r/microsaas
A place to change your life with micro SaaS apps
Self-promotion
Self-promotion is explicitly allowed under rule 2, but only if paired with backstory, tech stack, revenue, or a lesson learned; pure link drops or hype-only build-in-public updates get removed, and DM solicitations are banned under rule 6.
Patterns that work
Recurring patterns in the top 100 posts of the past year. Counts and scores are measured from those posts.
- Score lift1.2×
Milestone with concrete number
32 of 100 top posts 32%
Post announces a specific revenue, user, or signup number as the headline achievement.
Why it works: Concrete numbers are easy to skim, feel verifiable, and let readers instantly benchmark themselves against the poster.
- Score lift1.8×
Spam or fake-growth callout
7 of 100 top posts 7%
Post calls out a specific product, bot, or tactic for gaming the subreddit with fake engagement or reviews.
Why it works: Community is protective of authenticity so exposing bad actors triggers strong validation and discussion.
- Score lift1.9×
Lesson-mining from many founders
5 of 100 top posts 5%
Post claims to have interviewed, reverse-engineered, or studied a batch of other founders and distills shared traits.
Why it works: Aggregated insight feels higher-value and more trustworthy than a single anecdote, and invites debate in comments.
Top posts using it- talked to 12 micro saas founders making $5k to $30k/month. none of them found their idea by brainstorming. here's what they actually did394 upvotes
- I’ve been doing pentests on a bunch of AI-built SaaS this year (probably ~50 by now), and I keep seeing the same stuff over and over.260 upvotes
- i reverse-engineered 12 micro-saas tools making $5K-15K MRR. they all share the same 4 traits188 upvotes
- Score lift1.7×
Contrarian truth-telling rant
5 of 100 top posts 5%
Post opens by declaring that common advice or other posts in the community are fake, lying, or misleading.
Why it works: Calling out the community's own noise generates strong agreement/disagreement and high comment counts.
Top posts using it
How top posts are laid out
Top text posts open with a personal, conversational hook stating the founder's situation or claim, then move into a short narrative or numbered/bulleted breakdown of what happened, and close with either an invitation for questions or a blunt takeaway line.
- One or two-line hook stating a claim, milestone, or complaint
- Brief context on who the founder is or how the project started
- Numbered or bulleted list of steps, traits, or results
- Short paragraphs narrating what was tried and what changed
- A specific number or outcome highlighted mid or late post
- Closing line inviting comments, questions, or offering to help others
Best times to post
- #1 Mon, 5–6am ET
- #2 Sun, 7–8am ET
- #3 Fri, 7–8am ET
When the top 100 posts of the past year were published, in US Eastern time. Each square counts the posts that went up in that hour.
What formats win
- Image59%
- Text37%
- Video3%
- Link1%
Share of the top 100 posts of the past year by post type.
What top titles have in common
- Milestone stated as a specific dollar or user number, e.g. "$10k+ in a month"
- Time-to-result framing that compresses effort into a short window, e.g. "3 months to launch, 500 MRR in 3 days"
- Confessional or emotional hook about the founder's state, e.g. "I actually teared up a little"
- Contrarian or myth-busting opener, e.g. "Everybody is lying to you"
- Recurring weekly self-promo thread titles like "It's Friday. Drop your link."
The culture
The subreddit is a mix of solo founders sharing milestones, skeptics calling out hype, and people fishing for early users, with a running undercurrent of frustration about AI-generated spam and fake growth claims diluting the feed.
It rewards specific, numbers-backed milestone posts and honest lesson-sharing or contrarian takes that spark debate, while it ignores or downvotes vague motivational content, naked plugs with no story, and posts that read like generated marketing copy.
Do
- Lead your title with a specific number (revenue, users, signups, or timeframe).
- Include real backstory, tech stack, or a concrete lesson learned when sharing your product, per rule 2.
- Write in short, plain paragraphs or bullet lists that read like a personal update, not marketing copy.
- End posts with an open question or invitation for feedback to drive comments.
- Post revenue milestones alongside what specifically drove them, not just the number alone.
Don't
- Don't post a bare link or landing page screenshot without context or a story.
- Don't use generic hype titles like "How to get rich" or vague motivational claims.
- Don't ask people to DM you; keep all discussion in the thread per rule 6.
- Don't promote unethical growth tactics like fake reviews or scraped-email spam.
- Don't repeat the same build-in-public update format without new insight each time.
Rules (6)
01Keep it Micro SaaS
All posts must directly relate to Micro SaaS.
02No Low-Effort Self-Promotion
You may share your Micro SaaS, but it must add value. Purely promotional links without context, "Build in Public" updates with no actual insights, and repetitive link-dropping will be removed. If you share your product, you must include the backstory, tech stack, revenue (if comfortable), or a specific lesson learned.
03Be Respectful and Constructive
Roast the product and the landing page, but not the founder. Insults, harassment, trolling, and toxic behavior will result in an immediate ban.
04No Unethical Tactics or Black Hat
Do not post, promote, or ask for unethical growth hacks. This includes buying fake reviews, spamming scraped emails, astroturfing, or stealing intellectual property.
05Keep it high quality
Avoid vague motivational posts, generic "How to get rich", or links to paid courses/newsletters without prior mod approval.
06No DM ME
We can't guarantee the safety of conversations outside our sub. Any post or comment requesting private messaging will be removed.
Top posts this month
- I launched a tool in April - now has 9,000 signups and $26K/mo in revenue204 upvotes107 commentstext
- My weirdest SaaS idea made $1,186 in the first month! (zero paid marketing)94 upvotes95 commentstext
- My first paying customer used my saas for 11 hours straight and didn't use my main feature.51 upvotes37 commentstext
- How do you crack distribution when you have zero audience?43 upvotes64 commentstext
- Drop your SaaS and I’ll show you how to find your first 100 users without running ads41 upvotes167 commentstext
- I want to sell payroll without building a payroll team27 upvotes13 commentstext
- I built a paid product in a market everyone said was full. Some things I learned23 upvotes14 commentstext
- Is a CLI useful for running micro SaaS?24 upvotes21 commentstext
- Working full-time in IT and starting a solo micro-SaaS journey.23 upvotes50 commentstext
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