About r/SaaS
Discussions and useful links for SaaS owners, online business owners, and more.
The community at a glance
r/SaaS is a Subreddit for SaaS Founders with roughly 768K members. It has been around since 2008. It has both a forum and a live chat communication style. It is the 1st largest community in the SaaS topic page.
Roughly 413K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Saas, Business, and Ai. Common discussion themes are Self-Promotion and Advice Requests. Product recommendations often mention saas marketing tools and web developer.
Community Topics
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 16 members
- 2014: 102 members
- 2015: 286 members
- 2016: 660 members
- 2017: 1K members
- 2018: 2K members
- 2020: 11K members
- 2021: 14K members
- 2023: 55K members
- 2024: 131K members
- 2025: 292K members
- 2026: 262K members
Past year (monthly)
- Sep: 25K members
- Oct: 25K members
- Nov: 34K members
- Dec: 37K members
- Jan: 42K members
- Feb: 30K members
- Mar: 63K members
- Apr: 33K members
- May: 33K members
- Jun: 30K members
- Jul: 29K members
- Aug: 718 members
Themes
- Self-Promotion7 posts in the past month
- I did it 🤩! We just hit 2 active merchants on our new Shopify app. It’s small, but after months of building, it feels surreal.
- I built a top 3 email marketing SaaS using a playbook that has no chance now
- Just Starting out with my app to support my family financially
#17Self-PromotionI did it 🤩! We just hit 2 active merchants on our new Shopify app. It’s small, but after months of building, it feels surreal. · I built a top 3 email marketing SaaS using a playbook that has no chance now · Just Starting out with my app to support my family financially - Advice Requests6 posts in the past month
- Need advice before launching my first SaaS
- Reddit told me my first SaaS was pointless. I rebuilt it from scratch. Did I actually fix the problem?
- hello there how to grow my saas without ad?
#26Advice RequestsNeed advice before launching my first SaaS · Reddit told me my first SaaS was pointless. I rebuilt it from scratch. Did I actually fix the problem? · hello there how to grow my saas without ad? - Money Talk3 posts in the past month
- After giving up on my app in playstore, I realised I had 2 paying customers.
- made my first $24.17 today. small number but it meant a lot
- For Anyone Struggling to Make Their First Dollar Online
#33Money TalkAfter giving up on my app in playstore, I realised I had 2 paying customers. · made my first $24.17 today. small number but it meant a lot · For Anyone Struggling to Make Their First Dollar Online - Ideas2 posts in the past month
- I’m building a Chrome extension for website sticky notes. What feature would make you actually use it?
- Most SaaS products ignore the best marketing channel they have: the app itself
#42IdeasI’m building a Chrome extension for website sticky notes. What feature would make you actually use it? · Most SaaS products ignore the best marketing channel they have: the app itself - Pain & Anger2 posts in the past month
- I launched my first SaaS product a month ago. Real users completely changed what I thought mattered.
- I cut the price of my tool by 75% to be more competitive. But now I need 4x the users to break even. Do you think this strategy can work?
#52Pain & AngerI launched my first SaaS product a month ago. Real users completely changed what I thought mattered. · I cut the price of my tool by 75% to be more competitive. But now I need 4x the users to break even. Do you think this strategy can work?
Topics
- Saas5 posts in the past month#15Saas
- Business2 posts in the past month#22Business
- Ai2 posts in the past month#32Ai
- Launch1 post in the past month#41Launch
- Partner1 post in the past month#51Partner
Product recommendations
- saas marketing tools3 posts in the past month
- After 15 years of experience, here are my favorite marketing tools that I would recommend for SAAS founders
- What SaaS marketing resources would you recommend for launching a product?
- SaaS Marketing Pros/Firms Recs
#13saas marketing toolsAfter 15 years of experience, here are my favorite marketing tools that I would recommend for SAAS founders · What SaaS marketing resources would you recommend for launching a product? · SaaS Marketing Pros/Firms Recs - web developer3 posts in the past month
- Where’s the best place to hire someone to help build a website?
- Best place to hire Offshore web devs?
- How would you recommend hiring a web developer?
#23web developerWhere’s the best place to hire someone to help build a website? · Best place to hire Offshore web devs? · How would you recommend hiring a web developer?
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/SaaS for?
- Best for SaaS Founders enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion, live chat.
- Is r/SaaS 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/SaaS have?
- Roughly 768K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/SaaS on?
- r/SaaS 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/SaaS cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/SaaS is organized under SaaS Founders.
- How do I join r/SaaS?
- You can join r/SaaS by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the SaaS communities like?
- Communities for SaaS founders and operators covering pricing, churn, product-market fit, and growth. You will find communities on Slack, Discord, and independent forums where founders share MRR milestones, swap tactics for reducing churn, and get feedback on their positioning. Plenty of activity from solo and small-team operators alongside folks scaling bigger.
Monthly Stats
- 21
- Views /mo (+31%)
- 18
- Visitors /mo (+29%)
- 2
- Referrals /mo (0%)
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