---
title: "Smartly for Reddit"
slug: "reddit-in-smartly"
tags: ["Reddit"]
updated: 2026-09-08T08:08:49Z
published: 2026-09-08T08:08:49Z
canonical: "docs.smartly.io/reddit-in-smartly"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.smartly.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Smartly for Reddit

Now you can build your Reddit ads in Smartly, too. Create highly targeted, on-brand ads and traffic them to Reddit at scale with Smartly’s campaign creation and automation tools.

- Create dynamic ad templates directly in Smartly.
- Enhance your assets in Smartly’s AI Studio.
- Edit your feed with or without AI assistance, and review and approve the result in with Smartly.
- Use Smartly’s versatile Reporting capabilities to analyze and optimize campaigns, including creative element level reporting and Brand Pulse.
- Automatically optimize campaign performance with Smartly’s AI enhanced Predictive Budget Allocation.

To use Smartly with Reddit, you need a Reddit account. For more information, see [Reddit documentation](https://ads.reddit.com).

## Supported campaign objectives

- Brand Awareness & Reach
- Traffic
- Conversions
- Video views
- App Installs
- Lead Generation (Coming H1’26)

## Supported ad formats

- Video ads
- Image ads
- Conversation ads
- Carousel ads
- Free-form ads (Free-form editor coming H2 2026)

## Get started with Reddit in Smartly

### Connect your account

1. In the main navigation, click the Smartly icon to go to the Homepage.
2. Click **Connect Ad Accounts** **>** Reddit.
3. Click Authorize Reddit.
4. Log in with your Reddit credentials with account administrator privileges. Smartly connects to your Reddit account and pulls in campaign data.

### Start trafficking ads

1. Add an [automation feed](/v1/docs/create-and-connect-automation-feeds) and/or a [product catalog](/v1/docs/get-started-with-catalog-ads).
2. [Create a workspace](/v1/docs/create-a-workspace).
3. [Create a campaign](/v1/docs/create-a-regular-campaign-manually), ad sets and ads.
4. [Create an image or video template](/v1/docs/create-smartly-templates).
5. [Set up your campaign with your the templates](/v1/docs/define-a-data-source-for-image-and-video-templates).
6. [Publish your campaign](/v1/docs/publish-campaigns).

### Analyze campaign performance

1. In the main navigation, click **Intelligence > Reports**.
2. Click the Reddit tab to [start building reports](/v1/docs/create-a-new-report).

### Optimize your campaign automatically

1. [Create a budget pool](/v1/docs/create-and-manage-budget-pools).
2. [Set up Predictive Budget Allocation](/v1/docs/getting-started-with-predictive-budget-allocation).

### Trigger changes and notification emails

Set up [triggers](/v1/docs/introduction-to-triggers) to take advantage of Smartly’s versatile automation.