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Best time to post in r/growmybusiness
The best and worst hours to post, the rules that get posts removed, and a check of your draft against both.
Posts in r/growmybusiness are most often removed for self-promotion issues. It is a public subreddit that does not allow link posts and does not require post flair. In our latest sample of 275 recent posts, an estimated 99% were still up about a day later.
Welcome to r/growmybusiness. This is the place to find and share creative advice to optimize your business growth.
The best and worst hours to post in r/growmybusiness
In our sample of 699 recent and top r/growmybusiness posts, activity and scores peak around Monday 11am UTC, and are weakest around Tuesday 5am UTC. Based on posts sampled through Sep 5, 2026. Times in this sentence are UTC; the grid below converts to your local timezone. Timing helps a clean post get seen. It does not save a post that breaks a rule.
- Window 1
Mon around 11am
avg score 39 · 2 posts sampled
- Window 2
Thu around 11pm
avg score 21.5 · 2 posts sampled
- Window 3
Thu around 1am
avg score 17 · 2 posts sampled
Your timezone: UTC (GMT+0). Darker cells mean more posts in our sample.
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Estimated survival rate
99%
of 275 recent r/growmybusiness posts we sampled were still publicly visible about a day later.
How this is measured
Estimate. We sample recent public posts and check again about 18 hours later to count how many are still publicly visible. Posts removed at the moment of submission never become publicly visible at all, so the true removal rate is at least this high. Last sampled Sep 5, 2026.
r/growmybusiness rules: what actually gets removed
Each rule below is paired with the way it is most likely enforced. Where the rules state a number, we quote it. Where they do not, we say so instead of guessing.
1.Post Advice Content in the Monthly Thread!
Enforcement variesPost advice and strategy content in the monthly sticky thread. You may include a signature and links but it needs to have content.
2.Keep Discourse Civil
Enforcement variesKeep discourse civil; be respectful and add value to the dialogue.
3.No Selling or Upselling
Enforcement variesAdd value with your comments and posts. No selling or up selling of products or services allowed.
4.No Blog Posts
Enforcement variesThis includes asking for feedback on blog posts. It is too often spam, unfortunately.
5.No External Surveys/Feedback Requests
Enforcement variesToo often this is upselling / collecting contact info and results in spammy posts.
r/growmybusiness does not publish karma or account-age minimums in its rules. Subreddits often enforce unpublished filters on top of what they write down, which is why posts from new accounts can vanish without a message here.
Can you self-promote in r/growmybusiness?
No. r/growmybusiness bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "No selling or up selling of products or services allowed.". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.
r/growmybusiness by the numbers
- Members
- 150K
- Active right now
- Not public
- Posts / day
- 10
- 51 comments / day
- Community age
- 12 years
- since Sep 21, 2013
| Median title length | Posts with a link | Posts with flair | Dominant format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 characters | 21% | 100% | text posts |
What gets removed in r/growmybusiness
Self-promotion
r/growmybusiness bans self-promo outright. Product links, launch posts, and thinly framed "feedback" posts are removed.
Low karma or a new account
r/growmybusiness publishes no karma or age minimum, but unpublished account filters are common at this size. New accounts should comment before posting.
Reddit's sitewide spam filter
A separate layer before the subreddit ever sees your post. New accounts posting links, URL shorteners, and repeated domains are its favorite targets. Removals are instant and silent.
A shadowbanned account
If the account itself is shadowbanned, every post looks live to you and invisible to everyone else, in any subreddit.
Wondering about a post that already disappeared? Start with why Reddit posts get removed or run the free shadowban check.
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r/growmybusiness posting questions
Can I post links in r/growmybusiness?
No. r/growmybusiness accepts text posts only, so a link-only submission is rejected at the door. You can usually mention a link inside the body text, but the sub's rules on self-promotion still apply to it. Check your draft against the rules before posting.
Does r/growmybusiness require karma to post?
r/growmybusiness does not publish a karma minimum. That does not mean there is none: many subreddits enforce unpublished karma and account-age filters that remove posts silently. If your account is new or has little karma, that is the first thing to rule out when a post disappears.
Can you self-promote in r/growmybusiness?
No. r/growmybusiness bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "No selling or up selling of products or services allowed.". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.
Is r/growmybusiness strict?
Relaxed, by our estimate (21/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 5 rules, and its stated gates). About 1% of recent posts disappeared within a day in our sample. Strictness is about enforcement, not hostility: a strict sub is predictable if you follow its rules.
What is the best time to post in r/growmybusiness?
Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Monday 11am UTC and Thursday 11pm UTC. Treat this as a starting point, not a guarantee: a post that breaks a rule gets removed at any hour. The heatmap on this page converts these windows to your local time.
Why do posts get removed in r/growmybusiness?
The most common reasons are self-promotion violations, plus the layers every subreddit has: Reddit's sitewide spam filter, unpublished AutoMod rules, and account-level gates like karma and age. In our recent sample, roughly 1% of r/growmybusiness posts disappeared within about a day of going up. Many removals are silent, so checking your draft first beats finding out after.
Rules last checked Sep 2, 2026
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