r/CAguns

California Guns

Founded April 2014 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 10

This subreddit is for the civil discussion of all things regarding California gun laws, rules, regulations and ownership.

Members

121,244

121K

Online now

not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

20.7

from the last 100 posts, spanning 4.8 days

Comments per post

no sample yet

Growth · 7d

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

not assessed yet

Last post

Sep 10

sampled Sep 10

Distinct posters

91%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Sep 10 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

Member growth

Tracking since Sep 10 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/CAguns — frequently asked

How many members does r/CAguns have?

r/CAguns has 121,244 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 10. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/CAguns growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/CAguns yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Sep 10; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/CAguns?

Around 20.7 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 4.8 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.

When was r/CAguns created?

r/CAguns was founded in April 2014 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Who posts in r/CAguns?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 91% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 10. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.

Can I promote my product in r/CAguns?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/CAguns yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.

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r/CAguns Subreddit Stats — 121K members, 20.7 posts/day