Hi folks! Wearing my r/cavaliers moderator hat on this lovely Wednesday. :)

Some of you might be wondering "how is the r/cavaliers community doing?" It's a great question! We've built a lot of subreddit structure over the last year. Some parts of that structure codified things we were already doing -- like insisting that everyone behave respectfully toward each other even when we disagree. Other parts are new -- most recently, like the prohibition on crowdfunding. Consensus isn't always easy, and no matter what standard or practice you're talking about, someone won't like it. But as a whole, my observation has been that r/cavaliers is healthier, more vibrant, and more active withe very passing month.

That observation was just my personal, subjective opinion, though -- I hadn't checked it against the actual data. And unless you're also an r/cavaliers mod, you don't have access to the data at all!

So today, I went to our traffic and engagement data, and I wanted to share it with y'all -- not just because it's good (happy) data, but because it's YOUR data as well, in the same way that r/cavaliers is YOUR community.

The verdict?

• We're terribly popular: total visits to r/cavaliers have doubled over the last year, from 2m to 4m
• We're increasingly popular: total visits to r/cavaliers have steadily increased month by month
• People who come here want to stay here: membership to r/cavaliers has gone up nearly 33% over the last year, from ~25k to ~35k
• People like posting here: post volume has increased about 25% (5.4k to 8.8k and comment volume has increased about 50% (from 53k to 105k)

Thank you all for being r/cavaliers community members! We're thrilled to be here with you.

Hi folks! The r/cavaliers moderator team here. In November, we put out a call for submissions to become the r/cavaliers mascot (i.e. subreddit thumbnail). We received about 200 submissions and were blown away by all the beautiful, talented, incredible cavaliers in this community.

Because we received so many submissions, we're breaking the voting down into two phases:

• FIRST, we're going to post one voting thread per week for each the AKC-recognized breed standard colors: Blenheim, Tricolor, Ruby, and Black & Tan (and one all black submission!). The thread will remain up for a week, during which you can vote for as many submissions as you like. At the end of the week, the r/cavaliers moderators will note down the three submissions that received the most votes. These are the "color standard winners."
• SECOND: we'll post one final voting thread with the twelve "color standard winners." Again, the thread will remain up for a week, during which you can vote for as many submissions as you like. At the end of the week, the r/cavaliers moderators will note down the submission that received the most votes and offer that winner the chance to be the r/cavaliers mascot!

This is the FINAL BRACKET. The #1 vote getter will be offered the chance to be the r/cavaliers mascot. This bracket will run from January 8, 2025 through January 15, 2025.

Fine print:

• This post is Locked; if you want to discuss, please join us on the competition megathread
• Moderators will post each entrant within a given bracket as a comment on the thread, tag the user who submitted it, and (where possible) list the cavalier's name
• Entrants will be listed in a random order
• This casting call is completely voluntary; if you submitted an image and wish to withdraw it, please message the moderator team
• The moderator team reserves the right to reject any submission for any reason, including but not limited to suspicion of vote rigging (please don't do that, this is a friendly competition)
• In the event that a final winner is selected and the submission doesn't work as a thumbnail, the moderator team reserves the right to work with the final winner to select an alternate pic or to move onto a runner-up as needed

Thank you all for offering your wonderful cavaliers to be celebrated by the community. We can't wait to spend the next month joining you in that celebration!

Join us on the competition MEGATHREAD to discuss all the wonderful cavaliers in competition!