r/IllegallySmolCats
r/IllegallySmolCats is an Animals & Nature community on Reddit with 1,445,396 members, ranking #22 of 2,035 in Animals & Nature. Home to Reddit's most illegally smol cats. Kitties so smol they should be illegal! Icon criminals by u/nmfc1987 and u/jNealB.
How big is r/IllegallySmolCats?
Created in 2019, r/IllegallySmolCats has had 7 years to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Animals & Nature it ranks #22 of 2,035 communities we track — the top 1.1% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 945× the median Animals & Nature subreddit, which has 1,530 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Animals & Nature community we track is r/aww with 37,830,289 members — roughly 26 times the size of r/IllegallySmolCats. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2019 sits in the later wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/IllegallySmolCats on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 1,445,396 |
|---|---|
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Rank in category | #22 of 2,035 |
| Created | 2019 |
| Category median size | 1,530 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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