Find the Best Time to Post on Reddit: r/startups
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Best Times to Post to r/startups
Learn when posts get the most engagement in r/startups based on the last 30 days of activity.
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| Fri | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 10 |
| Sat | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 13 |
Shows combined posts + comments activity. Hover over cells for detailed breakdown.
All times shown in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
Tips for Posting on Reddit
Learn from successful founders and Reddit best practices to maximize your post engagement.
1 Join Conversations, Don't Self-Promote
OpenPhone's co-founder Daryna Kulya found success by monitoring relevant keywords and joining existing conversations naturally. Instead of cold posting, they responded to people asking questions about business communication tools. As Daryna said: "I set up alerts for relevant industry and competitor terms using Notifier for Reddit. This way, it was more natural for me to talk about OpenPhone as a solution."
Read more about how OpenPhone used Reddit and Notifier.so to find their first 1,000 customers â
2 Tell Your Story, Not Your Pitch
Reddit users, especially founders and entrepreneurs, want to hear authentic journeys. OpenPhone shared their challenges and learnings rather than product features. Create value by writing posts or articles that answer common questions in your industry.
3 Understand Each Subreddit's Culture
Before posting, spend time reading top posts and comments to understand the community's norms and rules. Each subreddit has its own cultureâwhat works in r/Entrepreneur might not work in r/startups. Always read and follow the subreddit's posting guidelines to avoid removal.
4 Craft Compelling, Honest Titles
Your title is criticalâmake it clear, engaging, and authentic. Avoid clickbait at all costs. Provide a concise summary of what readers will get. Good examples: "How we got our first 100 customers using Reddit" or "I analyzed 10,000 posts to find the best time to post in r/startups"
5 Post at Optimal Times
Timing matters! Use the activity heatmap above to find when r/startups is most active. Generally, posting between 6:00-8:00 AM Eastern Time on weekdays catches both European and U.S. audiences. But every subreddit is differentâcheck the data specific to your target community.
6 Format for Readability
Use headers, bullet points, and short paragraphs to make your post scannable. Include relevant images or videos when appropriate. Reddit supports markdown formattingâuse it to structure your content with bold text, lists, and sections.
7 Engage After Posting
Don't post and ghost! Actively respond to comments and questions within the first hour. This interaction signals to Reddit's algorithm that your post is generating engagement, which can boost its visibility. Plus, it builds trust and shows you're genuinely interested in the conversation.
8 Use Appropriate Flair and Tags
Many subreddits require post flair to categorize content. Using the correct flair helps users find your post and shows you understand the community. Some subreddits won't even display your post without proper flair.
9 Build Credibility Over Time
Don't expect overnight success. Consistently share valuable content and engage respectfully to build reputation. OpenPhone spent months contributing to discussions before seeing significant results. A credible account with a history of helpful contributions will be received much better than a new account making its first post.
10 Monitor Adjacent Topics
OpenPhone didn't just monitor "business phone" keywordsâthey also tracked adjacent topics like "remote work communication" and "team collaboration." This broader approach gave them more opportunities to naturally contribute value. Think about related problems your audience has, not just direct product mentions.
đĄ Pro Tip: Use Notifier.so to monitor relevant keywords in r/startups so you never miss an opportunity to join authentic conversations.
About the Subreddit: r/startups
Welcome to /r/startups, the place to discuss startup problems and solutions. Startups are companies that are designed to grow and scale rapidly. Be sure to read and follow all of our rules--we have specific places for common content and requests.
Community Rules & Guidelines
Wiki
About
Welcome to r/startups, a community for all backgrounds, levels of expertise, and business experience.
What is a startup?
Startups are designed to scale/grow rapidly. Startups utilize tech to do this. Startups can be non-tech companies that utilize tech. Startups are information era companies and they are creating the new best practices in business.
/r/startups
We share interesting discussions and stories about our startup journeys, both the failures, the successes, and the embarrassments. Our best traits are authenticity and integrity.
Rules
1.Relevant Content Only
We are a community of discussion based around startups, not traditional businesses.
All content must be relevant to startups.
You are welcome to ask how to apply startup methodologies to your traditional business if you frame your question in a non-promotional way. We want you to be able to ask any question that helps your startup.
2.No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion
No direct sales, advertisements, or promotional posts of any kind. We have designated places that are an exception to this rule and they will always be stickied at the top of /r/startups.
- You MAY share your startup in the Share Your Startup thread
Self-promotion is anything you have an interest, stake or relationship with including being friends with someone at the company.
At the end of the day, /r/startups moderators have the final say if your comments are promotional or not.
3.Submissions Serve a Specific Purpose
Submissions are for discussing methodologies, experiences, tactics, strategies, techniques, markets, and other such things WITHOUT tying them directly to your own project using its name or URL.
Titles must be clear and descriptive.
Submissions must have at least 250 characters of content. The more details you provide us the better support our community can provide you with. Life life, the more you put into something the more you get out of it.
4.Feedback Has a Place
All Feedback Requests (including surveys/polls) belong in our Feedback Thread or other appropriate weekly thread
You are invited to repost each week.
Be sure to contribute to the others in the thread and ask them to return the favor to increase engagement.
You may not publicly offer feedback or direct support outside of the Stickied Threads.
5.Rules for Links in Comments/Discussions
Sometimes you think the best solution is simply to link to a resource that might answer someone's question. We want you to be able to link in discussion to relevant content. We also don't want the discussion to turn into a self promotional mess and link farm.
If you are going to link to something in the comments please make sure to:
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Write at least a sentence explaining why the link is relevant to the discussion.
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Link only content you have no affiliation with. Affiliate links = banned.
6.Do Not Solicit PM Requests
The purpose of making a submission or comment is to engage in a public discussion with the community.
It is not to request a message from someone.
You are more than welcome to engage privately with one another, but it is up to you to take the initiative directly.
7.Sharing Your Blog is To Start a Discussion
Sharing your blog is not a means to self promote.
A link to the original blog post is allowed with prior Mod approval.
If you are submitting your own blog content, the full body of the content must be included in the post, properly formatted for reddit.
Include an outline & timestamps with a video.
If your blog is over 2000 words you may ask for an exemption.
All other rules still apply.
No blogs about your "startup" journey allowed.
8.Always Be Kind and Supportive
The goal of this community is to encourage people to learn and be inspired to pursue ventures related to startups.
Do not troll, harass people, or be an asshole. This does not mean to lie. It means to give support and explain why you don't like something.
Try to remember people likely do not have much experience yet or might be simply ignorant to what you know.
Be willing to hold a discussion and try to explain your opinion or point of view to the benefit of the entire community.
9.No Unscheduled AMAs
We do not allow unscheduled AMAs.
We need to verify and approve all AMAs.
If you wish to do an AMA you must use the "Message the Moderators" feature in the side bar and you must give us at least TWO (2) Weeks Lead Time to organize it with you.
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