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r/existentialcrisiscat

Photos of cats seemingly experiencing an existential crisis. Photos of cats seemingly experiencing an existential crisis Founded 2021 · 101.6K members

101.7K members. The best post we have captured here reached 13.5K upvotes, which works out to 133 per 1,000 members.

133peak upvotes per 1,000 members
101.7Kmembers
13.5Kbest post
121most comments
396posts 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.

77% 17%
Image 77% Gallery 17% Link 3% Video 2%

What the ceiling looks like

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

My kitten realizing he exists

↑ 13.5K 💬 51 image 2024

Someone fell through the snow

↑ 10K 💬 35 image 2024

The vacuum ate one of her catnip mice 🙀

↑ 7.7K 💬 56 image 2025

Just found out santa isn't real

↑ 7.4K 💬 32 image 2024

My sister’s cat is DEEPLY disturbed at being held by my brother-in-law

↑ 7.1K 💬 41 image 2025

Two minds, locked in intense thought

↑ 7K 💬 30 image 2025

He misses his mom (my daughter) who's at the beach for a week. He's wondering if he even exists anymore. 🤔😢

↑ 6.4K 💬 36 image 2025

Her toy mouse is stuck

↑ 6.3K 💬 38 image 2025

Zuko made my kitchen look like a crime scene for no reason

↑ 5.7K 💬 121 gallery 2026

This was the exact moment my little guy realised there was a new cat on the other side of the door behind him

↑ 5K 💬 28 image 2024

Communities its size

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r/existentialcrisiscat, in numbers

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What is r/existentialcrisiscat?
r/existentialcrisiscat ("Photos of cats seemingly experiencing an existential crisis") describes itself this way: Photos of cats seemingly experiencing an existential crisis. It was founded in 2021 and has 101.6K members.
How many members does r/existentialcrisiscat have?
r/existentialcrisiscat has about 101.7K members. ViralHunt has tracked 396 of its posts; the biggest reached 13.5K upvotes, which is 133 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/existentialcrisiscat?
"My kitten realizing he exists" reached 13.5K upvotes and 51 comments in 2024, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/existentialcrisiscat.
What subreddits are similar to r/existentialcrisiscat?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/InvictaSolaris.
What kind of posts do best on r/existentialcrisiscat?
Of the posts we hold, 77% are image posts and 17% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/existentialcrisiscat?
Across 396 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 23:00 UTC (3.2K avg upvotes), Monday at 13:00 UTC (2.8K avg upvotes), Friday at 16:00 UTC (2.6K 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/existentialcrisiscat?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/existentialcrisiscat has 4.1K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 36 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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