r/seo

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About r/seo

The leading authority on all things SEO: AI SEO, GEO, LLM SEO, Technical SEO, Content SEO and SEO Architecture. Bring your ideas, problems, thoughts, questions, issues and we'll work it out together. A helpful and thoughtful community for site owners, people who manage SEO and everything in between.

The community at a glance

r/seo is a Subreddit for SEO Specialists and Programmatic SEO with roughly 495K members. It has been around since 2008. It uses a forum format for communication. On the Hive Index it ranks #4 in the Programmatic SEO communities list. It is the 4th largest community in the SEO topic page.

Roughly 92K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling With Seo, Seo, and Having A Hard Time. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Advice Requests. Product recommendations often mention seo tools and seo courses.

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Established 2008
495K Members

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Subreddit Analysis

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Yearly: +92K members
Growth: +22.9% / year

Member growth over time

All time (yearly)

  • 2013: 6K members
  • 2014: 6K members
  • 2015: 7K members
  • 2016: 8K members
  • 2017: 13K members
  • 2021: 134K members
  • 2023: 70K members
  • 2024: 104K members
  • 2025: 86K members
  • 2026: 52K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Aug: 7K members
  • Sep: 8K members
  • Oct: 6K members
  • Nov: 7K members
  • Dec: 7K members
  • Jan: 9K members
  • Feb: 8K members
  • Mar: 8K members
  • Apr: 8K members
  • May: 8K members
  • Jun: 8K members
  • Jul: 3K members

Themes

  • Solution Requests
    2 posts in the past month
    1. What is the best SEO tool on a budget?
    2. What would an SEO/GEO tool need to have for you to actually consider using it?
    #1
    Solution Requests
    What is the best SEO tool on a budget? · What would an SEO/GEO tool need to have for you to actually consider using it?
    2
  • Advice Requests
    1 post in the past month
    1. I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback.
    #2
    Advice Requests
    I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback.
    1

Topics

  • Struggling With Seo
    28 posts in the past month
    #1
    Struggling With Seo
    28
  • Seo
    17 posts in the past month
    1. I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback.
    2. How would you break into SEO if you were starting today?
    3. GaryVee on AI SEO/GEO and Social Search: Gemini Is the Guaranteed Winner
    #2
    Seo
    I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback. · How would you break into SEO if you were starting today? · GaryVee on AI SEO/GEO and Social Search: Gemini Is the Guaranteed Winner
    17
  • Having A Hard Time
    7 posts in the past month
    #3
    Having A Hard Time
    7
  • Google
    7 posts in the past month
    1. Google Search Broke All Usage Records With Highest Usage Yesterday
    2. Googlebot Crawls 95% Image URLs, Barely Crawls News Articles Automatically – Anyone Else?
    3. Google Search Console Now Shows You Instagram, TikTok, X & YouTube Content Search Performance
    #4
    Google
    Google Search Broke All Usage Records With Highest Usage Yesterday · Googlebot Crawls 95% Image URLs, Barely Crawls News Articles Automatically – Anyone Else? · Google Search Console Now Shows You Instagram, TikTok, X & YouTube Content Search Performance
    7
  • Ai
    6 posts in the past month
    1. I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback.
    2. GaryVee on AI SEO/GEO and Social Search: Gemini Is the Guaranteed Winner
    3. is there some fancy thing i need to activate to have the GSC ai overview?
    #5
    Ai
    I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback. · GaryVee on AI SEO/GEO and Social Search: Gemini Is the Guaranteed Winner · is there some fancy thing i need to activate to have the GSC ai overview?
    6

Flair

  • Help
    5 posts in the past month
    1. I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback.
    2. URL format and overoptimization
    3. How do I appear in the "Site Product" featured snippet plz
    #1
    Help
    I built a free tool that tracks congressional insider trades with AI. Looking for SEO feedback. · URL format and overoptimization · How do I appear in the "Site Product" featured snippet plz
    5
  • Discussion
    3 posts in the past month
    1. How would you break into SEO if you were starting today?
    2. Googlebot Crawls 95% Image URLs, Barely Crawls News Articles Automatically – Anyone Else?
    3. [ Removed by moderator ]
    #2
    Discussion
    How would you break into SEO if you were starting today? · Googlebot Crawls 95% Image URLs, Barely Crawls News Articles Automatically – Anyone Else? · [ Removed by moderator ]
    3
  • Google News
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Google Search Broke All Usage Records With Highest Usage Yesterday
    2. Google Search Console Now Shows You Instagram, TikTok, X & YouTube Content Search Performance
    3. Google Business Profiles Appeals Adds Evidence Uploads In Workflow
    #3
    Google News
    Google Search Broke All Usage Records With Highest Usage Yesterday · Google Search Console Now Shows You Instagram, TikTok, X & YouTube Content Search Performance · Google Business Profiles Appeals Adds Evidence Uploads In Workflow
    3
  • Debate
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Anyone else feel like Google is going to dunk on Scaled Content and its gonna ripple
    2. Does Google has an Authority Score or propietary DA/DR, is there a paradox?
    #4
    Debate
    Anyone else feel like Google is going to dunk on Scaled Content and its gonna ripple · Does Google has an Authority Score or propietary DA/DR, is there a paradox?
    2
  • Tips
    1 post in the past month
    1. Breaking down the most common GSC "Page Indexing" issues (not the scary ones, the everyday ones)
    #5
    Tips
    Breaking down the most common GSC "Page Indexing" issues (not the scary ones, the everyday ones)
    1

Product recommendations

  • seo tools
    7 posts in the past month
    1. Help finding best tools for multiple Local Service company sites on Wordpress
    2. Best tool to figure out how my competitors have better rankings than me?
    3. What is the best free tool to analyze server logs and check for insights?
    #1
    seo tools
    Help finding best tools for multiple Local Service company sites on Wordpress · Best tool to figure out how my competitors have better rankings than me? · What is the best free tool to analyze server logs and check for insights?
    7
  • seo courses
    4 posts in the past month
    1. What in-person SEO courses do you recommend?
    2. What in-person SEO courses do you recommend?
    3. What SEO-adjacent course/subject do you recommend?
    #2
    seo courses
    What in-person SEO courses do you recommend? · What in-person SEO courses do you recommend? · What SEO-adjacent course/subject do you recommend?
    4
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Frequently asked questions

Who is r/seo for?
Best for SEO Specialists and Programmatic SEO enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
Is r/seo 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/seo have?
Roughly 495K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is r/seo on?
r/seo 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/seo cover?
On the Hive Index, r/seo is organized under SEO Specialists, Programmatic SEO.
How do I join r/seo?
You can join r/seo by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
What are the SEO communities like?
Communities for SEO practitioners at every level, from technical audits and link building to content strategy and AI-driven search changes. Slack is a major platform here, with some well-regarded independent forums and Discord communities in the mix. Good for staying current on algorithm updates, sharing wins, and getting feedback on specific site challenges.
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