How to share your startup on r/IMadeThis
TL;DR
r/IMadeThis is a free subreddit with about 53,000 members (GummySearch, 27 October 2026) where people share things they built themselves, from apps and AI tools to websites and YouTube projects. Thread Otter's August 2026 review rates self-promotion as allowed for your own project. It suits founders who can tell the story behind a product and want early eyes on it.
How we checked: we read these rules through public subreddit trackers in October 2026. Read the sidebar and the pinned posts before you post, since moderators update the rules.
What is r/IMadeThis?
The name sets the rule of the room: members post things they made and talk about how they made them. For a startup, that means a launch post written in the first person by the person who built the product.
Growth is fast. GummySearch counted about 34,000 new members in the year to October 2026, a rise of 171%. In its topic sample, apps led by a wide margin (29 posts), followed by AI, free tools, YouTube and startup projects. GummySearch lists r/SideProject, r/buildinpublic and r/sideprojects among the similar communities.
Who should post on r/IMadeThis?
Good fit:
- Solo founders and indie makers with a finished app, tool, website or physical product they built.
- Makers who share the build story: why they started, how long it took, which tools they used and what went wrong.
- First-time founders who want a friendly first audience before a bigger launch.
Skip it:
- Resellers and dropshippers: products you only resell do not fit a community about making things.
- Teams chasing mass reach: 53,000 members is a mid-size audience.
- SEO hunters: links in Reddit posts carry nofollow, and the DA 92 belongs to reddit.com, so your site gets no ranking credit.
How much does r/IMadeThis cost?
Posting is free. The subreddit has no paid listing or featured slot, and paid reach on Reddit goes through Reddit Ads, which runs separately from the community.
How do you share your startup on r/IMadeThis?
- Open r/IMadeThis, join, and read the sidebar rules and pinned posts first. ThreadFox found no written rules on the community's rules page on 4 October 2026 and no rule about promotion, so the sidebar and the moderators decide what stays up.
- Write a first-person title, such as "I made a budgeting app for freelancers whose clients pay late", and add a screenshot or a short demo video.
- In 1 to 3 short paragraphs, explain what it does, why you built it and how (tools, time, cost). Say plainly that it is yours, add the link, and reply to comments on the same day.
Tips to get more out of r/IMadeThis
- Open with the problem that made you build it ("I was tired of chasing invoices"), then show the product.
- Share real numbers if you have them: build time, first users, first revenue.
- Show it working: a 20-second screen recording says more than a feature list.
- Ask for one thing: feedback on the price, the name or the first screen.
- Come back for a major version with what changed, and skip daily bumps of the same post.
Our verdict
r/IMadeThis is free, open to makers' own projects and growing fast. Write as the builder, show the product working, and pair it with r/SideProject for an early launch.
More options: see all subreddits for founders. Planning the launch around this listing? The Fe/male Switch startup game walks women founders from idea to first customers.