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Cats Are Assholes: here's the proof. The subreddit where the true asshole-ish nature of all cats is displayed for the world to see. Founded 2013 · 938.4K members · links only

939.1K members. The best post we have captured here reached 50.8K upvotes, which works out to 54 per 1,000 members.

54peak upvotes per 1,000 members
939.1Kmembers
50.8Kbest post
806most comments
404posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

89% 8%
Image 89% Video 8% Gallery 2%

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Back by popular demand… it’s Max! He did his best

↑ 50.8K 💬 456 image 2022

This belongs here.

↑ 44.1K 💬 296 image 2022

My catsitter sent me this

↑ 35.9K 💬 212 image 2026

Is for me?!

↑ 35.5K 💬 445 video 2022

The art and the artist

↑ 34.7K 💬 806 image 2025

Oscar

↑ 32K 💬 146 image 2023

New resident at my local SPCA

↑ 31.8K 💬 273 image 2022

There goes the blind

↑ 31.7K 💬 251 image 2025

Haven't had a meal in peace in 6 years.

↑ 31.4K 💬 194 image 2025

When being an asshole is your legacy

↑ 31.2K 💬 70 image 2025

Communities its size

Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.

r/CatsAreAssholes, in numbers

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What is r/CatsAreAssholes?
r/CatsAreAssholes ("Cats Are Assholes: here's the proof") describes itself this way: The subreddit where the true asshole-ish nature of all cats is displayed for the world to see. It was founded in 2013 and has 938.4K members.
How many members does r/CatsAreAssholes have?
r/CatsAreAssholes has about 939.1K members. ViralHunt has tracked 404 of its posts; the biggest reached 50.8K upvotes, which is 54 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/CatsAreAssholes?
"Back by popular demand… it’s Max! He did his best" reached 50.8K upvotes and 456 comments in 2022, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/CatsAreAssholes.
What subreddits are similar to r/CatsAreAssholes?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/NoFilterNews, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/Archaeology, r/illinois.
What kind of posts do best on r/CatsAreAssholes?
Of the posts we hold, 89% are image posts and 8% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/CatsAreAssholes?
Across 404 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 00:00 UTC (36.7K avg upvotes), Monday at 05:00 UTC (22.7K avg upvotes), Sunday at 17:00 UTC (17K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Tuesday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/CatsAreAssholes?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/CatsAreAssholes has 24.6K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 10 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/CatsAreAssholes, not everything the community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong. Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed. See how we measure.