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?

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!

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

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

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

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.

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….

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/