r/juststart

Community Overview

About r/juststart

A community about affiliate marketing, search engine optimization and related topics. Learn what works, what doesn’t and what’s new through real experiences from both beginners and experts. We welcome and encourage posts from anyone, but please review our rules before posting.

The community at a glance

r/juststart is a Subreddit for Marketers and SEO Specialists with roughly 182K members. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 10th largest community in the SEO topic page.

Roughly 15K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Content, and Looking For A Partner. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention hosting and wordpress theme.

On Reddit
182K Members

Subreddit Analysis

via GummySearch
Yearly: +15K members
Growth: +8.8% / year

Member growth over time

All time (yearly)

  • 2017: 9K members
  • 2018: 9K members
  • 2019: 26K members
  • 2020: 31K members
  • 2021: 21K members
  • 2023: 46K members
  • 2024: 14K members
  • 2025: 9K members
  • 2026: 12K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Nov: 1K members
  • Dec: 1K members
  • Jan: 1K members
  • Feb: 1K members
  • Mar: 2K members
  • Apr: 2K members
  • May: 1K members
  • Jun: 1K members
  • Jul: 1K members
  • Aug: 979 members
  • Sep: 713 members
  • Oct: 314 members

Themes

  • Solution Requests
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Where did you find your best SaaS affiliates?
    2. You need qualifying sales to unlock PA-API and current prices to get the sales. How did you get through that window?
    3. I spent months optimizing pages Google didn't even know existed (so I built a tool to fix it)
    #1
    Solution Requests
    Where did you find your best SaaS affiliates? · You need qualifying sales to unlock PA-API and current prices to get the sales. How did you get through that window? · I spent months optimizing pages Google didn't even know existed (so I built a tool to fix it)
    4
  • Pain & Anger
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Is travel affiliate even worth it anymore
    2. All my organic traffic and growth is gone after august 17th ? how about you ?
    3. I measured 100 of my own comments to find out why people kept calling them AI. It was not the writing style.
    #2
    Pain & Anger
    Is travel affiliate even worth it anymore · All my organic traffic and growth is gone after august 17th ? how about you ? · I measured 100 of my own comments to find out why people kept calling them AI. It was not the writing style.
    3
  • Money Talk
    2 posts in the past month
    1. FINALLY made my first 10$ from my passive income project
    2. Started a "passive income" side business on Amazon KDP. Here's the honest breakdown of what's actually passive and what isn't.
    #3
    Money Talk
    FINALLY made my first 10$ from my passive income project · Started a "passive income" side business on Amazon KDP. Here's the honest breakdown of what's actually passive and what isn't.
    2
  • Self-Promotion
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Update: Had 0 conversions 5 weeks ago, now I have 3 paying customers
    2. I want to give my website for free to someone
    #4
    Self-Promotion
    Update: Had 0 conversions 5 weeks ago, now I have 3 paying customers · I want to give my website for free to someone
    2
  • Advice Requests
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Every project I build dies at the same step, what should i do?
    2. Made a bunch of sites, but they're not getting any impressions at all. Need advice please.
    #5
    Advice Requests
    Every project I build dies at the same step, what should i do? · Made a bunch of sites, but they're not getting any impressions at all. Need advice please.
    2

Topics

  • Struggling
    7 posts in the past month
    #1
    Struggling
    7
  • Content
    4 posts in the past month
    #2
    Content
    4
  • Looking For A Partner
    3 posts in the past month
    #3
    Looking For A Partner
    3
  • Blogging
    3 posts in the past month
    #4
    Blogging
    3
  • Affiliate
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Is travel affiliate even worth it anymore
    2. Keeping prices current on 950 affiliate links across three countries, and what actually breaks
    3. New affiliate? You do not need to understand every term before taking action
    #5
    Affiliate
    Is travel affiliate even worth it anymore · Keeping prices current on 950 affiliate links across three countries, and what actually breaks · New affiliate? You do not need to understand every term before taking action
    3

Flair

  • Discussion
    5 posts in the past month
    1. What should we do with r/juststart?
    2. We measured "AI readiness" across 20,232 stores. Speed turned out to be completely irrelevant.
    3. Affiliate marketing should not feel like learning ten side hustles at the same time
    #1
    Discussion
    What should we do with r/juststart? · We measured "AI readiness" across 20,232 stores. Speed turned out to be completely irrelevant. · Affiliate marketing should not feel like learning ten side hustles at the same time
    5
  • Question
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Where did you find your best SaaS affiliates?
    2. Are you giving your leads away?
    3. How are you actually measuring your site's ad-block rate?
    #2
    Question
    Where did you find your best SaaS affiliates? · Are you giving your leads away? · How are you actually measuring your site's ad-block rate?
    4
  • Case Study
    4 posts in the past month
    1. I analysed 2,891 Pinterest pins. Titles starting with a number got 2.9x more saves and 30% fewer clicks.
    2. Kept getting verification requests until I stopped using dedicated mobile proxy
    3. I made £50k selling digital products at 16 and lost every customer I ever had
    #3
    Case Study
    I analysed 2,891 Pinterest pins. Titles starting with a number got 2.9x more saves and 30% fewer clicks. · Kept getting verification requests until I stopped using dedicated mobile proxy · I made £50k selling digital products at 16 and lost every customer I ever had
    4

Product recommendations

  • hosting
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Recommend Hosting that is good please.
    2. What hosting do you recommend for less important sites?
    3. What Hosting Provider You Guys Recommend For My Niche Blog?
    #1
    hosting
    Recommend Hosting that is good please. · What hosting do you recommend for less important sites? · What Hosting Provider You Guys Recommend For My Niche Blog?
    4
  • wordpress theme
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Can anyone recommend a fast e-commerce theme?
    2. I'm looking at starting a website to sell digital products (ebooks and a course) but I'm having decision paralysis on picking out a template. Which WordPress template do you recommend?
    3. Can anyone a recommend an easy to set-up wordpress theme for a beginner?
    #2
    wordpress theme
    Can anyone recommend a fast e-commerce theme? · I'm looking at starting a website to sell digital products (ebooks and a course) but I'm having decision paralysis on picking out a template. Which WordPress template do you recommend? · Can anyone a recommend an easy to set-up wordpress theme for a beginner?
    3

Frequently asked questions

Who is r/juststart for?
Best for Marketers and SEO Specialists enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
Is r/juststart 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/juststart have?
Roughly 182K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is r/juststart on?
r/juststart 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/juststart cover?
On the Hive Index, r/juststart is organized under Marketers, SEO Specialists.
How do I join r/juststart?
You can join r/juststart by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
What are the Marketing communities like?
Marketing is one of the bigger topic areas on the site, with communities covering pretty much every corner of the discipline: SEO, paid, content, social, growth, and everything in between. Most of the action happens across Discord and Slack, with some solid independent forums in the mix too. If you are looking to sharpen your skills, swap tactics, or just talk shop with other marketers, there is a lot to dig into here.