r/catpictures peaks Saturdays 6pm-8pm UTC
r/catpictures was created on August 24, 2009, making it 16 years and 7 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 192,348 members, this is a mid-size community that has built a substantial following and typically sees consistent daily activity.
r/catpictures is steadily growing, with 747 new members in the last 30 days.
r/catpictures shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 76.7 upvotes per post across its 192,348 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.08. To reach the Hot section of r/catpictures, posts typically need at least 3 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/catpictures receive an average of 5.8 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 46 top posts from the past week, Saturday is the most active day with 8 posts reaching the top, while Sunday sees the least activity with 5 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 6pm UTC (7 posts), 12pm UTC (6 posts), and 8pm UTC (5 posts). The quietest hours are 4am UTC, 4pm UTC, and 1am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (7), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (6), Thursday (8), Friday (6), Saturday (8), Sunday (5) posts reaching the top.
r/catpictures currently has 192,348 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 747 members (0.39%), averaging 21 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/catpictures in the top 12% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/catpictures has gained 1,976 subscribers (1.04%). Since tracking began 597 days ago, the community has added 13,837 total subscribers.
r/catpictures is steadily growing, with 747 new members in the last 30 days.
r/catpictures has 192,348 subscribers as of March 2026.
The best time to post on r/catpictures is Saturdays 6pm-8pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/catpictures is steadily growing, with 747 new members in the last 30 days.
r/catpictures was created on August 24, 2009, making it 16 years old.
Posts on r/catpictures typically need at least 3 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/catpictures is a Reddit community with 192,348 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Pictures of cats!" The best time to post on r/catpictures is Saturdays 6pm-8pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 76.7 upvotes and 5.8 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 3. The subreddit is adding approximately 21 new members each day. Founded 16 years ago, r/catpictures is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,347 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-03-28 13:41:00