r/indiehackers is a subreddit with 187k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, looking, looking for a cofounder, looking for technical co founder, and tech, 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
Self-Promotion
: "I built a site with free self-guided audio walking tours for many major cities . Would love feedback. =)"
4 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I built a tool that turns news/RSS into ready X posts - looking for honest feedback"
3 posts
#3
Ideas
: "What are you building? Drop your SaaS or Tool with links in the comments"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Free website audit to show up in ChatGPT"
1 post
#5
Pain & Anger
: "I built 95% of my startup myself. It works. I'm the bottleneck. I think I'm burnt out."
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "🎉 Limited-Time Deal: Get Offlink Lifetime Premium for $99 (First 100 Users Only) 🚀"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/indiehackers
#1
Looking For A
23 posts
#2
Looking
15 posts
#3
Looking For A Cofounder
13 posts
#4
Looking For Technical Co Founder
11 posts
#5
Tech
10 posts
#6
Co Founder
8 posts
#7
Build
8 posts
#8
Built
7 posts
#9
Ai
6 posts
#10
Developer
6 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
Self Promotion
: "Looking for the Beta testers"
10 posts
#2
Sharing story/journey/experience
: "I just launched a backlink exchange for founders that never does 1:1 swaps — links move in loops of 3–5. Would love brutal feedback."
9 posts
#3
General Question
: "Small business owners: how do you currently collect Google reviews from customers?"
6 posts
#4
Knowledge post
: "Free website audit to show up in ChatGPT"
4 posts
#5
Technical Question
: "Everyone vibecodes. Nobody measures. Building a benchmark that does — need testers!"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/indiehackers
Yearly
+84k members(82.3%)
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Last updated: August 12, 2026