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Cats in pants: the real reason you should bring your phone to the bathroom. This is a community where you can post pictures of cats in your pants while you go to the bathroom, It's that simple. OC content only. Founded 2013 · 108.1K members · links only

108.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached 9.7K upvotes, which works out to 89 per 1,000 members.

89peak upvotes per 1,000 members
108.6Kmembers
9.7Kbest post
163most comments
387posts 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.

78% 22%
Image 78% Gallery 22%

What the ceiling looks like

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

A week before she was living in a landfill.

↑ 9.7K 💬 57 image 2024

Why does he purr and makes biscuits while biscuits in there?

↑ 6.3K 💬 59 image 2025

She refused to leave for so long, I was forced to abandon ship, and even tucked her in

↑ 6.1K 💬 28 gallery 2025

I had been in the bathroom for only 45 minutes, but they couldn't wait.

↑ 6.1K 💬 163 image 2026

I’m not sure where he thinks he’s going

↑ 5.5K 💬 41 image 2025

From the engine to the pants in 48 hours

↑ 5.4K 💬 34 gallery 2025

Why do they do this?

↑ 5.3K 💬 89 image 2024

First time she has done this

↑ 4.8K 💬 21 image 2025

Was told to post this here. He was recently adopted and started doing this

↑ 4.5K 💬 62 image 2024

What’s the science behind the behavior?

↑ 4.5K 💬 100 image 2026

Communities its size

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r/catsinpants, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

What is r/catsinpants?
r/catsinpants ("Cats in pants: the real reason you should bring your phone to the bathroom") describes itself this way: This is a community where you can post pictures of cats in your pants while you go to the bathroom, It's that simple. OC content only. It was founded in 2013 and has 108.1K members.
How many members does r/catsinpants have?
r/catsinpants has about 108.6K members. ViralHunt has tracked 387 of its posts; the biggest reached 9.7K upvotes, which is 89 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/catsinpants?
"A week before she was living in a landfill." reached 9.7K upvotes and 57 comments in 2024, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/catsinpants.
What subreddits are similar to r/catsinpants?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/PopularCultureZone.
What kind of posts do best on r/catsinpants?
Of the posts we hold, 78% are image posts and 22% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/catsinpants?
Across 387 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 14:00 UTC (4.1K avg upvotes), Saturday at 19:00 UTC (2.5K avg upvotes), Sunday at 18:00 UTC (2.4K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Friday. 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/catsinpants?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/catsinpants has 2.9K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 3 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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