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Writers, bloggers, YouTubers, podcasters, and streamers comparing notes on craft and growth. Creator-economy tools and services find their earliest adopters in these communities.
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Discussions about the writing craft.
/r/Twitch is an unofficial place for discussions surrounding the streaming website Twitch.tv. If you want to provide feedback, ask a question or browse our knowledge base, this is
You're a YouTube Video Creator or Twitch Streamer? NewTubers is the Premiere "Small Content Creator" Community, created to allow up-and-coming channels to improve with resources, c
A place to discuss just about everything in the world of indie books. *Not* a place for self-promotion.
A community for bloggers to connect, share ideas, and inspire each other to help their blogging journey.
For people who make podcasts. Topics include podcasting news, how to guides, gear, marketing, and anything related to podcasters. Please refrain from posting self-promotion and pr
This subreddit is to help young YouTube channels get a good start. You can also meet fellow YouTubers and try to help each other out.
Your go-to community for all things YouTube India! From trending videos and creator discussions to platform updates and policy changes - stay informed and share your thoughts with
A community for YouTube partners, and growing creators. A place to discuss video strategies, cross-promote, collaborate, teach, and chat about the "business"-side of YouTube. 📩 F
Welcome to r/YouTubePromotion! Join a community of people sharing and engaging in content, providing views, feedback, and subscribers. Read the rules before posting.
Promote yourself and link your YouTube videos to get viewers and potentially earn subscribers
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We analyzed the published rules of these 12 communities: 2 prohibit self-promotion outright, 9 allow it only under conditions (designated threads, participation ratios, or moderator approval). The biggest audience is r/youtube with 3.4M members; note that r/NewTubers is among those that explicitly ban promotional posts. Always open a community's rules link before posting — it takes a minute and protects your account.
Creator Reddit is the backstage channel where the analytics screenshots are real. r/NewTubers dissects why videos fail with a candor YouTube gurus can't afford, r/podcasting talks honestly about the medium's brutal discovery problem, and r/selfpublish shares actual royalty numbers. These communities are collectively allergic to "I made $50k in a month" content — sustainable-growth realism is the house style.
The self-promotion paradox peaks here: communities of people trying to grow audiences must ban audience-growth spam to survive. Most have channel-feedback threads with strict formats. What earns respect is contribution *about* the craft — thumbnail A/B results, retention-graph breakdowns, query-letter experiences. Creator-tool makers: this audience is drowning in tools; case studies with real creator results beat feature announcements every time.
Only within its designated feedback threads and formats — bare channel links get removed. The community's real value isn't promotion anyway (Reddit clicks rarely help YouTube's algorithm); it's the craft discussion: retention analysis, thumbnail strategy, niche selection. Grow by learning there, not by link-dropping.
The honest version: most self-published books earn little, and the ones that don't share traits — series over standalones, professional covers, genre-reader targeting, and volume. Members share real KDP dashboards, ad-spend results, and launch breakdowns. The community is particularly good at deflating both traditional-publishing romanticism and self-publishing gold-rush myths.
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It depends on the community: of the 12 communities in this niche, 2 ban self-promotion entirely and 9 allow it only under specific conditions such as designated threads or participation requirements. Check the policy badge on each community's page here, then read the full rules on Reddit before posting.
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