Community guides › r/SideProject

How to post in r/SideProject

What this community allows, what its most upvoted posts have in common, and what gets removed. Checked against the community's sidebar.

Can I promote my app or project in r/SideProject?

Yes, within the rules below. Lead with what the reader gets, follow the community's format, and say that you made it.

Does r/SideProject allow AI-written posts?

There's no explicit ban we could find, but readers spot generic AI writing quickly. Rewrite any draft in your own voice.

What do the top posts in r/SideProject look like?

Top posts of the year: 84% have a text body; median body 135 words, 76% first person; titles ~13 words, 0% questions, 16% with a number; common openers: 'I built', 'I made'; top comments ~8 words.

What do readers of r/SideProject reward?

Visual demos (video/GIF) of a concrete thing. 13/25 top titles start 'I built/I made'; 0/25 are questions.

The rules we found

Feedback-focused. Link posts must use "[Project name] - [Short description]". No sidebar ban on self-promo.

What gets posts removed or ignored

• MRR or user numbers you can't show
• 'I built X 🚀' titles
• link-only posts

What the research suggests here

Concrete scene + closable gap (Hu et al. 2025; Loewenstein 1994). Positivity hurts on Reddit (Study 2).

Rules change. Read the community's own Rules tab before posting; this page is a summary, not the rules.