About r/Naruto
In its own words:
Everything related to the Naruto and Boruto series goes here. Although you could also talk about the topping too.
Community guide
r/Naruto (#295, about 3.5 million) covers Naruto and Boruto. Rules require civility, FAQ reading, proper flair/titles, spoiler tags, limit low-effort posts, direct fanart/edits/cosplay to artist pages, mind self-promo, constrain VS/crossover posts, support rights holders, ban NSFW, reposts, game spam, and set OC/WIP/sketch norms. Image/Text (~112 ppd).
Naruto/Boruto canon and fandom
Series talk fits; NSFW and game-spam piles do not.
Credit artists; mark spoilers
Link fanart to the artist; flair/title properly; tag spoilers; limit low-effort.
Practical pointers
Image/text/gallery mix; Discussion/Question/Art flairs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 13, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,409 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/youtube (#294) and ahead of r/teslamotors (#296) in our ranking.
What sets r/Naruto apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Naruto leans heavily on images (43% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 32.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 87% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Naruto climbed from 3,455,486 to 3,472,208 subscribers (+16.7K, +0.48%). That is about 380 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Naruto talks about
Across 690 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “sasuke”, “uchiha”, “obito”, “kakashi” and “boruto”. Other frequent themes are character, itachi, manga, hinata, minato and arc. Recurring phrases include “uchiha massacre”, “shadow rising”, “rock lee” and “pain arc”. By format, 43% are images, 28% are text posts and 21% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (280), Question (154), Art (51), Video (40), Anime (31), Analysis (22).
Activity and best time to post
r/Naruto gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 578,267 posts and 10,118,122 comments in total, about 17.5 comments per post.
Rules of r/Naruto
The moderators of r/Naruto list 13 rules. In short:
- Be civil and respectful to your fellow redditors
- Read the FAQ
- Flair and title your post properly
- Tag Spoilers
- Limit low-effort submissions
- All Fanart, Fanedits, & Cosplays must be linked directly to the artist's page
- Be mindful of our self-promotion policy
- VS. Battle & Crossover posts
- Support the creators and rights holders
- No NSFW Content
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Naruto and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/Naruto have?
r/Naruto has 3,472,208 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #295 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,722 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Naruto?
r/Naruto was created on Mar 13, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jul 23, 2009.
How active is r/Naruto?
Very active: r/Naruto gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 578,267 posts and 10,118,122 comments. In a sample of 690 recent posts we counted 481 different authors.
What is r/Naruto about?
The community describes itself as: “Everything related to the Naruto and Boruto series goes here. Although you could also talk about the topping too.” Recent post titles often mention sasuke, uchiha, obito, kakashi and boruto. Most posts are images (43%).
Is r/Naruto safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Naruto as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Naruto?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Naruto accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil and respectful to your fellow redditors”; “Read the FAQ”; “Flair and title your post properly”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Naruto?
Communities with similar topics include r/nextfuckinglevel (10.5M), r/ethereum (3.7M), r/oddlyspecific (3.8M), r/suggestmeabook (3.4M) and r/nottheonion (26.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Naruto.