Where do my users hang out? / Pet owners
Where do pet owners hang out online?
A first-time dog owner is googling at 3 a.m. whether it is normal for a puppy to eat a sock. Pet rooms are warm and suspicious at the same time. A story about your own pet beats any growth hack.
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 pet owners already talk
- r/dogs: Dog people; value first.
- r/cats: Cat people; same rule.
- r/pets: General pet care.
- Pets Stack Exchange: Practical pet-care Q&A; a story about your own pet beats any pitch.
- Mumsnet Talk (pets threads): Parent forums often cover pets too; lurk and help first.
Rules change. Read each sidebar before you post, and check whether self-promotion is allowed at all.
How to post there without getting removed
A story about your own pet beats any growth hack.
- 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/dogs.
Then find pet owners on X: seven saved searches that catch people describing the problem right now, built for the word puppy. 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 pet owners as early users?
Start with r/dogs, r/cats, r/pets, Pets Stack Exchange, Mumsnet Talk (pets threads). These are rooms where pet owners already discuss the problems they want solved. Read each sidebar before posting; rules change.
How do I post to pet owners without getting removed?
A story about your own pet beats any growth hack. 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
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