Can you self-promote on r/audioengineering?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/audioengineering?

Self-promotion restricted. Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed. Read 2026-09-26 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/audioengineering?

Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.

What this page is

This page quotes r/audioengineering's rules as ThreadFox read them on 2026-09-26. The quoted text is the community's; the verdict above is our reading of it. Conditions often decide whether a post fits (a required thread, flair, posting day, account age or karma), and r/audioengineering's current rules on Reddit always win over this page.

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Products, practices, and stories about the profession or hobby of recording, editing, and producing audio.

What its rules say about promotion

No Promoting or Requesting Services
Any requests for help with editing, repairing, composition, mixing, mastering, format conversion, or any other audio services will be removed. Similarly, no offering of services, promoting, giveaways, contests, surveys, or selling products.

All 9 rules of r/audioengineering

Facilitate discussion
Posts should be made to inform or facilitate discussion.
Posts Must Have Clear and Unambiguous Titles
Posts with ambiguous titles ("NEED HELP", "drums?????", "Ableton") will be removed and asked to re-submit with a descriptive title if the post is not disallowed by other rules.
Read the FAQ
Users should read our [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/wiki/FAQ) before posting. Many questions come up extremely often so we have created a FAQ that is constantly evolving and being updated. If you post a question addressed in the FAQ it will likely be removed.
Ask troubleshooting and setup questions in the Help Desk
Requests for troubleshooting and setup help must be made in the dedicated [Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk](https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/about/sticky) instead of a new post. We have also created a [FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/wiki/FAQ) and [Troubleshooting Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/wiki/troubleshooting) to help you solve common problems without waiting for replies.
Ask purchase and shopping questions in the Help Desk
Requests for product opinions, comparisons, and general purchase advice must be made in the dedicated [Shopping and Setup Help Desk](https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/about/sticky) instead of a new post.
No Critique Requests
Requests for production critique belong in other subreddits: r/RateMyAudio - for critiques of mixing, editing, mastering and other audio skills and techniques. r/WeAreTheMusicMakers - has weekly stickies for feedback. Critiques of the music itself. r/ThisIsOurMusic - for critiques of the music itself r/MusicCritique - for critiques of the music itself r/mixingmastering - for (among other things) feedback on your mixing and/or mastering.
No Promoting or Requesting Services
Any requests for help with editing, repairing, composition, mixing, mastering, format conversion, or any other audio services will be removed. Similarly, no offering of services, promoting, giveaways, contests, surveys, or selling products.
No Memes
Memes should be posted in r/AudioMemes.
No Piracy
No discussion of piracy or support for pirated products will be tolerated.

What the written rules don't show

Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.

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