About r/Entrepreneur
In its own words:
Our community brings together individuals driven by a shared commitment to problem-solving, professional networking, and collaborative innovation, all with the goal of making a positive impact. We welcome a diverse range of pursuits, from side projects and small businesses to venture-backed startups and solo ventures. However, this is a space for genuine connection and exchange of ideas, not self-promotion. Please refrain from promoting personal blogs, consulting services, books, MLMs, opinions.
Community guide
r/Entrepreneur (#165, about 5.3 million). Our community brings together individuals driven by a shared commitment to problem-solving, professional networking, and collaborative innovation, all with the goal of making a positive impact. We welcome a diverse range of pursuits, from side projects and sma Rules: 10 comment karma in /r/Entrepreneur to post; No Self Promotion; No Personal Attacks; Links Allowed as Supporting Material ONLY; No “How To Get Rich Quick” posts; Avoid unprofessional communication; No free offerings threads (outside of weekly thread); Follow the Rules of Reddit; Unsolicited Opinion and Thoughts; No Investment Solicitation Sample ~7.3 ppd.
Fit
Startup/business-building talk under promo and advice limits in the rule list.
Practical pointers
Expect removals for spammy self-promo if rules ban it; read live guidelines before pitching.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 21, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,517 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/OnePiece (#164) and ahead of r/XboxSeriesX (#166) in our ranking.
What sets r/Entrepreneur apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Entrepreneur leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%). r/Entrepreneur is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 6.9 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 14.0. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.4 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Entrepreneur climbed from 5,280,212 to 5,302,826 subscribers (+22.6K, +0.43%). That is about 514 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Entrepreneur talks about
Looking at the titles of 42 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “business”, “actually”, “run”, “founders” and “november”. Other frequent themes are free, email, website, october, talent and numbers. Recurring phrases include “free business”, “business email”, “email inbox” and “business owners”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: How Do I? (8), Best Practices (7), Weekly Discussion (6), Lessons Learned (5), Starting a Business (4), Recommendations (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/Entrepreneur gets about 7.3 new posts a day. The public archive holds 766,651 posts and 5,319,893 comments in total, about 6.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (9 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (4). Posting peaks around 07:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Entrepreneur
The moderators of r/Entrepreneur list 10 rules. In short:
- 10 comment karma in /r/Entrepreneur to post
- No Self Promotion
- No Personal Attacks
- Links Allowed as Supporting Material ONLY
- No “How To Get Rich Quick” posts
- Avoid unprofessional communication
- No free offerings threads (outside of weekly thread)
- Follow the Rules of Reddit
- Unsolicited Opinion and Thoughts
- No Investment Solicitation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/Entrepreneur have?
r/Entrepreneur has 5,302,826 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #165 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 22,614 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/Entrepreneur created?
r/Entrepreneur was created on Aug 21, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/Entrepreneur still active?
Yes. r/Entrepreneur gets about 7.3 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 766,651 posts and 5,319,893 comments.
What is the best time to post in r/Entrepreneur?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 07:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/Entrepreneur?
The community describes itself as: “Our community brings together individuals driven by a shared commitment to problem-solving, professional networking, and collaborative innovation, all with the goal of making a positive impact. We welcome a diverse rang…” Recent post titles often mention business, actually, run, founders and november. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/Entrepreneur SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Entrepreneur as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/Entrepreneur?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Entrepreneur accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “10 comment karma in /r/Entrepreneur to post”; “No Self Promotion”; “No Personal Attacks”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Entrepreneur?
Communities with similar topics include r/sidehustle (3.3M), r/Genshin_Impact (3.9M), r/Fitness (12.6M), r/BeAmazed (9.7M) and r/CozyPlaces (7.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Entrepreneur.