Posting your startup in r/thesidehustle
Yes. r/thesidehustle 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.
Genuine personal questions and failure/learning stories. Posts succeed when they ask for advice, share honest struggles (even failures), or reflect on real experiences—never when they pitch or promote a product or service.
Self-promotion rules
No advertising, course selling, referral links, or stealth monetization—violators face 7-day to permanent bans. Work offers must be pre-approved via modmail with flair or they're treated as malicious. Do not contact users outside the subreddit without permission, and stay strictly on-topic about side hustles. (Note: this sub is strict about self-promotion, lead with pure value.)
Post templates that get approved
Genuine personal questions and failure/learning stories. Posts succeed when they ask for advice, share honest struggles (even failures), or reflect on real experiences—never when they pitch or promote a product or service.
spent 6 months building a tool nobody wanted—here's what i learned
I invested way too much time into something I thought solved a real problem, but turns out my target users didn't care. Looking back, I realize I skipped a critical step early on that would've saved me months.