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r/WhyCatHowCat↗

Cats doing weird and seemingly impossible things. Why? Because they are cats. How? They are cats.

60k subscribers80 posts / mo in Sep 202666 authors / mosince 2020

r/WhyCatHowCat has 60k members (+103% over the last 12 months). It gets about 80 posts a month from 66 people. Top topics: Cat Adventures & Oddities, Cat Fights & Feuds and Cat Behavior & Interactions.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+103%in 12 months · +8.0% in 3 months · +2.5% in 1 month
Oct 202660k
Growing60k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jun 2020)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+1500%vs Sep 2025 · +42% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202680
BusierPeaked at 171 in Jul 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/WhyCatHowCat

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Cat Adventures & Oddities2.7%
  2. Cat Fights & Feuds2.4%
  3. Cat Behavior & Interactions2.3%
  4. Cat Sleep Poses & Behaviors2.3%
  5. Cat Faces & Behaviors1.7%

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research