r/Entrepreneur vs r/startups
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Entrepreneur room vs startups room
r/Entrepreneur welcomes a range of pursuits — side projects, small businesses, venture-backed startups and solo ventures — and says it is for exchanging ideas, not self-promotion. r/startups defines startups as companies designed to grow and scale rapidly and is a place to discuss their problems and solutions.
In our directory, Entrepreneur is larger (about 5.3M, rank #165) than startups (about 2.1M, rank #519), but startups posts more often in our sample (~31 posts/day vs ~7). Both samples are entirely text. Entrepreneur flairs include How Do I?, Best Practices, Lessons Learned and Starting a Business; nearly every startups post carries the “I will not promote” flair. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.
Rule titles: Entrepreneur requires 10 comment karma in the subreddit to post and bans get-rich-quick posts and investment solicitation; startups bans direct sales and promotion and requires each submission to serve a specific purpose.
- Choose r/Entrepreneur for small-business, side-project and general business questions.
- Choose r/startups for problems specific to fast-growing, scale-focused companies.
- Both are strict about promotion; Entrepreneur also has a comment-karma requirement to post.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
r/Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
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…
- Members
- 5.3M
- 7-day growth
- +3.5K
- Posts/day
- 7.3
- Directory rank
- #165
- Created
- Aug 21, 2008
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Entrepreneurship
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- 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
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r/startups
The community for ventures designed to scale rapidly | Read our rules before posting ❤️
Welcome to /r/startups, the place to discuss startup problems and solutions. Startups are companies that are designed to grow and scale rapidly. Be sure to read and follow all of our rules--we have specific places for c…
- Members
- 2.1M
- 7-day growth
- +2.7K
- Posts/day
- 31.4
- Directory rank
- #519
- Created
- Jan 25, 2008
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Entrepreneurship
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Relevant Content Only
- No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion
- Submissions Serve a Specific Purpose
- Feedback Has a Place
- Rules for Links in Comments/Discussion
- Do Not Solicit PM Requests / Post DM Notices
- Sharing Your Blog is To Start a Discussion, Never For Self-Promotion
- Always Be Kind and Supportive
- No Unscheduled AMAs
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Supported differences
| Aspect | r/Entrepreneur | r/startups |
|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
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… |
Welcome to /r/startups, the place to discuss startup problems and solutions. Startups are companies that are designed to grow and scale rapidly. Be sure to read and follow all of our rules--we have specific places for c… |
| Size r/Entrepreneur is larger in our directory (about 2.5×). |
5.3M members |
2.1M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
7.3/day |
31.4/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
text posts 100% |
text posts 100% |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
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 |
Relevant Content Only; No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion; Submissions Serve a Specific Purpose; Feedback Has a Place; Rules for Links in Comments/Discussion |
What they share
- Shared SubMouse topics: Entrepreneurship
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rules and posting patterns we can verify
Entrepreneur short titles include: 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; No free offerings threads outside the weekly thread; No Investment Solicitation.
startups: Relevant Content Only; No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion; Submissions Serve a Specific Purpose; Feedback Has a Place; Do Not Solicit PM Requests; Sharing Your Blog is To Start a Discussion; Always Be Kind and Supportive; No Unscheduled AMAs.
Where this comparison comes from
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only. Mutual related-list links. Related curated pages: smallbusiness-vs-entrepreneur, sidehustle-vs-entrepreneur.
Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.