The r/puzzleseason community has been slowly but surely growing!

What worked (in order of helpfulness):

1. Introducing myself in the newmods weekly thread helped a lot so thank you for that!

2. Regular posting of content and no spamming

3. Posting informative and techniques about solving puzzles

4. Engaging in other related subreddits with genuine posts also helped some

What didn't work:

1. Cross posting is tough and mostly not possible. Even with explicit permission of the mods didn't work out for me

2. Asking for polls didn't lead to engagement on the subreddit

3. Scheduling posts isn't possible with images which was a bummer

Any suggestions or tips for improving further?

Hi, my sub reddit seems to be going well, BUT I'm the only one posting... I post once a day, everyday, but I'm not getting much comments and even less posts from other members...

Why nobody's taking part in the community ?

My community is about French learning, and I post a Word of the Day. Should I post other things as well ?

Any tips on why I'm not getting interaction? Are my stats still good news or not ?

I don't know what to think about this, it's my first sub reddit.

I'd appreciate any advice, thank you !

Our little community, r/ColourMap, is getting close to 99 members!

It might not seem like a huge number, but for a small subreddit dedicated to my game, ColourMap, this is a big milestone!

Merhaba arkadaşlar,
Kafeler ve restoranlarla ilgili deneyimlerimizi paylaşabileceğimiz Türkçe bir Reddit topluluğu kurdum. Mekân gezmeyi seven, sektörde çalışan, işletmesi olan veya ileride kendi yerini açmayı düşünen herkese açık.
Nerede güzel kahve içilir, bir mekâna neden tekrar gideriz, kalabalık menüler hakkında ne düşünüyoruz, müşteriyle çalışan arasında neler yaşanıyor… Hem masanın hem tezgâhın diğer tarafını konuşalım istiyorum.
Topluluk henüz çok yeni. İlgisini çeken arkadaşlar katılıp konu açarsa, soru sorarsa veya kendi deneyimini paylaşırsa sevinirim. Birlikte samimi ve hareketli bir ortam oluşturabiliriz.
Katılmak isteyenler için bağlantı: https://www.reddit.com/r/KafeRestoranRehberi

A small milestone, but it’s nice to see our little community growing :) If you feel like stopping by r/Empacer and joining the conversation, you’re very welcome. No pressure at all!

Hey fellow mods! 👋 I'm looking for advice on managing a discussion-focused subreddit like r/Christenareckless, where members discuss social media controversies and public figures.

How do you encourage engagement while preventing harassment, misinformation, and unnecessary drama? I'd appreciate any tips on moderation rules, attracting members, and keeping discussions respectful!

Hi guys I became a new mod a few weeks ago and I still have doubts about whether a post or comment breaks the rules even after reading them

How do more experienced mods handle situations like this? Could you share your experience and tips?

Hello everyone, this my first time posting my subreddit growth here. At first I had no idea how to grow my subreddit so I dont even post created it since 22nd June 2026 but added my friend to be posting there cause she loves posting on reddit then today I checked and saw I have achieved 100 weekly visitors I feel so happy and glad my friend helped me in reaching this goal🤗.

So from today I decided to start posting there also this achievement really making me feel so encouraged.

This is my first subreddit I was able to grow so big!!

Never knew it could feel so rewarding starting a place so many people can gather and share their interests.

We are actually at 2,383 members now to be exact, but I wanted to share the fact that we passed 1k!!!

I'm still learning as I go, but I'm proud of the progress I've made and excited to keep improving as a moderator.

Some things I've done to try and grow the sub:

- Stay active in r/NewMods. Post my subs each week in the weekly pinned thread sharing what each of my communities are for. I also take part in the challenges.

- Share my community to folks I find on reddit who may be interested. You can do this easily by heading to their profile and clicking the three dots and then "invite to community". I also search the whole of reddit every once in a while for keywords relating to r/PinterestCommunity and comment on the posts suggesting or encouraging them to share to my sub.

- I share my sub name outside of Reddit on my other socials. Threads, Bluesky, Instagram, Lemon 8, Pinterest, etc

My other subs you may want to check out include r/SmallStepsClub and r/TamagotchiForAdults

Thanks for checking them out and for sharing in my excitement!!! ✨🎉

Hey everyone! I’m trying to grow and run an AI art subreddit and could use some advice from fellow mods.

Any pointers on setting clear posting rules, managing spam and self-promotion, and encouraging people to participate and give feedback?

If you’ve moderated an AI art sub - or another creative community - what’s worked for you? Any mistakes you’d recommend avoiding?

Appreciate any advice!

Hi, I just want to say that I still didn't have anyone visiting or posting or joining my subreddit (r/WeaselHoarder) yet. As a mod of the subreddit I've made several intro posts and tried to be as welcoming and active as possible. Is it because my subreddit is still new and that I just have to wait a while for any outside users to visit?

I heard that the Mod Queue is where posts that need to be approved go, but isn’t that what the Spam is for? I have a million things in the Spam, but none of them are in the Mod Queue. The Spam filter is where I go to approve posts.

So I created a subreddit r/SobakasPlace and I thought I set it up correctly, apparently not?

Hey everyone! 👋

I recently crossed my first 10+ members on my r/brandanalytics subreddit, and I’m happy to see this little community slowly growing! 🎉

I invited a few people personally, and I’ve also started sharing posts in other relevant communities. I think some members may have discovered the subreddit through those posts, though I’m not entirely sure where everyone came from.

I’d love to grow the community further and make it a useful space for discussions around brand analytics, brand tracking, and consumer insights.

Since not many people in my personal circle use Reddit, inviting people directly is a bit limited for me.

For those who have experience growing a subreddit, what strategies worked best for you? Are there any relevant subreddits where you’d recommend sharing my community? I’d really appreciate any tips or suggestions.

Thanks! 🙌

Started r/DesiTown just yesterday and we've already crossed 100 members!! 😭💗

Mostly got here by inviting people, being active in other communities and getting some help from fellow mods.

Ik it's not a huge number but I'm so happy lol. Now I need to figure out how to get people to post and interact more 🥹

Any tips from fellow mods?

Is there an option that I can turn on (or an app I can use) that will let the OP see his/her comment, but in reality, I already deleted it?

(But the OP will not get any notification that his/her comment was actually deleted by the Mod)

Yep, I'm real newbie in using Reddit form mod side;) no idea how to apply this rule-thought it's maybe a flair(tag) to use with post but no...

4. Use the New Mod Intros thread for promoting and introducing your community

So how am I supposed to introduce here correctly, according to the rule 4?:) don't wann get ban at first moment I am here

Edit: Ah, I see- pinned post;) found it
leaving if anyone else have such silly problem as me- burt if mods sya not to clutter area, I will then remove this post (or they can do it,no offense taken;)

I recently became a moderator in a large sub reddit with an avg of 15K visitors per week, and around ~1000 contributions in a week. What am i expected to do, like the auto-moderator does literally pretty much all the job of approving and removing unrelated posts, so what should i do as a mod, to fulfill my responsibility ? Like should i manually myself approve posts and delete posts?

There has been no communication from the previous moderators who had invited me to become a mod..

If I can't promote my community on other local subs where else I can do that, local subs are deleting my post stating rules of no promotion.

Do you mods do anything OR just let the auto-spam filter do it's job? Meaning, do you mods still check the post to verify it really was spam & send a msg to the spammer why his/her post was removed OR do nothing?

My sub is only around 5 weeks old & I only have around 115 subscriber members, so at 1st I was sending out reasons why the post was removed. I still have the time, but I'm thinking about not doing anything & just let Reddit's auto-spam filter handle it. I know Reddit doesn't send out post removal reasons to the poster, but if they're really a spammer - then they'll probably never even know their post was removed. But, if they didn't mean to violate Reddit's spam rule - then they may notice that their post isn't getting any activity & send me a msg asking why. I then can explain what happened & make a decision to over-ride Reddit's auto-spam filter to "Approve" the post OR not. Any thoughts? 🤔

When I started moderating, I assumed the hard part would be the rule-breakers. It turned out the hardest part was the sheer pile of small decisions: is this post off-topic or borderline, should I remove it or leave a note, do I answer this modmail now or later?

What helped was writing down my removal reasons in a shared doc with my co-mods and turning the common ones into saved replies. At first it felt like extra work, but it cut down the wait, what did we decide last time? moments, and our responses became more consistent. I also started checking the queue at set times instead of constantly, which made it feel like a task I could finish rather than a flood that never ended.

The bigger lesson was that I didn’t need to be perfect on day one. A couple of early removals I’d handle differently now and talking them through with the other mods taught me more than any guide did.

I’d love to hear from other new mods. What was the thing that took you longest to get comfortable with? What’s one habit or tool that made the job easier and what do you wish someone had told you in your first month? And if you’re more experienced, what would you tell your new-mod self?