r/SearchAdvertising is a subreddit with 6k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses google ads, ppc, ads, microsoft advertising, and agency.
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Popular Themes in r/SearchAdvertising
#1
Advice Requests
: "Agency owners, how did you grow out of the "freelance" stage?"
31 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Hot take: GA4 still sucks. Bad. Been diving deep into creating custom reports & collections. Data viz is still so limited. Line graphs don't stack, can't customize # of rows, not all metrics are there."
17 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Smart shopping back?"
13 posts
#4
News
: "Search Engine Roundtable Episode #194: Greg Finn On Why Google Ads Will Decline"
5 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Building A Successful Micro-Agency is OUT! Excited that it's finally being published, after a year of writing & editing. It's everything we know about building agencies. Because scaling does not necessarily = more profit. And it definitely doesn't = more time."
4 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Huge money saver - Max. CPC's in portfolio bid strategies"
3 posts
#7
Opportunities
: "Gaining clients through inbound leads (why we don’t do pitches, RFPs, or cold calling)"
2 posts
#8
Ideas
: "Automating Written PPC Reports: Seeking Feedback on a Chrome Extension Idea"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/SearchAdvertising
#1
Google Ads
: "Google Ads Ecom is dying a death (and other woes)"
115 posts
#2
Ppc
: "Ppc industry economic predictions for 2023: it’s going to be a wild ride"
62 posts
#3
Ads
: "Newbie Question regarding Ads"
11 posts
#4
Microsoft Advertising
: "Microsoft Advertising Shopping campaigns reporting enhancements"
9 posts
#5
Agency
: "Im thinking of leaving my Agency and going out on my own....how much is your minimum fee? (for freelancers)"
9 posts
#6
Performance Max
: "Google Ads' liaison says that new customer acquisition goals are coming to Performance Max...we'll see how expansive these additions actually are!"
9 posts
#7
Conversion Tracking
: "Google Ads Account Audits Part 1 - Conversion Tracking"
9 posts
#8
Search Marketing
: "First steps with Search Marketing - input needed :)"
8 posts
#9
Digital Marketing
: "My 1 sentence summaries of the 10 biggest stories in Digital Marketing last week"
7 posts
#10
Headlines
: "Top Search Headlines Today"
7 posts
Flair Used in r/SearchAdvertising
#1
Discussion
: "I’ve gotten 41 DMs in the past month, and 37 of them were asking about SMMAs, so I wrote a post about why the model is fundamentally flawed."
50 posts
#2
News
: "Google Ads Tests Disabling Campaign Settings To Opt Out Of Search Partners & Display Network"
33 posts
#3
Community Updates
: "3000 members!"
5 posts
#4
Promotional
: "Coming soon: "Building A Successful Micro-Agency", our latest book on creating a sustainable and profitable model for small digital agencies. Look for it in the next couple weeks! I'll be doing a giveaway here on Reddit for a half-dozen copies."
3 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "Tired of checking Google's display ad requirements for static banner sizes? I made a zip file of templates with all the appropriate banner sizes."
3 posts
Member Growth in r/SearchAdvertising
Yearly
+782 members(15.9%)
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Last updated: June 10, 2026