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How data journalism drove 570K Reddit impressions for a side project

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer built PriceSquirrel, an EU-wide PC hardware price comparison platform, with no marketing budget. By posting data-driven posts on Reddit, the site gained 570K impressions and 16K visitors in its first month. The strategy involved sharing useful data from the platform while minimizing self-promotion.

Meridian48 take
The post offers a practical playbook for indie developers, but its success hinges on Reddit's tolerance for data posts, which may not scale or replicate easily.
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