Self-promotion rules · r/kickstarter · read 15 Oct 2026
Does r/kickstarter allow self-promotion?
Short answer: posting about your product is with conditions, and commenting in threads is open.
Posting about your product
With conditions
r/kickstarter's own rules allow promotion only under the conditions quoted below.
From the room's own rules
Commenting in threads
Open
The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you.
From the room's own comment setting
What r/kickstarter's own rules say
Every line below is the room's own sentence, word for word, including its spelling. We pick the sentences about promotion, links and who may post; we never shorten one.
Must have a combined total of 500 Karma.
From its sidebar Advertisements must be flagged using the Self-Promotion flair.
From its sidebar If you're submitting your own project, please use a text post so you can tell us more about the project.
From its posting guidelines
What it actually removes
r/kickstarter logged 30 removals in 7 days without naming a reason, counted from its own moderator bot's public comments over 7 days, read 10 Oct 2026. Through a public mirror, not the Reddit API.
- 1Links or promotion, removed for carrying a link or reading as promotion.
- 30Other removals, removed for a reason the wording did not name.
This counts only what the room announces. A moderator removing something by hand leaves nothing to count, so a low number would prove nothing, which is why we only print this for rooms where it is high.
What to do instead
- Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 5 questions here had no reply at all.
- Read the live rules page before you post. The rules can change after the copy we quote was taken.
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What people ask in r/kickstarter
Counted from the room's last 74 posts, read 1 Sept 2026. A question is the opening a comment can answer.
- My graphic novel launches on Kickstarter TODAY and I have ALL THE FEELINGS2026-09-01 · no replies yet
- Just launched - would love any tips for promoting our new natural deodorant2026-09-01 · no replies yet
- Stage 4 colon cancer no family need help2026-08-30 · 1 reply
Questions
- Does r/kickstarter allow self-promotion?
- Posting: with conditions. Commenting: open. r/kickstarter's own rules allow promotion only under the conditions quoted below. The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you. Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 5 questions here had no reply at all.
- Can I comment about my product in r/kickstarter?
- Open. The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you. Mention what you sell only when it answers the question someone asked, and say it is yours.
- Does r/kickstarter have a self-promotion thread?
- Its rules, as quoted on this page, name no thread for promotion. Answering questions in the room is the door that stays open.
How this page was made
The rules come from the arctic-shift public mirror's copy of the room's rules list, sidebar and posting guidelines. We do not use the Reddit API. The posting answer rests on the room's own words when they say anything about promotion, then on removals we counted, then on our inference, and the line under each answer says which. A rule that was rewritten after the mirror's copy was taken will not show here, which is why the capture date is printed above.
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