Where do my users hang out? / Designers & creatives
Where do designers hang out online?
A freelance designer exports version 14 of a logo and the client asks for version 3 back. She posts the messy file in a critique room at midnight. Designers trust the process more than the polish, so the builder who shows the ugly middle gets the reply.
That scene is a composite, not a real person. The rooms below are real, picked by hand, and nobody paid to be on this list.
The rooms where designers already talk
- r/design_critiques: Ask for critique; mention the tool in context.
- r/UI_Design: UI craft conversations.
- r/graphic_design: Working designers; no cold ads.
- Graphic Design Stack Exchange: Craft Q&A; help with the file, then mention what you built.
- User Experience Stack Exchange: UX research and interaction design questions.
- Friends of Figma Discord: Figma community chat; show a messy file, ask for critique.
Rules change. Read each sidebar before you post, and check whether self-promotion is allowed at all.
How to post there without getting removed
Show the messy file before the polished export.
- Write a post that is useful even if nobody clicks your link.
- Say plainly that you are the maker. People forgive a builder; they do not forgive a disguise.
- Stay for an hour and answer every reply. The comments are where the first users come from.
- Post in one room, learn, then adapt the words for the next. The same text pasted into three rooms reads as spam in all three.
Your next two moves
Run the finder on your own app →
The finder matches your one-line description against every niche map, then gives you a checklist, a share link and a fill-in-the-blanks first post written for r/design_critiques.
Then find designers on X: seven saved searches that catch people describing the problem right now, built for the word figma. Change it to your own.
Builder rooms, for feedback rather than customers
- r/SideProject: Best default builder room for "I made this."
- r/indiehackers: Solo founders; revenue and lessons beat polish.
- r/alphaandbetausers: Ask for specific testers and say what they get.
- r/roastmystartup: Cheap, blunt landing-page critique.
Builders give great critique and rarely pay. Use these for testers, then go back to the rooms above. More in Best subreddits to launch a SaaS.
FAQ
Where can I find designers as early users?
Start with r/design_critiques, r/UI_Design, r/graphic_design, Graphic Design Stack Exchange, User Experience Stack Exchange, Friends of Figma Discord. These are rooms where designers already discuss the problems they want solved. Read each sidebar before posting; rules change.
How do I post to designers without getting removed?
Show the messy file before the polished export. Say you are the maker, make the post useful without the click, and stay to answer every reply.
Is this list paid or sponsored?
No. Get100Users picked these rooms by hand for its free finder. Nobody paid to be listed.
Other niche maps
Freelancers & solo operators · Shopify & ecommerce sellers · Teachers & education · Self-hosted & open source · Developers & tooling · Writers, content & SEO · Marketers & agencies · Sales & CRM · Productivity & notes · AI tools & assistants · No-code & builders · Personal finance & money · Health & fitness · Parents & families · Real estate & landlords · Legal & compliance · HR & recruiting · Music & audio · Games & game makers · Pet owners · Remote & distributed teams · Privacy & security
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