r/GrowthHacking

Community Overview

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 152K 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 68K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling With, Growth, and Startup. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests.

On Reddit
Established 2012
152K Members

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 perks

This community has discounts and perks for its members (potentially for a cost)

This community has an email newsletter of related content

Subreddit Analysis

via GummySearch
Yearly: +68K members
Growth: +81.0% / year

Member 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: 34K members

Past year (monthly)

  • 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: 4K members
  • Jul: 4K members

Themes

  • Advice Requests
    12 posts in the past month
    1. You're the first growth hire at an early-stage B2B AI SaaS. What's the very first experiment you'd run?
    2. Has anyone found a reliable way to reduce bounce rates without killing campaign volume?
    3. What community management tips have made the biggest difference for you?
    #1
    Advice Requests
    You're the first growth hire at an early-stage B2B AI SaaS. What's the very first experiment you'd run? · Has anyone found a reliable way to reduce bounce rates without killing campaign volume? · What community management tips have made the biggest difference for you?
    12
  • Solution Requests
    7 posts in the past month
    1. Can anyone recommend me the best no-code builders for eCommerce websites? No shopify please
    2. Best Semrush alternatives for AI search and GEO tracking?
    3. What's the best marketing strategy for a brand-new Android app?
    #2
    Solution Requests
    Can anyone recommend me the best no-code builders for eCommerce websites? No shopify please · Best Semrush alternatives for AI search and GEO tracking? · What's the best marketing strategy for a brand-new Android app?
    7
  • Pain & Anger
    6 posts in the past month
    1. I spent months optimizing the wrong part of my funnel
    2. Every local client wants an ai chatbot on their site now. It's capturing worse leads, not more.
    3. your outbound sdr team is silently killing your partner channel to protect their bonus.
    #3
    Pain & Anger
    I spent months optimizing the wrong part of my funnel · Every local client wants an ai chatbot on their site now. It's capturing worse leads, not more. · your outbound sdr team is silently killing your partner channel to protect their bonus.
    6
  • Ideas
    6 posts in the past month
    1. What are some realistic, unconventional ways to grow a SaaS today?
    2. What if Claude, GPT, and Cursor shared one memory?
    3. Ran a live experiment using creator networks as the distribution engine — no paid channels, just ecosystem-native amplification
    #4
    Ideas
    What are some realistic, unconventional ways to grow a SaaS today? · What if Claude, GPT, and Cursor shared one memory? · Ran a live experiment using creator networks as the distribution engine — no paid channels, just ecosystem-native amplification
    6
  • Self-Promotion
    3 posts in the past month
    1. 15k+ views and 20 followers in 10 days for my ios app
    2. After months of work, I finally launched the beta of the two SaaS products I've been building
    3. Built an AI habit tracker after getting rejected by Apple 4 times, finally live
    #5
    Self-Promotion
    15k+ views and 20 followers in 10 days for my ios app · After months of work, I finally launched the beta of the two SaaS products I've been building · Built an AI habit tracker after getting rejected by Apple 4 times, finally live
    3

Topics

  • Struggling With
    16 posts in the past month
    #1
    Struggling With
    16
  • Growth
    8 posts in the past month
    #2
    Growth
    8
  • Startup
    8 posts in the past month
    #3
    Startup
    8
  • Marketing
    7 posts in the past month
    #4
    Marketing
    7
  • Struggling
    5 posts in the past month
    #5
    Struggling
    5

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 152K 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.

Monthly Stats

10
Views /mo
(-47%)
9
Visitors /mo
(-25%)
2
Referrals /mo
(-33%)

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