I’m really late to this because I’m going through the community posts in order, but I wouldn’t be pessimistic just yet. I’ve created a number of communities I missed from Reddit and they grew really well - they’re photo/screenshot communities though.
Confidently_incorrect is 3 weeks old, has 27 posts and 2.3k subs.
Terrible estate agent photos is 3 weeks old. 46 posts, 3.5k subs.
Don’t you know who I am? is 2 months old, 35 posts and 2.5k subs.
Clever comebacks is only a week old; 7 posts and 108 subs. I haven’t even listed that on this community yet and that where a lot of my subscribers came from for the others.
!badrealestate is the only community that anyone other than me has made a post in. I was just really diligent with posting - maybe twice a day for the first few days, then once everyday, slowing down to every other day. The only communities I’ve created that haven’t grown are the ones I haven’t posted in daily. You should keep at it - the people will come eventually!
Bonus! One brave kitty goes exploring. How old do you think that little guy is? 6 weeks?