r/consulting
A community about working in consulting rather than about hiring consultants — a distinction that disappoints a steady stream of independent consultants who arrive expecting clients.
What the numbers say
r/consulting sees very few posts — about 1.8 a day — with heavy discussion on almost everything posted. The discussion is real, but its subject is careers: firm culture, exit opportunities, hours, compensation and recruitment.
| Measure | r/consulting |
|---|---|
| Members | 378k |
| Created | 2009 |
| Posts per day | 1.8 |
| Median comments | 32 |
| Text posts | 87% |
| Accepts | Links and text |
| Rules total | 7 |
| Rules on promotion | 1 |
What these numbers mean and why subscriber count is the wrong one is explained on the directory hub.
About the job, not about the buying
The membership skews heavily towards people employed at consulting firms and people trying to get hired by them. Threads about interview processes, promotion timelines and firm reputations dominate. Clients looking to engage a consultant are largely absent, because clients do not think of themselves as belonging to a consulting community.
This is a common pattern worth generalising from: a subreddit named after a profession contains the profession, not its customers. The same is true of r/marketing, r/SEO and r/graphic_design. If you sell to a profession, the professional subreddit is where you build credibility; if you sell as that profession, you need the subreddit where your buyers gather, which is named after their industry instead.
For independent consultants, that means r/smallbusiness and the vertical subreddits of the industries you serve will produce far more than this one.
Promotion rules, in the moderators' own words
1 of r/consulting's 7 rules govern promotion, advertising or soliciting, quoted verbatim:
Rule 5: No spam (e.g., ads, "free" offers, market research, homework help, surveys, blogs, AI slop)
Rule 5: No spam (e.g., ads, "free" offers, market research, homework help, surveys, blogs, AI slop)
Snapshot only — check the live rules before posting.
When to post in r/consulting
Hours whose posts drew the most discussion, across the 100 most recent:
- 15:00 UTC (10am ET / 7am PT) — averaged 96 comments per post
- 11:00 UTC (6am ET / 3am PT) — averaged 67.5 comments per post
- 19:00 UTC (2pm ET / 11am PT) — averaged 64.5 comments per post
A tie-breaker, not a rule — see why timing matters less than you would like.
Who should watch this subreddit
Vendors selling tools or services to consulting firms and their staff. Independent consultants seeking clients should look at their clients' industry subreddits instead.
Related communities: r/freelance, r/agency, r/smallbusiness, r/sales.
Frequently asked questions
Can you promote your business in r/consulting?
Generally no. Career-focused communities are typically strict about advertising and recruitment; check the current rules before posting anything commercial.
Is r/consulting good for finding leads?
Either almost nobody reads it, or promotion is banned outright. The membership is consultants rather than the people who hire them, which inverts what most independent consultants are hoping for.
How active is r/consulting?
About 1.8 posts a day from 378k members, with a median of 32 comments per post — heavy discussion on almost everything posted.
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