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r/seniorkitties

Senior Cats. This is a group for owners of senior cats. Post pictures, stories, or just to talk. Founded 2014 · 186.6K members

187.3K members. The best post we have captured here reached 68.6K upvotes, which works out to 366 per 1,000 members.

366peak upvotes per 1,000 members
187.3Kmembers
68.6Kbest post
3Kmost comments
424posts 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.

47% 33%
Gallery 47% Image 33% Text 6% Link 6% Video 5% Question 3%

The topics it labels

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What the ceiling looks like

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

rescued this abandon senior kittie (12) while i was on a run, adopted him

↑ 68.6K 💬 1.6K gallery 2025

I went to the shelter and asked for the oldest cat they had. Meet 14-year old Picasso.

↑ 33.8K 💬 662 image 2023

Saying goodbye to my 12 year old soul cat tomorrow

↑ 30.4K 💬 1K image 2024

Lillian (18) passed away at 6:30 today. I am devastated. 💔

↑ 25.5K 💬 924 gallery 2024

Sweet elderly man at the shelter 💔 estimated age is 11 years

↑ 25.3K 💬 647 gallery 2024

My cat Chloe, 18 years old, passed away at 9:24 am today

↑ 25.2K 💬 831 gallery 2025

My sweet girl (19.5) died this morning

↑ 24.9K 💬 1.1K image 2024

My Mom Lost Her Best Friend Today- 20 Years Together

↑ 24.9K 💬 335 image 2026

20 year old Grandma Shadow getting to see the world

↑ 24.7K 💬 209 video 2025

this is Kubik, he is 14 years old and he does not have ears. I adopted him yesterday, his owner died and nobody wanted him :( he is the cuddliest lov…

↑ 21.8K 💬 679 gallery 2025

Communities its size

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r/seniorkitties, in numbers

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What is r/seniorkitties?
r/seniorkitties ("Senior Cats") describes itself this way: This is a group for owners of senior cats. Post pictures, stories, or just to talk. It was founded in 2014 and has 186.6K members.
How many members does r/seniorkitties have?
r/seniorkitties has about 187.3K members. ViralHunt has tracked 424 of its posts; the biggest reached 68.6K upvotes, which is 366 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/seniorkitties?
"rescued this abandon senior kittie (12) while i was on a run, adopted him" reached 68.6K upvotes and 1.6K comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/seniorkitties.
What subreddits are similar to r/seniorkitties?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Leakednews, r/SpaceXBets, r/circled, r/International, r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI.
What kind of posts do best on r/seniorkitties?
Of the posts we hold, 47% are gallery posts and 33% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/seniorkitties?
Across 424 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 01:00 UTC (22.5K avg upvotes), Saturday at 01:00 UTC (11.7K avg upvotes), Thursday at 22:00 UTC (9.8K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Wednesday. 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/seniorkitties?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/seniorkitties has 16.3K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 34 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/seniorkitties, 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.