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 154K 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 61K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Growth, Ai, and Ad. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests.

On Reddit
Established 2012
154K 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: +61K members
Growth: +66.1% / 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: 37K 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
  • Aug: 2K members

Themes

  • Advice Requests
    15 posts in the past month
    1. how to grow my X profile?
    2. agencies say you need 50+ creatives a month. whats the actual number
    3. a UGC agency that's done 12M app downloads shared their exact 30-day playbook. the counterintuitive part is you dont optimize for views
    #1
    Advice Requests
    how to grow my X profile? · agencies say you need 50+ creatives a month. whats the actual number · a UGC agency that's done 12M app downloads shared their exact 30-day playbook. the counterintuitive part is you dont optimize for views
    15
  • Solution Requests
    13 posts in the past month
    1. Best Semrush alternatives for AI search and GEO tracking?
    2. Looking for some growth hacking techniques for a charity appeal
    3. site earns like $200 a month, is there an actually free way to audit it
    #2
    Solution Requests
    Best Semrush alternatives for AI search and GEO tracking? · Looking for some growth hacking techniques for a charity appeal · site earns like $200 a month, is there an actually free way to audit it
    13
  • Opportunities
    5 posts in the past month
    1. Looking for someone to acquire and run my saas app with 100+ customers and $12k+ in revenue
    2. We made CRO a standalone offer. Two months in, implementation is the bottleneck
    3. I replaced all placeholder homepage metrics with live production data in my SaaS
    #3
    Opportunities
    Looking for someone to acquire and run my saas app with 100+ customers and $12k+ in revenue · We made CRO a standalone offer. Two months in, implementation is the bottleneck · I replaced all placeholder homepage metrics with live production data in my SaaS
    5
  • Self-Promotion
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Hey folks! We started building in public today.
    2. going to launch my startup next month. how to build hype?
    3. i made a free list of 100 places where you can promote your SaaS
    #4
    Self-Promotion
    Hey folks! We started building in public today. · going to launch my startup next month. how to build hype? · i made a free list of 100 places where you can promote your SaaS
    4
  • Ideas
    2 posts in the past month
    1. I turned 100 company URLs into 100 typed leads in an afternoon. The full workflow and where it whiffed.
    2. What are some realistic, unconventional ways to grow a SaaS today?
    #5
    Ideas
    I turned 100 company URLs into 100 typed leads in an afternoon. The full workflow and where it whiffed. · What are some realistic, unconventional ways to grow a SaaS today?
    2

Topics

  • Growth
    7 posts in the past month
    #1
    Growth
    7
  • Ai
    5 posts in the past month
    #2
    Ai
    5
  • Ad
    4 posts in the past month
    #3
    Ad
    4
  • Leads
    4 posts in the past month
    #4
    Leads
    4
  • Struggling
    3 posts in the past month
    #5
    Struggling
    3

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 154K 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

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Views /mo
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10
Visitors /mo
(+11%)
3
Referrals /mo
(0%)

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