disco said: Was Reedit that popular 4 years ago when the Wii U launched? Click to expand...

There was already a sizable amount of folks who were on the old /r/NintendoNX subreddit, and from there, it kinda grew as any bit of content started to trickle in over time: leaks (there was an LKD AMA), rumors, the Karen memes, Joy-Con re-colors, discussions about games that could be on Switch, then the eventual Switch presentation in January, the March launch, people trying to keep up with stock, and so on.Also, the Switch is brand new, so there's gonna be a lot of buzz here and there, in comparison to what already happens in the PS4/XB1 subs. They've been around for a good while, and they have their established communities.It really is quite amazing how fast the Switch sub picked up subscribers. It took /r/WiiU four years to reach 100,000+, while /r/NintendoSwitch took a mere four months. And its growth is constant.Yes (though not as many users as today), though the Wii U sub took a long time to gain sizable traction. I'm the "most senior" active mod there (well, then more than now), and believe me, it was quite a ride. We started out much smaller than the Switch sub. When I joined the Switch mod team, it was definitely different since we started out with a ton of people right from the get-go, honestly.