r/artificial: rules, audience and how brands can post there
1,359,896 members. Self-promotion allowed? Limited: about 10%, none in your first post.
r/artificial is a general AI community with about 1.4 million members. Your first post or comment can't contain promotion, self-promotion is capped at 10%, and selling products is banned.
Paste your draft on the next page. We flag likely self-promotion and rule problems before you post.
- Members
- 1,359,896
- Self-promotion
- Limited: about 10%, none in your first post
- Created
- 2008
- Checked
- November 7, 2026
What r/artificial is
Reddit’s home for Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI companies with research or tutorials worth sharing, posted by team members who have already built a record in the sub.
Can a brand post in r/artificial?
Rule 2, on self-advertisement, says your first post or comment can't have promo, the guideline is 10%, and questions should go to modmail before you post. The mods say the sub is prone to scams, spam and excessive promo, and they want participation first. Rule 4 bans selling your own products or anything else, including crypto and job offers. Rule 10 removes "What's the best tool for X?" requests because spammers use them as a springboard. Mods remove low-effort content at their discretion. A brand can join discussions for a while, then share something relevant within the 10% limit.
What works
- Joining discussions before you share anything of your own
- Keeping promotion to roughly a tenth of your contributions
- Messaging the mods first if you're unsure, as rule 2 advises
- Posting AI research, news and tutorials, which is what the sub is for
What gets removed
- Promotion in your first post or comment
- Selling your own products, crypto or job offers
- "What's the best tool for X?" posts
- Low-effort content, dumps of LLM conversations and AI art galleries
The rules, summarised
- 1. Be civil and follow Reddiquette (read full)
Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience- we want this to be a welcoming and inclusive community. No hate speech/rhetoric, discrimination, bigotry, or prejudices.
- 2. Self-advertisement (read full)
Your first post or comment cannot have promo, the limit is 10%, and unsure users should modmail first. The mods say the sub is prone to scams and excessive promo.
- 3. No spam or off-topic posts
Please talk about AI or AI related topics like robotics, machine learning algorithms, computer hardware, etc. Do not use clickbait, generic, sensationalized, one word, misleading, or link addresses in titles, etc.
- 4. No selling
No selling your own products or anything in general. It's sketchy and hard to enforce. This also includes crypto, job offers, and other unverifiable content of the like.
- 5. Low-effort / low-quality content
Low effort/quality posts can be very subjective. Low effort content can include things like sloppy writing/editing of posts, lazy memes or humor posts, links to low-quality blog posts/videos, or sharing dumps of your personal LLM conversations.
- 6. NSFW content
Discussion or news about how it relates to AI is fine, just no erotic content, graphic violence, etc.
- 7. Not an AI art gallery
This is a space for sharing/discussion of AI research, news, tutorials, and politics/philosophy. It is not a venue for sharing AI art/video, whether that is low quality "slop" (which also violates rule #5) or high quality, creative AI art.
- 8. Not your anti-AI soapbox
This is a forum for sharing news, research and other information about developments in AI/ML. It is not a place to rant about how much you hate AI, attack people for using AI, post low quality "AI bad" opinion pieces, or spread anti-AI misinformation.
- 9. No false/misleading content
There is a lot of disinformation out there about AI. Some of this is overblown AI industry hype. Some of it is anti-AI entertainment propaganda. Some of it is just sloppy reasoning by Internet pundits and Tiktok influencers.
- 10. No tool requests / reading material requests
Simple 'What's the best tool for X?' or 'Where should I learn about X?' posts are removed, in part because spammers use them. Other subs such as r/MLQuestions suit those questions.
- 11. Automod
If you're about to Modmail us about your post being removed when you feel you've followed the other rules, it's most likely because of AutoMod. Basically it helps combat spammers, spambots, scammers, and trolls- this sub is excessively prone to those.
Source: the community's own rules page, read on November 7, 2026. Rules change, so check the page before you post. See also the 9:1 rule.
Frequently asked questions
Can I promote my AI tool on r/artificial?
Not at first. Rule 2 says your first post or comment can't have promo and the limit is 10%. Rule 4 bans selling your own products.
Can I ask r/artificial for the best AI tool for a job?
No. Rule 10 removes posts that are just "What's the best tool for X?" and points people to r/MLQuestions for that kind of question.
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