r/cats
ActivePictures, videos, questions, and articles featuring/about cats.
Members
7,829,988
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
April 14, 2008
Total posts
3.6M
archived
Total comments
23.8M
archived
Is r/cats dead? Active community.
r/cats is posting regularly — the latest post was today. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/cats have?
r/cats had 7,829,988 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/cats dead?
No. r/cats is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/cats created?
r/cats was created on April 14, 2008.
Can I take over r/cats?
Probably not. r/cats is still in active use, and Reddit only hands over communities whose human moderators have all gone inactive on Reddit for 60+ days. If you want a community in this niche, look for abandoned subreddits on the same topic instead — DeadSubs finds them automatically.
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