r/ProductManagement: rules, audience and how brands can post there
285,732 members. Self-promotion allowed? No. Friday Show and Tell only.
r/ProductManagement is a community of about 286,000 working product managers. It bans self-promotion and product research, with one exception: the Friday Show and Tell thread.
Paste your draft on the next page. We flag likely self-promotion and rule problems before you post.
- Members
- 285,732
- Self-promotion
- No. Friday Show and Tell only
- Created
- 2009
- Checked
- November 7, 2026
What r/ProductManagement is
Product Management
Product tooling companies that can show a real project on Fridays and also contribute elsewhere.
Can a brand post in r/ProductManagement?
Rule 1 bans self-promotion and spam and names the Friday Show and Tell thread as the exception. Rule 4 bans research of any kind, product or otherwise, even when nothing is being promoted. Academic research needs approval. The exception here is also posting a project to Friday Show and Tell. AI-generated posts and comments are banned, and career questions go in the quarterly thread. So a vendor gets one place a week to show what it built and nowhere else to run market research or a survey. A tool maker who has contributed elsewhere in the sub can use that thread, with disclosure.
What works
- Showing a project in the Friday Show and Tell thread
- Joining practice discussions as a practitioner
- Writing your own posts and comments, since AI-generated ones are banned
- Reading the top posts of the past year, which cover PM coaches, interviews and using Claude Code as a PM
What gets removed
- Self-promotion and spam outside Friday Show and Tell
- Product research and surveys, even without self-promotion
- AI-generated posts and comments
- Career questions outside the quarterly thread, and posts asking how to get started as a PM
The rules, summarised
- 1. No self-promotion or spam
No self-promotion or spam. The exception is the Friday Show and Tell thread.
- 2. Post career related comment in the quarterly thread
Questions about how to move into product management, including requests for resume reviews, and interview questions must be posted in the quarterly thread.
- 3. Follow Rediquette
The rule has a title only, with no further text on Reddit.
- 4. No research, product or otherwise
No product research, even without self-promotion, and no academic research without advance approval. Posting a project in the Friday Show and Tell thread is the exception.
- 5. No AI Generated Posts
this includes top level posts and comments.
- 6. No off-topic posts, low quality posts, or memes
This may include posts on topics that have been repeated too frequently.
- 7. No posts about how to get started as a PM
If you are getting started as a PM, use the search function and the wiki.
- 8. Post rants in the weekly rant thread
The rule has a title only, with no further text on Reddit.
- 9. Moderators Discretion
Not all content neatly falls into one of the other rules. Moderators can remove any post that they believe isn't contributing to the community and discussion of the practice of product management.
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 product tool on r/ProductManagement?
Only in the Friday Show and Tell thread. Rule 1 bans self-promotion and spam everywhere else.
Can I run a survey on r/ProductManagement?
No. Rule 4 bans research, product or otherwise, even without self-promotion. Academic research needs approval in advance.
Want help earning a place in r/ProductManagement?
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