About r/anime
In its own words:
Reddit's premier anime community.
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 8,376 subscribers (+0.06%). Among the 10 communities on our anime and manga list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/travel (#60) and ahead of r/TwoXChromosomes (#62) in our ranking. Reddit files it under the “entertainment” category and its main language is English.
What sets r/anime apart
r/anime is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 60% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 16.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 89% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 3.4× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/anime grew from 14,452,477 to 14,486,535 subscribers (+34.1K, +0.24%). That is about 851 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/anime this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Ufotable, this is a slice-of-life Anime ok? Ufotable: [Today's Menu for the Emiya Family]u/D3k4s · Oct 28 · video
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 debuted with 4.6 million views on Netflix Top 10 Non-English Shows October 19th-25thu/Partyman234 · Oct 28 · link
- BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War: The Calamity • BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen: Kashin-tan - Episode 10 discussion - FINALu/AutoLovepon · Oct 26 · text post
- Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi | New Key Visualu/zenzen_0 · Oct 23 · image
- "THE GHOST IN THE SHELL" New Animation Project Announced | Announcement Visualu/Task_Force-191 · Oct 23 · image
- 'Delicious in Dungeon' Season 2 – New Character Visualsu/Task_Force-191 · Oct 23 · image
- Overgeared Has Genuinely One of the Best/Funniest English Dub We've Gotten in Recent Memory, Makes the Anime 10x Better. First Solo Leveling, now this, Crunchyroll seems to be going hard on DUB for t…u/Electrical_Chance991 · Oct 25 · video
- I made an Anime Transitions and SFX AMV about 98 different anime-styled works included. Hope you enjoy!u/ja_noble · Oct 23 · video
- Tetsuya Chiba, renowned Japanese mangaka, dies at 87u/Zaramesh · Oct 27 · link
- Kaiju No. 8: The Movie New Visualu/Turbostrider27 · Oct 24 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/anime, from 2019 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- 'Dragon Ball' Creator Akira Toryiyama Has Passed Away at 68u/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Mar 8, 2024 · link
- I spent a week visiting the places of fifteen anime scenes in real lifeu/Greedy-Counter5461 · May 28, 2025 · gallery
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Season 3 announced!u/ArchadianJudge · Oct 25, 2020 · image
- I took the same trip that the Cinephoto Club took in mono!u/SeichiScout · Jul 21, 2025 · gallery
- Aqua in yoga pants | Konosubau/carlo_montie · Apr 28, 2020 · image
- This is not a Cigarette [Gintama]u/H-A-R-P-I-C · Sep 11, 2020 · video
- The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 2 Announced!u/Srikkk · Mar 6, 2021 · link
- 'Konosuba' Season 3 Announcedu/RobotiSC · May 28, 2022 · 28,555 points · 993 comments · image
- So some madlad went ahead and did this...u/Celized · Oct 29, 2019 · 29,151 points · 578 comments · video
- "Spice and Wolf" New Anime Announcedu/dorkmax_executives · Feb 25, 2022 · 29,222 points · 1,897 comments · image
What r/anime talks about
Looking at the titles of 681 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “episode”, “watch”, “rewatch”, “help” and “anniversary”. Other frequent themes are discussion, season, looking, recommendations, romance and kyara. Recurring phrases include “anniversary rewatch”, “rewatch episode”, “cyberpunk edgerunners” and “death note”. By format, 60% are text posts, 17% are images and 9% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (223), What to Watch? (121), Help (111), Rewatch (37), Fanart (23), Video (23).
Activity and best time to post
r/anime gets about 230 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,879,087 posts and 38,557,350 comments in total, about 20.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (236 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (194). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/anime
The moderators of r/anime list 14 rules. In short:
- Everything posted here must be anime-specific
- Do not post untagged/improperly tagged spoilers
- Flair posts correctly
- No memes, reaction images, shitposts, etc.
- Do not link to illegal content
- Do not post heavily NSFW content
- Post meta comments in the Monthly Meta Thread
- Answered questions will be removed
- Post merchandise in the Daily thread
- Fanart and cosplay posts are only allowed to be posted under certain restrictions
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/anime 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 big is r/anime?
r/anime has 14,486,535 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #61 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 34,058 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/anime?
r/anime was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/anime?
Very active: r/anime gets about 230 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,879,087 posts and 38,557,350 comments. In a sample of 681 recent posts we counted 545 different authors.
When is r/anime most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/anime about?
The community describes itself as: “Reddit's premier anime community.” Recent post titles often mention episode, watch, rewatch, help and anniversary. Most posts are text posts (60%).
Is r/anime safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/anime 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/anime?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/anime accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Everything posted here must be anime-specific”; “Do not post untagged/improperly tagged spoilers”; “Flair posts correctly”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/anime?
Communities with similar topics include r/anime_irl (5.8M), r/AnimeSketch (1.4M), r/animememes (2.1M), r/PremierLeague (5.1M) and r/movies (37.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). 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/anime.