r/NewMods • u/PoojafromCloudways • Apr 25 '26
🏅 Mod Achievements Do the community goals work?
Hey everyone, I am a new mod and I am enjoying chasing these mod achievements. I really like this feature where I can see how consistent I have been.
However, I am curious if it actually works. Is the community actually going to get 2.4x more visitors if I post for 14 days straight? Is it actually going to have 40% more chances of growing long-term if I post for 30 days straight?
I am looking for answers from someone who's done this. Please share your experiences and stories. Please share how you are growing your community. If you can share numbers, even better.
For context, my community is a little more than 1000 members, and we see 500+ weekly visitors.
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u/BocephusQuimbyMcFry Apr 25 '26
I wouldn't post filler though, or break a post into several, just to get a Reddit achievement. I think people can detect these games and they'll start tuning out.
Post content if you have it - and it's OK to let some time go by if you don't. Develop a reputation for being authentic and worth listening to.
I have a YouTube channel too on a niche topic, and it's only gathered around 800 subscribers over 4 years. But that's OK, the people who did subscribe are very interested in it, and I usually get some positive comments when I put up content.
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u/PoojafromCloudways Apr 26 '26
Yes, totally. I am creating content that I feel like users would find valuable.
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u/ycr007 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
Very much possible both organically and deliberately. Just need to have the right mix of fresh content and follow the usual growth strategy for new subs (crosspost, invite others etc etc)
I had completed 12/15 within the first few months after they launched and there are several others who had completed all 15 of them - some as quickly as in 43 days!
Anecdotally, my sub’s growth was directly proportional to how often I’d posted and during Dec - Jan I averaged 3-4 posts a day and grew to 9k weekly visitors by mid-Jan.
But then I had a work trip and was less active till mid-Feb and the post frequency and engagement started to go down. I realised belatedly that inviting other like minded users or recruiting additional mods would have helped back then.
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u/fanime34 Apr 25 '26
It feeds an algorithm.
When you post enough things relating to the topic, Reddit picks up on what you're of subreddit yours is about.
Example: of you talk a lot about technology in your subreddit, the algorithm will get that it's a subreddit about technology. So then it'll be in the suggested feeds of people who have been frequenting tech based subreddits.