r/smallbusiness · SaaS & startups
This sub is not for advertisements! Questions and answers about starting, owning, and growing a small business only.
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r/smallbusiness is included in the SaaS & startups section of the IntentWorth Reddit community leaderboard. Its live description and recent posts show the subjects members are discussing now, while the activity data helps you judge the pace of new conversations.
Use r/smallbusiness when its current discussions overlap with a question you can answer, an experience you can share or a topic you genuinely want to understand. Read several threads before deciding how to participate.
Data updated 2026-08-09
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These are the currently published rules. Moderators and AutoModerator may enforce additional account-age, karma, flair or posting requirements that are not publicly listed.
r/smallbusiness is a question and answer subreddit. You ask a question about starting, owning, and growing a small business and the community answers. **Exceptions** None, no exceptions. **Note:** You can post own experience in the *new* weekly stickied or pinned share-your-experience thread.
We are not here to help your SEO, promote your product, or provide an audience for your unsolicited advice or stories. As of June 2026 product mentions will be removed from new posts or comments if they appear directly or indirectly promotional. **Exceptions** Unsolicited advice (best practices, stories, lessons) are allowed in the stickied post dedicated to them. Surveys related to small business are allowed as posts providing they are from academic sources and pre-approved
No business promotion posts are allowed. Promote your business in the weekly Promote-your-business thread only. **Exceptions** You can mention your business in a relevant reply to a post or comment in other threads when relevant to the conversation but deliberate abuse of this exception to promote will be recognized and removed.
Posts asking about "pain points" or trying to find a problem to solve aren't the focus of our sub and those posts will be removed. Our deep library of past posts are your guide to what everyone needs if you are willing to search and analyze. Academics may contact the mods to discuss exceptions for academic research.
These recently collected r/smallbusiness discussions are ordered by score and comment activity. Open a thread on Reddit to read the full context and current replies.
135 points · 192 comments
75 points · 14 comments
57 points · 33 comments
48 points · 73 comments
26 points · 20 comments
23 points · 33 comments
12 points · 16 comments
11 points · 35 comments
11 points · 11 comments
10 points · 34 comments
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The median shows a typical recent discussion and is less distorted by a single unusually popular thread than an average.
We compare two valid daily subscriber snapshots. Until an earlier snapshot exists, the page reports that more history is needed.
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