by a lot. · Does AI landing page copy actually convert, or just look good? - Channel4 posts in the past month
- Is cold email still worth setting up in 2026, or is that channel basically dead now?
- We treated "reduce churn" as a growth channel instead of a support ticket. Results from running it that way for a quarter
- Tracked every signup source for 6 months. The channel we almost cut brought the most paying users.
#34ChannelIs cold email still worth setting up in 2026, or is that channel basically dead now? · We treated "reduce churn" as a growth channel instead of a support ticket. Results from running it that way for a quarter · Tracked every signup source for 6 months. The channel we almost cut brought the most paying users. - Struggling3 posts in the past month#43Struggling
- Tracking3 posts in the past month
- Spent 30 days tracking why identical posts survived in some subs and died in others
#53TrackingSpent 30 days tracking why identical posts survived in some subs and died in others
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 157K 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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Monthly Stats
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- Views /mo (-8%)
- 9
- Visitors /mo (-10%)
- 2
- Referrals /mo (+100%)
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