r/indiehackers is a subreddit with 174k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses built, tired, looking for, ai, and startup, and they frequently recommend/review payment gateway, tech stack, and residential proxy.
IndieHackers is a subreddit focused on people who bootstrap their way to success by building products.
Popular Themes in r/indiehackers
#1
Advice Requests
: "I underestimated what "let users connect a custom domain" actually takes. Sharing what I learned."
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I rebuilt my AI visibility checker after realizing llms.txt was the wrong center of gravity"
3 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I’m a dev who genuinely hates marketing. So I built something to solve it and It got me my first sale"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "We built the first version of our fundraising tool. What should we build next?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/indiehackers
#1
Built
: "We Built the first version of our fundraising tool. What should we build next?"
67 posts
#2
Tired
48 posts
#3
Looking For
29 posts
#4
Ai
: "I submitted my Ai tool to 100+ directories manually. Here's the honest breakdown of what worked."
20 posts
#5
Startup
13 posts
#6
Saas
13 posts
#7
App
: "Selling 3 Apps"
13 posts
#8
Struggling
12 posts
#9
Tool
: "How do you do quick market/competitor research for a new Tool without losing days to it?"
10 posts
#10
Marketing
: "I’m a dev who genuinely hates Marketing. So I built something to solve it and It got me my first sale"
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/indiehackers
Payment Gateway
17 reviews
#1
DoDo Payments
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
Stripe
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
RazorPay
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Tech Stack
15 reviews
#1
PostgreSQL
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Vercel
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Stripe
5.0★ from 1 review
Residential Proxy
10 reviews
#1
Bright Data
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Storm Proxy
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
IPRoyal
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/indiehackers
#1
Sharing story/journey/experience
: "Friday Share Fever 🕺 Let’s share your project!"
18 posts
#2
Self Promotion
: "Share what you're building"
13 posts
#3
General Question
: "Has anyone here launched on AppSumo? Worth it for early traction/capital?"
7 posts
#4
Knowledge post
: "How do you actually find proven newsletter business models that make money in 2026?"
4 posts
#5
Technical Question
: "I built an Inner Economy tool that maps where your energy actually goes"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/indiehackers
Yearly
+95k members(118.7%)
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Last updated: June 4, 2026