r/IllegallySmolCats peaks Thursdays 4pm-6pm UTC
r/IllegallySmolCats was created on August 19, 2019, making it 6 years and 7 months old and a well-established subreddit. With 1,414,682 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/IllegallySmolCats is steadily growing, with 9,374 new members in the last 30 days.
r/IllegallySmolCats shows very high engagement relative to its size, with an average of 1704.1 upvotes per post across its 1,414,682 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.02. To reach the Hot section of r/IllegallySmolCats, posts typically need at least 153 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/IllegallySmolCats receive an average of 28.1 comments, indicating a community that primarily engages through upvoting content. Posts tend to be appreciated more through voting than through discussion in the comments.
Based on an analysis of 76 top posts from the past week, Thursday is the most active day with 17 posts reaching the top, while Monday sees the least activity with 6 posts. Weekend activity tends to outpace weekdays, suggesting a more leisure-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 4pm UTC (7 posts), 2pm UTC (6 posts), and 5pm UTC (6 posts). The quietest hours are 7am UTC, 10am UTC, and 5am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (6), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (12), Thursday (17), Friday (8), Saturday (14), Sunday (12) posts reaching the top.
r/IllegallySmolCats currently has 1,414,682 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 9,374 members (0.67%), averaging 268 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/IllegallySmolCats in the top 6% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/IllegallySmolCats has gained 23,690 subscribers (1.7%). Since tracking began 587 days ago, the community has added 143,439 total subscribers.
r/IllegallySmolCats is steadily growing, with 9,374 new members in the last 30 days.
r/IllegallySmolCats has 1,414,682 subscribers as of March 2026.
The best time to post on r/IllegallySmolCats is Thursdays 4pm-6pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/IllegallySmolCats is steadily growing, with 9,374 new members in the last 30 days.
r/IllegallySmolCats was created on August 19, 2019, making it 6 years old.
Posts on r/IllegallySmolCats typically need at least 153 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/IllegallySmolCats is a Reddit community with 1,414,682 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Home to Reddit's most illegally smol cats. Kitties so smol they should be illegal! Icon criminals by u/nmfc1987 and u/jNealB." The best time to post on r/IllegallySmolCats is Thursdays 4pm-6pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 1704.1 upvotes and 28.1 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 153. The subreddit is adding approximately 268 new members each day. Founded 6 years ago, r/IllegallySmolCats is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,347 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-03-21 15:52:21