r/BetaReaders↗
BetaReaders: Connecting Authors with Betas
Connecting authors with volunteer betas and talking all things critique. Looking for feedback on something you've written? Want to help an aspiring author polish their manuscript? Have a critique-related question? You're in the right place! Remember—no offering services or asking for money or payments after a “free sample” in the sub!
72k subscribers839 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)648 authors / mosince 2011
r/BetaReaders has 72k members (+42% over the last 12 months). It gets about 839 posts a month from 648 people. Top topics: Writing and Horror Stories, Finished Novels and Alien Invasions.
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How r/BetaReaders has grown
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Topics and brands on r/BetaReaders
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Writing and Horror Stories1.5%
- Finished Novels0.6%
- Alien Invasions0.5%
- Free Sci-Fi Novels0.4%
- Jules Verne & Alien Adventures0.4%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Zendesk
- Reedsy
- Dropbox
- BookFunnel
- Notion
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