Posting your startup in r/indiehackers
Yes. r/indiehackers is one of the subreddits that lets founders share their own product, as long as you follow its self-promotion rules and give the community more than you take. The rules and the post formats that get approved are below.
Posts sharing specific milestones (user counts, revenue, timelines) with honest lessons learned or the actual problem that got solved. The angle is transparency and tactical insight, not hype—showing the journey and what concretely worked.
Self-promotion rules
You can self-promote your product once using the Self Promotion flair, but it must be framed as seeking feedback and critique, not as an advertisement. If you mention MRR or revenue figures, you must provide proof. Avoid karma-farming with repetitive 'what you build' posts.
Post templates that get approved
Posts sharing specific milestones (user counts, revenue, timelines) with honest lessons learned or the actual problem that got solved. The angle is transparency and tactical insight, not hype—showing the journey and what concretely worked.
hit $2k mrr in 3 months. here's the one thing that actually moved the needle
I built this tool to scratch my own itch back in October, and the first 6 weeks were dead silent. Then I changed one thing about how I talked about the problem, and everything shifted.