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r/pcgaming PUBLIC
PC Gaming: Reddit's top community for PC news and discussion.
Marketing Summary
r/pcgaming is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 3,985,458 members. It currently has a positive sentiment with an engagement rate of 0.1%. With a community friendliness score of 80, this subreddit presents a low conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Strict rules against self-promotion are in place, so marketing should focus strictly on value-driven community engagement.
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Subreddit Rules
- #0: Be civil
- personal attacks, witch-hunts, inflammatory or hateful language.
- No bigotry, racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia. If you make any negative comments regarding someone's race, creed, nationality or sexuality identity you will be permabanned.
- No trolling or baiting.
- No calls for violence against any groups or individuals.
- Any account less than 90 days old may be permanently banned on the first infraction of this rule.
- spam, porn, or facilitating piracy: Self promotion is allowed but must be balanced out by a larger amount of non-promotional posting. Read our full rules [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/selfpromotion).
- Facilitating piracy is prohibited. Discussion of emulators is fine. See our [full rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/piracy) in the wiki.
- Advertisements: * Ads include, but are not limited to, chat/game server/community recruitment (i.e. Discord, TeamSpeak), contextless website or subreddit links, and listings on eBay or other sales platforms.
- affiliate/referral links: This includes Amazon, GMG tap links, Star Citizen, etc.
- Developers must be [verified](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/developers) before posting about their projects and, once they are, are not bound by rule #2.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/postingrules
- memes, PCMR language, and low-effort posts/comments: This includes memes and contextless images/screenshots/GIFs as well as anti-platform or PCMR language. Applies to threads and comments.
- All submissions should seek to create a discussion.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/postingrules
- tech support or game help questions: Tech support questions can be posted in our stickied tech support thread.
- General game related discussion is allowed, but game-specific help requests (how to defeat a certain boss or level, what loadout is best for my character, etc) and basic questions (is a game co-op, does this game have controller support, etc) aren't. Those questions would be more appropriate for the game's subreddit if it exists.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/postingrules
- questions about buying/building computers, hardware, peripherals, furniture, etc: This includes "Can my PC run this?" type questions and links showing off your computer build or asking questions about it.
- Use /r/buildapc for all PC building questions. You can also try /r/buildapcforme, /r/SuggestALaptop, /r/headphones, /r/monitors, /r/mechanicalkeyboards, and /r/mousereview for more specific questions.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/postingrules
- game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging: Game suggestions and all their variations belong in the weekly sticky that runs Fri - Sun.
- This includes friend/group/clan recruitment. You can use our Discord channel find people to play with.
- We no longer allow surveys, polls or requests for feedback. You can try /r/samplesize.
- Please don’t make requests for spare game keys or PC parts. GoFundMe and other fundraising posts are also prohibited.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/postingrules
- Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts: In addition to this, Youtube links posted by new accounts are filtered due to channel spamming.
- off-topic posts/comments: Keep posts and comments related to the topic being discussed.
- #9: Use the original source/Don't editorialize: All submissions must use the original source when available. **EXCEPTIONS**: Twitter/X, pay-walled, non-english sources and corporate earnings calls.
- Don't editorialize your titles. In the case of clickbait, or content lacking context, you may **lightly** edit the title. Read more [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/wiki/postingrules#wiki_rule_9.3A_use_the_original_source.2C_no_editorialized_titles.2C_no_duplicates).
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What is r/pcgaming?
r/pcgaming is a public Reddit community created in March 2008 with over 3,985,458 members. PC Gaming: Reddit's top community for PC news and discussion.
The community has a positive sentiment and an engagement rate of 0.1%. With a friendliness score of 80, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is not allowed, so marketing efforts should focus on providing genuine value to the community.
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