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r/cats

SteadyHome & hobbyCreated Apr 14, 2008

Cat photos, stories, and questions from owners and admirers.

Compare in the tracker How these metrics are defined
3.5Mweekly visitors · 28-day average, observed Aug 30, 2026
9.4Mmembers · observed Aug 30, 2026
87.1Kcontributions · week of Jul 27, 2026
Since 2021membership records in the public showcase

Fixed weekly detail

Weekly activity in r/cats

Compare complete weeks of contributions and contributors across their displayed periods.

Weekly contributionsPublic posts plus comments, r/cats
latest 87.1Kweek of Jul 27, 202652-week average 75.1K
27.2K45.8K64.4K83K101.6KAug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Jul 26Weekly contributionspeak 93.5K · Jun 22, 202627.2K64.4K101.6KAug 25Feb 26Jul 26peak 93.5K · Jun 22, 2026

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total. Weeks of Aug 4, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026.

Weekly contributorsUnique accounts contributing, r/cats
latest 50Kweek of Jun 22, 202652-week average 40.7K
30.8K36.9K43K49.1K55.2KJun 25Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Weekly contributorspeak 52.6K · Jul 21, 202530.8K43K55.2KJun 25Dec 25Jun 26peak 52.6K · Jul 21, 2025

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total. Weeks of Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026.

SteadyActivity pattern

r/cats shows no strong, consistent direction across contributions and contributors. Individual weeks can still vary.

Activity range
1.50×
Busiest four-week period relative to the quietest, after removing the trend. A ratio of 2.5× or more indicates concentrated activity.
Contributions
+10.6%/yr
Annualized trend across the displayed contribution period, using a robust fit that reduces the influence of individual spikes.
Contributors
-11.1%/yr
Trend in distinct contributing accounts across the displayed contributor period. Rising or cooling requires agreement between both measures.

Reach and participation

Visitors and contributions

Compare audience reach with participation over the shared period. Visitor counts are smoothed over 28 days, so short bursts can appear later and less sharply.

Reach × participationWeekly visitors and weekly contributions, one timeline
Visitors · left scaleContributions · right scale
3M3.6M4.2M35.3K64.4K93.5KSep 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Jul 26Weekly visitorsWeekly contributions3M3.6M4.2M35.3K64.4K93.5KSep 25Feb 26Jul 26

Historical comparison through Aug 2, 2026. Visitors are a 28-day average; contributions are complete Monday–Sunday UTC totals. The two lines use separate scales, so compare their timing and direction rather than their heights.

The long view

Membership over time

Monthly member counts for r/cats, from the first available month shown below.

Membership since 2021Members over time, r/cats
9.4M+162.3% since Sep 21
4M6.5M9MSep 21Dec 22Mar 24Jun 25Aug 26Members4M6.5M9MSep 21Mar 24Aug 26

Latest available reading in each month. The vertical axis follows the observed range and does not start at zero.

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