About r/MicroSaaS
A place to change your life with micro SaaS apps
The community at a glance
r/MicroSaaS is a Subreddit for Programmers and Micro Startups with roughly 215K members. It has been around since 2017. It uses a forum format for communication. It also includes events or meetups. It is the 3rd largest community in the Micro Startups topic page.
Roughly 103K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Saas, Ai, and Tool. Common discussion themes are Self-Promotion and Advice Requests. Product recommendations often mention saas and mobile app.
Community Topics
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2023: 3K members
- 2024: 20K members
- 2025: 120K members
- 2026: 71K members
Past year (monthly)
- Oct: 8K members
- Nov: 8K members
- Dec: 11K members
- Jan: 11K members
- Feb: 9K members
- Mar: 11K members
- Apr: 11K members
- May: 8K members
- Jun: 7K members
- Jul: 6K members
- Aug: 6K members
- Sep: 2K members
Themes
- Self-Promotion17 posts in the past month
- I built a paid product in a market everyone said was full. Some things I learned
- I built a tool that automates the annoying parts of dropshipping. About to launch, ISO beta testers
- A Simple Platform to manage freelance clients
#117Self-PromotionI built a paid product in a market everyone said was full. Some things I learned · I built a tool that automates the annoying parts of dropshipping. About to launch, ISO beta testers · A Simple Platform to manage freelance clients - Advice Requests14 posts in the past month
- I intentionally priced my first paid tier at $19/year. 14 paying users later, here’s what I learned
- Looking for feedback (and potential sponsors) for an app that pays users to put their phone down
- Looking for feedback on my site mangaconverter.com, which allows you to upload manga and comics, edit them and convert them to a format native to E-Reader (Kindle, Kobo, etc) - Thoughts?
#214Advice RequestsI intentionally priced my first paid tier at $19/year. 14 paying users later, here’s what I learned · Looking for feedback (and potential sponsors) for an app that pays users to put their phone down · Looking for feedback on my site mangaconverter.com, which allows you to upload manga and comics, edit them and convert them to a format native to E-Reader (Kindle, Kobo, etc) - Thoughts? - Ideas5 posts in the past month
- I built Griper — scans HN for real pain points, scores them by severity, filters out already-solved problems.
- Should I build an app which helps car buyers analyse if the car is ‘good for them’?
- Built a simple micro-tool that's quietly gaining steady organic traction. What other dead-simple utilities actually have demand right now?
#35IdeasI built Griper — scans HN for real pain points, scores them by severity, filters out already-solved problems. · Should I build an app which helps car buyers analyse if the car is ‘good for them’? · Built a simple micro-tool that's quietly gaining steady organic traction. What other dead-simple utilities actually have demand right now? - Solution Requests4 posts in the past month
- Building a mobile video editor in Flutter & FFmpeg (CapCut alternative) — here is how we handle 4K exports and audio processing
- Cheapest way to bootstrap user auth + metered API keys before I have revenue?
- What should this mobile app cost to build in 2026?
#44Solution RequestsBuilding a mobile video editor in Flutter & FFmpeg (CapCut alternative) — here is how we handle 4K exports and audio processing · Cheapest way to bootstrap user auth + metered API keys before I have revenue? · What should this mobile app cost to build in 2026? - Money Talk1 post in the past month
- paid $160 for a launchpad launch and newsletter, got about 100 views
#51Money Talkpaid $160 for a launchpad launch and newsletter, got about 100 views
Topics
- Saas18 posts in the past month#118Saas
- Ai9 posts in the past month#29Ai
- Tool7 posts in the past month#37Tool
- Built6 posts in the past month#46Built
- Marketing6 posts in the past month#56Marketing
Product recommendations
- saas5 posts in the past month
- Any ideas about best SaaS project?
- Best SaaS website boilerplate tools to handle pitch page, stripe/paypal, logins, licenses, etc? Things like Shipfast, Indiekitpro etc? Your thoughts?
- what are the best distribution for micro saas
#15saasAny ideas about best SaaS project? · Best SaaS website boilerplate tools to handle pitch page, stripe/paypal, logins, licenses, etc? Things like Shipfast, Indiekitpro etc? Your thoughts? · what are the best distribution for micro saas - mobile app2 posts in the past month
- now you can create a mobile app by prompting "just code me the best mobile app bro"
- now you can create a mobile app by prompting "just code me the best mobile app bro"
#22mobile appnow you can create a mobile app by prompting "just code me the best mobile app bro" · now you can create a mobile app by prompting "just code me the best mobile app bro"
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/MicroSaaS for?
- Best for Programmers and Micro Startups enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion, events or meetups.
- Is r/MicroSaaS 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/MicroSaaS have?
- Roughly 215K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/MicroSaaS on?
- r/MicroSaaS 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/MicroSaaS cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/MicroSaaS is organized under Programmers, Micro Startups.
- How do I join r/MicroSaaS?
- You can join r/MicroSaaS by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Software Development communities like?
- The largest tech-adjacent category on the site, covering software engineering across languages, frameworks, and specialties. Discord and Slack host communities for specific languages and stacks, while Reddit has massive general programming communities. Good for code review, career advice, tool recommendations, and connecting with developers at similar stages.
Added 9/26/2022
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