Have my own subreddit

So i have my own subreddit that has like 200 weekly visitors and 100 members but theres almost 0 engagement how should i continue here to grow . Is there a way to outsource " fake users " who post and make the subreddit look like its not completely dead. Thanks for answers im new to this !

100 members and barely any comments isn't unusual for a small subreddit. I wouldn't pay for fake users though. They'll just make the numbers look better without bringing real activity. Try asking members about things they actually care about and see which topics get a response.

feera said:

So i have my own subreddit that has like 200 weekly visitors and 100 members but theres almost 0 engagement how should i continue here to grow . Is there a way to outsource " fake users " who post and make the subreddit look like its not completely dead. Thanks for answers im new to this !

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IMO you shouldn't do this, since Reddit can detect it very easily and get your subreddit or even your reddit account, shadow and permanently banned.

That's what I did to grow a few of my clients' subreddits. We post content ourselves, then some posts get ranked on Google, and we start getting traffic from both Google and Reddit. After that, organic posts from real users start coming in.

you should try posting polls, questions and interesting discussions regularly to get members talking. You can also do promote the subreddit in related comunities.

Your numbers actually tell a better story than the empty comment section suggests. Two hundred weekly visitors against 100 members means a lot of people are finding the subreddit and reading without joining or posting, which is normal for a small community. Most people lurk first, and they only comment when a post gives them a clear reason to.

That is why I would be careful with the fake user idea, even though I understand the temptation. Nikolaos is right that Reddit picks that pattern up fast, and once a subreddit gets flagged it is hard to rebuild trust. What worked better in my experience is posting one thread a week that asks a real question people in your niche are already searching for, not just news or links. Something like a problem they ran into, a choice between two tools, or a mistake they made. Then answer the first couple of genuine comments properly, because that back and forth is what turns a lurker into a regular. It is slow, but those are the members who actually stick around.

With a small community size and no interaction, your topic isn't engaging enough, and you need to bring people to a more vibrant community with more open topics or suggestions to generate real interaction. You could ask experts to share impressive and compelling methods to attract people to discuss.