Top Social Media Subreddits for Creators and Social Media Managers

Social media advice online is mostly people selling courses. Reddit is one of the few places where social media managers complain honestly about reach drops, clients and the tools they pay for. You just have to pick the right rooms, because the general ones are full of spam.

Quick verdict

Social media managers: r/socialmedia. Creators: r/NewTubers if you’re on YouTube, otherwise the help subreddit for your platform. Skip anything with “growth” or “promote” in the name; those are promo dumps.

We checked each subreddit in November 2026 for daily posts and spam removal. Sizes are rounded.

Subreddit	Size	For	Strength	Weakness
r/socialmedia	250k+	SMMs, freelancers	Real client talk	Some tool spam
r/SocialMediaMarketing	250k+	Agencies	Strategy threads	Generic posts
r/NewTubers	500k+	Small YouTubers	Strict, helpful	Repetitive questions
r/InstagramMarketing	100k+	Instagram growth	Focused	Smaller
r/TikTokHelp	100k+	TikTok issues	Fast answers	Mostly bans and bugs
r/PartneredYoutube	100k+	Monetized channels	Experienced members	Aimed at monetized channels
r/LinkedInTips	50k+	LinkedIn	Practical	Low volume
r/Twitch	1M+	Streamers	Huge	Noisy
r/content_marketing	50k+	Content teams	Thoughtful	Slow
r/Bluesky	100k+	Bluesky users	Active	Platform news-heavy

r/socialmedia

r/socialmedia is the general community for people who manage social accounts for a living. The best threads are the honest ones: “client wants 30 posts a month for $300, is that normal?” and “our LinkedIn reach dropped 60% this month, anyone else?” Tool recommendations show up constantly. Be a little skeptical of new accounts praising a specific scheduler (we rounded up the social media management tools Reddit recommends so you can skip a few of those threads).

r/SocialMediaMarketing

r/SocialMediaMarketing skews toward agencies and strategy. Quality varies more than r/socialmedia. On a good day you get detailed breakdowns of campaigns; on a bad day it’s “how do I go viral” posts. Worth joining, worth filtering by top of the month.

r/NewTubers

r/NewTubers is the best creator subreddit on Reddit, mostly because of its rules. Self-promotion is restricted to specific threads, and critique requests have to follow a set format. Channels under about 1,000 subscribers get thoughtful feedback on thumbnails, titles and retention graphs. Once you’re monetized, r/PartneredYoutube is the next step.

r/InstagramMarketing

r/InstagramMarketing is smaller and focused. Reels strategy, hashtag myths, reach changes. For bugs and broken features, r/Instagram is faster.

r/TikTokHelp

r/TikTokHelp is mostly people dealing with banned accounts, shadowbans and features that disappeared. It’s useful exactly when you need it and not much otherwise.

The others

r/LinkedInTips is small but practical for B2B. r/Twitch is huge and noisy; streamers looking for growth advice will do better in r/Twitch’s weekly threads than in new posts. r/content_marketing is slow and thoughtful. r/Bluesky is mostly platform news and feature requests, but it’s where early Bluesky growth tactics get discussed.

What to avoid

Subreddits whose purpose is “promote your account here” don’t help you. Nobody in them is a real audience, and follow-for-follow behavior can get accounts restricted on Instagram and TikTok. Same goes for subreddits selling followers or engagement pods.

Freelancers should also read how to find social media clients on Reddit, since the clients mostly aren’t in these subreddits. For the broader marketing side (SEO, ads, copywriting), see our top marketing subreddits. If you’re building a social media business or agency, the top subreddits for entrepreneurs cover pricing and clients from the owner’s side.

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