What % of an email list should we be able to get into a community?

I know this is like asking 'how long is a piece of string,' but I'm curious what you guys think.

I just started a community yesterday and I've sent two emails about the group to a list of 800-ish people who I email daily. So far I've only added 8 members, about 1%. Some of them are my best customers, and some of them are people who barely read my emails.

I know we can grow our communities leveraging the members themselves, and I already have plans to do so, but I don't know how long the group can have such a low member count before it starts to feel like nobody showed up to the party. Am I overthinking this?

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