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 843K 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 397K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Saas, Tools, and Tool. Common discussion themes are Ideas 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: 336K members
Past year (monthly)
- 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: 26K members
- Sep: 22K members
- Oct: 21K members
- Nov: 6K members
Themes
- Ideas4 posts in the past month
- 21M Full-Stack Developer, confused about building my own SaaS product. How do you find a good idea?
- is “replying to reviews” a painful enough problem to build a business on?
- Would an all-in-one insurance tool for SaaS small businesses be useful? (Cornell Tech student research)
#14Ideas21M Full-Stack Developer, confused about building my own SaaS product. How do you find a good idea? · is “replying to reviews” a painful enough problem to build a business on? · Would an all-in-one insurance tool for SaaS small businesses be useful? (Cornell Tech student research) - Advice Requests4 posts in the past month
- How do you market your SaaS (successfully)?
- Rate My Public pages and provide feedback (DESIGN/UI)
- Paddle Payment Approval is dragging. Any tips on trying to get to approval quicker?
#24Advice RequestsHow do you market your SaaS (successfully)? · Rate My Public pages and provide feedback (DESIGN/UI) · Paddle Payment Approval is dragging. Any tips on trying to get to approval quicker? - Solution Requests4 posts in the past month
- How do I set up 3k-10k email inboxes on my own domain without going broke?
- any good Lusha alternatives for phone numbers specifically?
- SaaS infrastructure recommendations
#34Solution RequestsHow do I set up 3k-10k email inboxes on my own domain without going broke? · any good Lusha alternatives for phone numbers specifically? · SaaS infrastructure recommendations
Topics
- Saas15 posts in the past month#115Saas
- Tools8 posts in the past month#28Tools
- Tool5 posts in the past month#35Tool
- Users5 posts in the past month
- My post here got 12,000 views last week. Here's how many people actually installed my product.
#45UsersMy post here got 12,000 views last week. Here's how many people actually installed my product. - Ai4 posts in the past month
- Are AI assistants citing support docs, and does it change how you write them?
#54AiAre AI assistants citing support docs, and does it change how you write them?
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 843K 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
- 42
- Views /mo (+56%)
- 30
- Visitors /mo (+11%)
- 5
- Referrals /mo (+67%)
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