About r/sales
Everything you need to know about sales, selling, business development, lead generation, prospecting, closing and more! Recommended books are linked in the menu and sidebar. Read our rules before posting or commenting. Selling, recruiting and blog spam will result in an immediate and permanent ban.
The community at a glance
r/sales is a Subreddit for Salespeople with roughly 582K members. It has been around since 2008. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 1st largest community in the Sales topic page.
Roughly 94K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Sales, Job, and Career. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention life insurance companies, sales careers and industries, and pay-per-conversion lead generators.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 1K members
- 2014: 3K members
- 2015: 5K members
- 2016: 8K members
- 2017: 14K members
- 2018: 26K members
- 2019: 45K members
- 2020: 34K members
- 2023: 143K members
- 2024: 95K members
- 2025: 163K members
- 2026: 45K members
Past year (monthly)
- Jul: 6K members
- Aug: 7K members
- Sep: 8K members
- Oct: 7K members
- Nov: 10K members
- Dec: 9K members
- Jan: 8K members
- Feb: 8K members
- Mar: 8K members
- Apr: 8K members
- May: 8K members
- Jun: 5K members
Themes
- Advice Requests18 posts in the past month
- About to go on PIP, need advice
- How do you handle "I need to think it over / do more research" without being pushy?
- First time Sales Team Lead at 25(F)Terrified, excited, and looking for advice
#118Advice RequestsAbout to go on PIP, need advice · How do you handle "I need to think it over / do more research" without being pushy? · First time Sales Team Lead at 25(F)Terrified, excited, and looking for advice - Pain & Anger7 posts in the past month
- I need out of sales
- Ghosting is a systematic failure in the U.S..
- Issues selling financing
#27Pain & AngerI need out of sales · Ghosting is a systematic failure in the U.S.. · Issues selling financing - Solution Requests1 post in the past month
- Are there any financial or insurance sales job that don't require licensing?
#31Solution RequestsAre there any financial or insurance sales job that don't require licensing? - News1 post in the past month
- Do you guys pay attention to the news?
#41NewsDo you guys pay attention to the news? - Ideas1 post in the past month
- I got tired of clunky $100/mo CRMs, so I built a lightweight "Change-Aware" pipeline in Notion. No typing required.
#51IdeasI got tired of clunky $100/mo CRMs, so I built a lightweight "Change-Aware" pipeline in Notion. No typing required.
Topics
- Sales196 posts in the past month
- What’s the best pivot when you want to move on from sales?
- Why are you in sales?
- What they might not ever tell you about Sales
#1196SalesWhat’s the best pivot when you want to move on from sales? · Why are you in sales? · What they might not ever tell you about Sales - Job66 posts in the past month
- I have never seen such a low number of job openings
- Current job doesn't have a useful CRM
- I'm at the hardest part of getting for a new job. Waiting for a response after the final interview.
#266JobI have never seen such a low number of job openings · Current job doesn't have a useful CRM · I'm at the hardest part of getting for a new job. Waiting for a response after the final interview. - Career28 posts in the past month
- My career journey
#328CareerMy career journey - Looking For22 posts in the past month#422Looking For
- Struggling18 posts in the past month#518Struggling
Flair
- Sales Topic General Discussion80 posts in the past month
- First 6 figure commission check
- Just closed my biggest deal of my life $60k gross commission
- Who here has earned a $100k+ commission check
#180Sales Topic General DiscussionFirst 6 figure commission check · Just closed my biggest deal of my life $60k gross commission · Who here has earned a $100k+ commission check - Sales Careers48 posts in the past month
- Whats the shortest time you should stay at a sales job
- I need out of sales
- Just had a mutual exit from a company today
#248Sales CareersWhats the shortest time you should stay at a sales job · I need out of sales · Just had a mutual exit from a company today - Fundamental Sales Skills17 posts in the past month
- What's in the water this summer?
- Follow up process
- Cold calls
#317Fundamental Sales SkillsWhat's in the water this summer? · Follow up process · Cold calls - Advanced Sales Skills10 posts in the past month
- I'll give you everything I learned over 30 years in one post. I retired at 51.
- What they might not ever tell you about Sales
- A Softball Question you need to be able to answer
#410Advanced Sales SkillsI'll give you everything I learned over 30 years in one post. I retired at 51. · What they might not ever tell you about Sales · A Softball Question you need to be able to answer - Sales Tools and Resources6 posts in the past month
- Avoid anything "High ticket" cults
- Not using presentation mode in PowerPoint
- How to stay consistent with many accounts
#56Sales Tools and ResourcesAvoid anything "High ticket" cults · Not using presentation mode in PowerPoint · How to stay consistent with many accounts
Product recommendations
- life insurance companies2 posts in the past month
- Best companies to sell life insurance for?
- Best companies to sell life insurance for?
#12life insurance companiesBest companies to sell life insurance for? · Best companies to sell life insurance for? - sales careers and industries2 posts in the past month
- Best sales careers and industries for someone in a transition period
- Best sales careers and industries for someone in a transition period
#22sales careers and industriesBest sales careers and industries for someone in a transition period · Best sales careers and industries for someone in a transition period - pay-per-conversion lead generators2 posts in the past month
- Hey there, what is the best place to find pay-per-conversion lead generators?
- Hey there, what is the best place to find pay-per-conversion lead generators?
#32pay-per-conversion lead generatorsHey there, what is the best place to find pay-per-conversion lead generators? · Hey there, what is the best place to find pay-per-conversion lead generators? - dialer2 posts in the past month
- Which dialer are best for cold calling or Voip?
- Which dialer are best for cold calling or Voip?
#42dialerWhich dialer are best for cold calling or Voip? · Which dialer are best for cold calling or Voip?
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/sales for?
- Best for Salespeople enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/sales 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/sales have?
- Roughly 582K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/sales on?
- r/sales 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/sales cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/sales is organized under Salespeople.
- How do I join r/sales?
- You can join r/sales by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Sales communities like?
- Communities for salespeople and revenue teams covering cold outreach, pipeline management, objection handling, and career development. Slack hosts some of the most active practitioner communities, with discussion ranging from specific tools and scripts to the harder conversations around quota and burnout.
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