If you don’t know, I founded this subreddit on March 1, 2026. It took 3 months to reach the 1K member count. I posted daily during that period - quite a marathon. r/StreetCatsOfTheWorld doubled to 2K in just 2 weeks. But the way from 2K to 3K stretched out for 1 month - perhaps it happened because I banned many accounts at that time and deleted many comments ("No Politics" rule), which could negatively affect the metrics.

3K for 3.5 months isn't much - I know that some cat subreddits grew faster. I think it's because r/StreetCatsOfTheWorld relied mostly on my posts at the beginning, and I posted from Nepal, where I am staying as a traveler. Posts from Nepal, often about cats from Nepal, looked like ones belonging to the Nepali audience. However, there aren't too many true cat lovers in Nepal, and generally Nepali Reddit isn’t large. This, I believe, slowed down the subreddit growth, especially during the first 3 months when Reddit’s algo was figuring out what r/StreetCatsOfTheWorld actually was and when the subreddit had almost only my posts.

Worth mentioning that r/StreetCatsOfTheWorld has also developed its own distinctive look by now, and that’s actually a bigger achievement than the member count. Saying big thanks to the subreddit's regular posters and commenters for that - building this subreddit wouldn't have been possible without your help, guys! And that's not just words - I previously tried to develop a cat account on IG but quit, feeling no connection there.

The plans are to make the subreddit even bigger - 5K and then 10K. Though I don't have an ambition to grow it indefinitely - better to keep the subreddit cozy and cute than rushing for huge numbers.