Subreddit Research Worksheet

Not every community is worth your time, and some are off limits to professionals who want to promote themselves. This worksheet helps you evaluate a community before you invest effort in it, and records what you learn.

What’s inside

• A community profile section: type, size, activity and tone
• A rules review covering advice, self-promotion, links and professional flair
• Jurisdiction and unauthorized-practice checks
• A question log for recurring topics and plain-language phrasing
• A go, watch or skip decision with notes

How to use it

1. Pick a community from your candidate list.
2. Read the rules page and a month of top posts, then complete each section.
3. Log at least five recurring questions in the asker’s own words.
4. Make your decision: participate, keep watching or skip.
5. Revisit the worksheet every few months, since rules and moderators change.

Download the checklist and complete one per community.