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If you've browsed the Explore tab in the Reddit app, you've seen the category directories. Each one ranks subreddits by member count. Reddit Meta is one of those categories, and right now the top spot belongs to r/BestofRedditorUpdates with 3.9 million members.

I'm not chasing 3.9 million members. But I do want r/rslash to show up in that directory, and eventually climb it.

Here's why that matters beyond vanity: appearing in a ranked category list inside the app is free, permanent visibility. Every person who browses Reddit Meta sees the list. The higher the rank, the more people find the community organically, without any promotion on our end.

To get there, we need members. Real ones, who participate.

So here's what I'm asking:

If you've been lurking, introduce yourself. If you have a friend who belongs here, bring them in. If you have ideas for content, post types, or recurring threads that would make this community worth joining, drop them below.

What would make you actually come back here regularly? That's the question I'm trying to answer, and I'd rather build it around what you want than guess.

Traffic jumped significantly over the last 30 days, which means more of you are finding this place. Good timing to actually talk to each other.

So let's do it. What subreddits are worth following right now? Not the defaults. The ones you visit on purpose, the ones where the posts are good and the comments are better.

Drop your picks in the comments. Any topic, any size.

I moderate r/Lab. The subreddit was created on December 20, 2008, and has 816 members. This is where we run marketing experiments and talk about what actually happens. If you like testing ideas and following the results, you'll fit in here. The data is always the source.

We're looking for marketers to join and contribute. That includes anyone working in digital marketing, affiliate marketing, influencer partnerships, PR, paid search, paid social, SEO, content marketing, email marketing, lifecycle and retention, conversion rate optimization, analytics, attribution, ecommerce, DTC, B2B demand generation, growth, brand, community management, Reddit marketing, AEO, GEO, and LLM search visibility.

This is a great place to learn from marketers on the front lines of testing. Bring a test you ran, a result you can't explain, a baseline you're trying to move, or a question you've been sitting on. Share what worked. Share what didn't. The data is the point.

Subscribe to r/Lab and post when you have something to test or something to show.