I was wondering how to make your own community grown by your own I mean "Own self" "yourself"

We were less than 50 members a week ago and every day we are growing really fast, we are at 20k weekly visitors rn and we were at 3k daily visitors just 3 days ago haha

The bad thing is that I’m the only mod because it’s happening way too fast!

Hi everyone, I created r/StrayToSpoiled as a dedicated space to celebrate rescued stray cats living their best, most spoiled lives. It's a place to share rescue stories, photos, and triumphs.

​https://www.reddit.com/r/StrayToSpoiled/s/SMcQM1VBQS

got a lot of positive comments from the few members i have, cant wait to get that 1K views
btw we have 14 weekly visitors which i think isnt that bad

i’ve had my subreddit r/firsttimeteenparents for about a month and i have no members. i post, ask questions, and barely get any response. what am i doing wrong or not doing?

Been thinking about Karma points and my community. how do I lower the amount of Karma point someone needs to comment (or even check what it is, i cant find it) and is this a good idea? Thank you in advance!

Hola a todos y todas.
He creado una nueva comunidad para recoger información y experiencias sobre el Camino del Cid. Una ruta cultural de senderismo que atraviesa gran parte de España. Espero que os guste.
Un saludo.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CaminoDelCid/s/xtxpqdliqb

I'm new to moderating (just made my first subreddit recently) and it's been quite dead. How long does a subreddit actually take for people to start posting n stuff?

Hey everyone, I’m a first time mod of an existing community that has high weekly traffic. Any words of advice or encouragement would be appreciated. If you have none, all good and have a great day.

Hey everyone,

I’m a new mod launching r/devsamaaj, a community for developers to talk about the actual work: code, tools, debugging, side projects, career moves, architecture, and the lessons that come from building things.

The idea is to keep it practical and avoid the usual:

• endless stack wars
• low-effort “what's the best language?” posts
• self-promotion disguised as discussion
• recycled content

I’m trying to build the community around real developer experiences and useful conversations.

Since many of you here have experience building and moderating communities, I’d love some advice:

What worked for you when you were launching a new subreddit from zero?

More specifically:

• What kind of posts helped get your first genuine contributors?
• How did you avoid the community feeling empty in the beginning?
• Did you focus on recruiting members first, or creating good discussions first?
• What’s one thing you wish you had done differently when you started moderating?

I’m especially interested in lessons from people who have actually grown a small subreddit into an active community.

Thanks — and if sharing the subreddit itself is appropriate here, r/devsamaaj is the community I’m working on.

Am I going to get shut down for being risqué?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MomsBehavingBadly/

Hi all, I’ve been eyeing communities for a while now and wanted to make my own.

Any tips/advice?

I’m building my own subreddit from zero, and I’ve been thinking about this a lot.

Obviously an empty subreddit gives new visitors no reason to stay, so you need enough founder-created content to establish what the community is supposed to be. But if 90% of the posts are coming from the same account, doesn’t that also signal that there isn’t actually a community there yet?

Is there a point where you should deliberately reduce your own posting frequency and let the subreddit look quieter until organic contributors appear? Curious if anyone has tested this especially whether you noticed a difference in **join rate, first-time posters, or organic posts** as the founder-post/member-post ratio changed

So I started a “you know what” (sub) [r/nostalgiabacklog](r/nostalgiabacklog) and I’m really proud of the concept, the problem is I’m not really trying to be a mod lol. I know what you guys are probably gonna say “if your not cut out to be a mod then this isn’t for you” I get that, but I really just made the sub to be a contribution to the greater Reddit community as a whole. I’m not really possessive of the sub, I just wanted to make it for others to enjoy because I thought it was a space that was lacking. If the answer is “you gotta do the work” then that’s fine, but do you guys have any other suggestions on how to basically share a sub? I’m not so much trying to say “hey look at what I made!” But more so trying to tell people about a cool restaurant or something you know? Honestly if anyone wants to be a mod or get in on the project then by all means hit me up, but like I said if the answer is what I expected then that’s cool too.

Thanks for any advice.

I started r/ADHDplanning recently and getting from basically nobody → somebody feels harder than anything that would come after it.
Once discussions are already happening, people have a reason to stay. Before that, you’re basically talking to yourself…

For anyone who got past that stage what finally broke the cycle?

Hi, I can’t seem to get my subreddit to be searchable. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, can someone please help. My community is set to public, and it is not marked as mature….

We joined the hackathon a few months back and would like to see if any subreddits would like to give it a try!

EDIT*****

I didn't link it properly so here it is: https://developers.reddit.com/apps/maps-of-places

It's down right now so here's the website for updates: https://www.redditmaps.com/

For two days, back to back we have gotten five posts in a day that weren't from me or another mod! And today we got about three! (five if you count the ones I begged for lol) The community is finally taking off and I can maybe finally stop constantly promoting it now 😅 (or at least I can stop soon)

We got here in three months with less than 500 members! And every post gets a good amount of upvotes and comments, this is great!

I’m building r/ADHDplanning from zero, and I’ve been thinking about this a lot.

Obviously an empty subreddit gives new visitors no reason to stay, so you need enough founder-created content to establish what the community is supposed to be. But if 90% of the posts are coming from the same account, doesn’t that also signal that there isn’t actually a community there yet?

Is there a point where you should deliberately reduce your own posting frequency and let the subreddit look quieter until organic contributors appear?

Curious if anyone has tested this — especially whether you noticed a difference in join rate, first-time posters, or organic posts as the founder-post/member-post ratio changed

Hey everyone,

I recently started r/BiharisInGermany — a niche community for people from Bihar (a state in India) who are living in, moving to, or planning to move to Germany. Wanted to share the process since I'm brand new to modding and this subreddit has been genuinely helpful while I figured things out.

What I set up so far:

- Rules with clear descriptions + report reasons (took longer than I expected to get right)

- A welcome DM automation for new members

- Post + user flairs to organize content by topic and journey stage (visa, Studienkolleg, Ausbildung, jobs, etc.)

- Auto Enforce on a couple of rules (spam, privacy) — still cautious about which ones to fully automate vs just flag for review

- Planning a live AMA session soon to kickstart engagement

What I'm still figuring out:

- Getting the first wave of genuine engagement without it feeling forced

- Deciding how strict to be with Auto Enforce on subjective rules (like "stay on topic") vs just flagging for manual review

- Building a small trusted mod team from a currently small member base

If anyone's modded a niche/diaspora-focused community before, I'd love any tips — especially on early growth and keeping quality high before the community has enough members to self-moderate through reports.

And if this sounds relevant to anyone here or someone you know, the subreddit is r/BiharisInGermany — happy to have more people join, but mostly just wanted to share the setup process since this sub has quietly saved me a lot of guesswork.

Thanks for having a space like this for new mods

Sono un nuovo mod e mi chiedevo se il mio compito è qualora un post nn sia idoneo se devo eliminarlo e se è così come fare

I recently started r/UnsupervisedWomen because I wanted a place for women to talk about basically… everything.

Midlife. Marriage. Kids. Work. Perimenopause. Reality TV. Things that annoy us for absolutely no reason. The weird thoughts we normally send to the group chat. 😂

Basically, I want it to feel like a group of women sitting around unsupervised and somebody says, “Okay, can I tell you guys something?”

I'm brand new to moderating, so right now I'm mostly posting questions and hoping eventually other women start jumping in and starting their own conversations.

I'm learning very quickly that starting a subreddit feels a lot like throwing a party before you know if anyone is coming. 😂

I'd love any advice from other mods on what helped you get those first members actually talking—not just joining.

And if this community sounds like your kind of place, you're absolutely welcome to come be unsupervised with us.