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Reddit Community Leaderboard
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Compare curated Reddit communities by new posts, discussion depth, active authors and member movement. Read what each community is about before joining the conversation.
| # | Community | Members | Posts in 24h | Median comments | Active authors | Member change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | r/SideProject is a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects. | 803,347 | 100 | 2 | 97 | Needs 2 days |
| 2 | Discussions and useful links for SaaS owners, online business owners, and more. | 775,634 | 85 | 3 | 82 | Needs 2 days |
| 3 | This sub is not for advertisements! | 2,518,657 | 69 | 6 | 68 | Needs 2 days |
| 4 | Our innovators need people to use their products to give them feedback! | 41,516 | 67 | 0 | 64 | Needs 2 days |
| 5 | A community dedicated to all things web development: both front-end and back-end. | 3,293,988 | 48 | 5 | 47 | Needs 2 days |
| 6 | A subreddit for all questions related to programming in any programming language (Contributions are only allowed in English!). | 4,396,979 | 28 | 9 | 28 | Needs 2 days |
| 7 | Welcome! | 278,721 | 28 | 2 | 27 | Needs 2 days |
| 8 | This subreddit is for sharing innovative startup ideas. | 325,626 | 24 | 0 | 23 | Needs 2 days |
| 9 | A place to share, discuss, discover, assist with, gain assistance for, and critique self-hosted alternatives to our favorite web apps, web services, and online tools. | 815,909 | 23 | 10 | 23 | Needs 2 days |
| 10 | A place to change your life with micro SaaS apps | 208,328 | 14 | 2 | 14 | Needs 2 days |
| 11 | A subreddit for Etsy sellers on Reddit to collaborate and discuss techniques and experiences selling their products and building their stores. | 250,125 | 13 | 9 | 13 | Needs 2 days |
| 12 | This subreddit is a forum to ask or seek any information regarding Shopify. | 369,909 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Needs 2 days |
| 13 | Follow real founders in real time. | 718,356 | 9 | 3 | 9 | Needs 2 days |
| 14 | A community dedicated to the design and implementation of eCommerce sites. | 665,861 | 9 | 5 | 9 | Needs 2 days |
| 15 | Welcome to r/growmybusiness. | 144,050 | 8 | 2 | 8 | Needs 2 days |
| 16 | A sub for professional discussion about social media, news, and best practices. | 2,115,397 | 8 | 4 | 8 | Needs 2 days |
| 17 | THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE. | 252,635 | 8 | 4 | 8 | Needs 2 days |
| 18 | The unofficial Amazon FBA Subreddit! | 66,162 | 8 | 3 | 8 | Needs 2 days |
| 19 | Print on demand! | 52,994 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Needs 2 days |
| 20 | Share and explore innovative business ideas, gain insights on initiating your venture, unravel the intricacies of 'Cost of Sale' (CoS), and decode the essentials of taxation –… | 464,893 | 6 | 5 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 21 | Computer Programming | 6,909,173 | 6 | 9 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 22 | r/devops is a tracked Reddit community; its public description is not currently available. | 506,231 | 6 | 14 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 23 | The leading authority on all things SEO: AI SEO, GEO, LLM SEO, Technical SEO, Content SEO and SEO Architecture. | 503,192 | 6 | 9 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 24 | The hub for Pay-per-Click (PPC) and performance advertising. | 277,296 | 6 | 5 | 6 | Needs 2 days |
| 25 | Welcome to /r/startups, the place to discuss startup problems and solutions. | 2,109,070 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 26 | Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications | 172,716 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 27 | A subreddit for everything open source related (for this context, we go off the definition of open source here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source) | 374,076 | 5 | 1 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 28 | For experienced developers. | 409,300 | 5 | 53 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 29 | A community of content marketers helping each other improve by providing feedback, sharing advice, and resources. | 198,666 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 30 | Dedicated to web analytics, data and business analytics. | 278,073 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Needs 2 days |
| 31 | Chat about javascript and javascript related projects. | 2,447,178 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Needs 2 days |
| 32 | Welcome to world's largest Growth Hacking Community. | 152,557 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Needs 2 days |
| 33 | Welcome! | 357,150 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Needs 2 days |
| 34 | A community for discussing anything related to the React UI framework and its ecosystem. | 510,731 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Needs 2 days |
| 35 | No-Code Community dedicated to building cool things without needing to be a developer. | 135,563 | 3 | 15 | 3 | Needs 2 days |
| 36 | For marketing communications + advertising industry professionals to discuss and ask questions related to marketing strategy, media planning, digital, social, search, campaigns,… | 1,959,882 | 3 | 15 | 3 | Needs 2 days |
| 37 | For digital marketing news, best practices, strategy, and learning. | 368,522 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Needs 2 days |
| 38 | A community dedicated to entrepreneurship questions and advice. | 139,625 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Needs 2 days |
| 39 | Our community brings together individuals driven by a shared commitment to problem-solving, professional networking, and collaborative innovation, all with the goal of making a… | 5,252,413 | 2 | 23 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 40 | IndieHackers is a subreddit focused on people who bootstrap their way to success by building products. | 186,491 | 2 | 11 | 1 | Needs 2 days |
| 41 | TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. | 183,917 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 42 | Web Design | 974,557 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 43 | Welcome! | 139,287 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 44 | A subreddit for learning, discussing, critiquing, and sharing resources about, advertising copy... | 260,064 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 45 | For mid to high level discussions about selling on Amazon and using their Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service. | 142,576 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 46 | **The Amazon seller community you're looking for** - Want sincere discussion about selling on Amazon but tired of forums filled with spam, scams, fake gurus, and people pretending… | 96,901 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 47 | WooCommerce is an open source, enterprise-level ecommerce plugin available for WordPress. | 50,275 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Needs 2 days |
| 48 | A place for email marketing professionals to talk shop. | 121,893 | 1 | 15 | 1 | Needs 2 days |
| 49 | r/founders is a tracked Reddit community; its public description is not currently available. | 3,112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Needs 2 days |
| 50 | *Earn 10 comment karma to post in sub.* Growth Marketing is a relatively new form of marketing. | 16,129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Needs 2 days |
How this Reddit community leaderboard works
IntentWorth checks the newest public posts in a fixed set of 50 Reddit communities. The leaderboard uses observable counts instead of an invented opportunity score, so you can compare activity without treating a ranking as permission to promote.
Every row links to a community guide with its public description, current rules, recent discussions and latest activity snapshot. Use the directory to narrow your research, then read the community itself before posting or replying.
Reddit communities by topic
The directory focuses on communities relevant to independent builders and online sellers. Topic filters make it easier to compare communities that serve a similar audience.
Indie development
Technical communities for programming, web development, open source, self-hosting, no-code tools and the day-to-day decisions behind independent products.
Marketing & SEO
Communities focused on organic search, paid acquisition, content, copywriting, analytics, social media and sustainable audience growth.
Ecommerce & Shopify
Communities for Shopify stores, marketplaces, fulfilment, print on demand, dropshipping and the operational side of selling products online.
How to read the Reddit community data
The measurements describe recent public activity. They help compare communities, but they do not predict whether a specific post will be accepted or perform well.
New-post activity
Posts in 24 hours counts collected submissions created during the latest rolling day. A high number shows publishing activity, not necessarily relevance or quality.
Discussion depth
Median comments reduces the effect of one viral thread and gives a more typical picture of how much conversation recent posts receive.
Member movement
Member change compares the latest subscriber total with the previous daily snapshot. It remains unavailable until two valid days have been collected.
Choose relevance before raw activity
The busiest Reddit community is not automatically the best community for your product or question. Start with topic fit, inspect current discussions and confirm that your experience can add something useful to the people already participating.
Published rules are only part of the picture. Moderators and AutoModerator may also enforce account age, karma, flair or contribution requirements that are not exposed as structured data. Treat each community guide as research support, not a promise that promotion is allowed.