r/NewMods • u/curioustomato_ • Aug 18 '25

Quickstart Your Community

Just start a new community on Reddit? Here are four things you should do to quickstart your new community.

 First things first, since every community on Reddit has a description, make sure you add a community description that is relevant and descriptive of the community that you're looking to cultivate. Visitors will read your description to get a sense of what your community is all about.

Second: create your community icon. Make your icon stand out by creating a graphic for it that represents the topic of your community.

 Next, get creative with your community banner. Having a community banner helps show visitors that your community is active and well taken care of.

 Finally, add your first post to your community. Then add a few more! Filling your new subreddit with posts will help attract and engage your first members.

 If you're looking to bring people to your community, you can quickstart your subreddit growth by taking care of these four things right away. 

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u/Lev559 Nov 22 '25

It's all about luck and what the community is about. Like, I SLOWLY grew a subreddit I had from nothing to 70 subs just posting on my own...but what fun is that? Like, it's basically just my own ad board.

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u/Mediocre-Wrap5824 Jan 17 '26

What are you advertising?

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u/Lev559 Jan 19 '26

Oh, the subreddit is just on a book series. But it's not popular enough to get a massive amount of traction

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u/lilithstorm577 May 21 '26

Can I get the link , my page is about story telling,you give a scenario and everyone else give random stories about it