About r/bleach
In its own words:
A community for the manga/anime series Bleach and it's spinoff series Burn the Witch. Banner by /u/Aluip
Community guide
r/bleach (#671, about 1.6 million subscribers) — A community for the manga/anime series Bleach and it's spinoff series Burn the Witch. Banner by /u/Aluip A recent sample averaged 90 posts a day (~42% image, ~33% text, ~17% gallery). Its public rules include: Unrelated to Bleach or Burn the Witch; Source all fan art with the artist name in the post and the source in the comments; No NSFW Content or hornyposting; Bleach bashing; No hate speach or any of the -phobics or -isms. It is listed under “Entertainment”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Spoiler tags matter for fresh releases and endings. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Piracy talk is removed; keep to legitimate options. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Err on spoiler tags. Search before reposting common clips/questions. Avoid clickbait titles. Common flairs include: Discussion, Anime, Fanart (I made this), Schriftpost (Meme).
The community was created on Mar 5, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,309 subscribers (+0.08%). Among the 14 communities on our anime list it is number 6 by size. It sits just behind r/specializedtools (#670) and ahead of r/AccidentalRenaissance (#672) in our ranking.
What sets r/bleach apart
r/bleach is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 42% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 56.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (13:00 UTC) sees about 3.2× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/bleach climbed from 1,562,269 to 1,573,766 subscribers (+11.5K, +0.74%). That is about 225 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/bleach this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Which one had a happy ending?u/Reasonable_Growth_72 · Nov 1 · image
- "I will protect everyone with this power... Bankai!" by Rozuberry / (@Rozuberry)[Orihime Inoue in Ichigo Kurosaki Fullbring Bankai outfit]u/arisatojo600 · Nov 3 · image
- Orihime anime vs mangau/kitano_Fehn · Nov 2 · gallery
- Rangiku Matsumoto Official Artwork from Bleach: Mirrors Highu/sankalp_pateriya · Oct 31 · image
- Sometimes I miss these little comedy skits. They were part of what made Bleach so charming. (ツ)u/jcchimaera · Nov 3 · video
- Very Expected Surprise (Art by Chronozbergh)u/WhileFeisty7351 · Nov 4 · image
- The way Ichigo and Orihime looked at eachother here hit me hard.u/Mysterious_Put_1462 · Nov 3 · gallery
- Ichigo and Rengi as parentsu/Professional-Tap-772 · Nov 6 · image
- Did Blood Chains Ichigo for Halloweenu/Captain_Wide · Oct 31 · gallery
- “WH0 ARE Y0U?” illustration by meu/ihavebigboat · Nov 3 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/bleach, from 2021 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Poor ichigo was so confusedOct 13, 2024 · image
- .u/HakiIccxy · Oct 26, 2024 · image
- Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War PVu/iV1rus0 · Dec 18, 2021 · 14,644 points · 1,071 comments · video
- Old but goldu/TheHeroNeverDies · Jan 23, 2025 · image
- i tried cosplaying riruka <3u/itssiner · Feb 8, 2025 · gallery
- What other anime character is like this?u/B1WITHYURI1558 · Mar 6, 2025 · image
- Saw this insanely good unohana cosplay | credit: @s4ya.i on tiktoku/Popular_Tomorrow_204 · Jun 18, 2025 · gallery
- unfazedu/glockbonez · Feb 22, 2026 · image
- Kenny would be proud😍u/Ktyxvn_ · Jul 10, 2025 · gallery
- Should've seen it comingu/ConanCimmerian · Feb 21, 2025 · image
What r/bleach talks about
Across 598 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ichigo”, “tybw”, “aizen”, “arc” and “bankai”. Other frequent themes are anime, hell, high, ending, yhwach and rukia. Recurring phrases include “mirrors high”, “hell arc”, “soul king” and “rukia kuchiki”. By format, 42% are images, 33% are text posts and 17% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (216), Anime (133), Fanart (I made this) (74), Schriftpost (Meme) (49), Misc (39), Fanart (Someone else made this) (31).
Activity and best time to post
r/bleach gets about 90 new posts a day. The public archive holds 257,620 posts and 4,971,218 comments in total, about 19.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (111 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (64). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/bleach
The moderators of r/bleach list 13 rules. In short:
- Unrelated to Bleach or Burn the Witch
- Source all fan art with the artist name in the post and the source in the comments
- No NSFW Content or hornyposting
- Bleach bashing
- No hate speach or any of the -phobics or -isms
- No reposts
- No AI Content, Social Media, bait posts or karma farming
- Be Respectful
- No spoilers in titles, tag spoilers in comments correctly.
- Follow 48 hour rule
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/bleach 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 members does r/bleach have?
r/bleach has 1,573,766 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #671 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 11,497 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/bleach created?
r/bleach was created on Mar 5, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
Is r/bleach still active?
Yes. r/bleach gets about 90 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 257,620 posts and 4,971,218 comments. In a sample of 598 recent posts we counted 464 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/bleach?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/bleach?
The community describes itself as: “A community for the manga/anime series Bleach and it's spinoff series Burn the Witch. Banner by /u/Aluip” Recent post titles often mention ichigo, tybw, aizen, arc and bankai. Most posts are images (42%).
Is r/bleach SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/bleach as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/bleach?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/bleach accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Unrelated to Bleach or Burn the Witch”; “Source all fan art with the artist name in the post and the source in the comments”; “No NSFW Content or hornyposting”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/bleach?
Communities with similar topics include r/anime (14.5M), r/anime_irl (5.8M), r/Animesuggest (1.1M), r/AnimeART (1.9M) and r/AnimeSketch (1.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/bleach.