Freelance, design & dev
r/freelance stats
r/freelance has 704,702 members and gets about 0.4 new posts a day. The best time to post is Sunday around 11am US Eastern.
- Members
- 705K
- Posts per day
- 0.4
- Avg comments
- 61.7
- Created
- 2008
From the subreddit: Articles of interest for freelancers and people who want to become one. Violating the rules (https://old.reddit.com/r/freelance/about/rules) will cause your post/comment will be removed and you will be banned permanently.
Best time to post on r/freelance
When this month's top 16 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.
- #1
Sun 11am
- #2
Mon 7am
- #3
Mon 10am
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Top posts this month
- Honestly, I don’t think I could go back to a regular 9-5▲ 250
- Discovered a client executed my proposal with a cheaper freelancer. How do you protect your blueprints/ideas?▲ 129
- Former client came back eight months after we wrapped asking me to "fix" what ChatGPT says about them, for free▲ 113
- tried scaling my freelance business, now having second thoughts▲ 79
- Client owes me $250 after I completed their website. Would you take the loss or pursue payment?▲ 72
Who buys on r/freelance
People hiring developers, designers and writers, and freelancers swapping clients and referrals.
Find buyers in r/freelance
Leadhoot watches r/freelance, scores every new post 0–100 for buyer intent, and alerts you within a minute of the ones asking for what you sell.
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