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r/pokemongo

Pokémon GO - Discover Pokémon in the Real World!

r/pokemongo is an active safe-for-work Reddit community for Pokémon with 5,711,356 members (#149 in our Top 1000) and about 330 new posts a day.

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Rank (SFW Top 1000)#149
Subscribers5.7M
Growth since Oct 19+3.1K
Posts per day335
Posts all time2M
CreatedNov 2014
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About r/pokemongo

In its own words:

Reddit's No1 subreddit for Pokemon Go, Niantic's popular mobile game!

The community was created on Nov 14, 2014, which makes it 11 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,069 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 18 communities on our Pokémon list it is the largest.

What sets r/pokemongo apart

r/pokemongo is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 56% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 9% across the Top 100. People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 7.7 comments per post, against 16.2 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 58.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 98% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 4.0× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

5.71M5.70MSep 19Oct 29, 2026

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/pokemongo climbed from 5,698,103 to 5,711,356 subscribers (+13.3K, +0.23%). That is about 331 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

Top posts on r/pokemongo this week

This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 30, 2026).

  1. I got two North Korea postcards!u/kmonay89 · Oct 27 · image
  2. Mega Heracross is just TOO GOOD bro💀😭u/MAQMASTER · Oct 27 · video
  3. Easy achievement!u/jaczerk · Oct 23 · image
  4. 10k route approved!u/Paravastha · Oct 27 · image
  5. Literally the very first Pumpkin I Openedu/nick-willnotcount · Oct 26 · image
  6. Remember when they changed all the pokemon to the OG sprites? I don’t remember why, but it was so cool! Photo is from 2018.u/Ghettoblaster42069 · Oct 27 · image
  7. August 30, 2016 - the early daysu/KingPre · Oct 28 · video
  8. Well this happened...u/TheUndeadChef · Oct 29 · image
  9. Do we know what this is for?u/HackneyNana · Oct 26 · image
  10. First Shiny & of course it sucks.u/Alive_Honey_6208 · Oct 28 · image

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/pokemongo, from 2016 to 2024, ranked by Reddit.

  1. My dog passed last year but i we able to immortalise her in a Pokéstopu/looptarded · Oct 30, 2024 · image
  2. Magikarp used burn.Aug 2, 2016 · 9,461 points · 825 comments · link
  3. Yes I'm a casual player, please don't hurt meu/MindstormAndy · Nov 19, 2020 · image
  4. My experience in the past weekJul 15, 2016 · 9,601 points · 1,261 comments · video
  5. Another positive use...u/BrimstoneJack · Jul 12, 2016 · 8,797 points · 1,056 comments · image
  6. I'm with this guyu/BryceAlanThomas · Jan 26, 2017 · 42,466 points · 1,041 comments · link
  7. Nailed it!u/Gr3gy · Jul 14, 2016 · 6,630 points · 1,325 comments · link
  8. "PokemonGoApp hurt itself in its confusion"Sep 15, 2020 · image
  9. Finally reached this milestone!u/GrayFox_NL · Jul 20, 2016 · 6,361 points · 609 comments · image
  10. How Pokemon GO spawns their commonsu/Nixolas · Aug 8, 2016 · 7,279 points · 1,496 comments · video

What r/pokemongo talks about

Across 698 recent posts (Oct 22–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “shiny”, “pokemon”, “rare”, “event” and “raid”. Other frequent themes are raids, wild, caught, lucky, pokémon and finally. Recurring phrases include “lucky trinket”, “bottle cap”, “explorer gadget” and “wild area”. By format, 56% are images, 21% are text posts and 19% are galleries.

  • shiny 79
  • pokemon 37
  • rare 25
  • event 21
  • raid 21
  • raids 21
  • wild 20
  • caught 20
  • lucky 19
  • pokémon 19
  • finally 18
  • good 15
  • hundo 15
  • worth 15
  • dynamax 15
  • catch 15
  • trade 14
  • mega 14

Popular post flairs: Question (241), Non AR Screenshot (150), Shiny (117), Discussion (65), Complaint (29), Bugs (25).

Activity and best time to post

r/pokemongo gets about 330 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,985,864 posts and 15,325,402 comments in total, about 7.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (402 posts) and the quietest was Monday (221). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.

00: 920001: 6902: 8403: 610304: 5505: 4706: 350607: 3908: 6309: 530910: 6411: 6912: 1021213: 12514: 11115: 1111516: 11217: 12618: 1391819: 10120: 9521: 1032122: 12323: 89
Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026
Images 56%Text posts 21%Galleries 19%Videos 2%Links 2%

Rules of r/pokemongo

The moderators of r/pokemongo list 8 rules. In short:

  1. Be civil. Don't insult or attack each other, or share nsfw content.
  2. All posts must be DIRECTLY related to POGO. Feedback for the subreddit should be in modmail
  3. Do not post or advocate for cheating. We follow Niantics TOS in this sub.
  4. Marketing
  5. Please don't post image macros (memes) w/o PoGo assets
  6. Please use megathreads when available
  7. Please don't sell or trade
  8. Trainer codes should not be shared here. Use the affiliated discord or relevant subreddit.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/pokemongo 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/pokemongo have?

r/pokemongo has 5,711,356 subscribers, which makes it the #149 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,253 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

When was r/pokemongo created?

r/pokemongo was created on Nov 14, 2014, so it has been around for 11 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Nov 18, 2014.

Is r/pokemongo still active?

Yes. r/pokemongo gets about 330 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,985,864 posts and 15,325,402 comments. In a sample of 698 recent posts we counted 619 different authors.

What is the best time to post in r/pokemongo?

Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/pokemongo?

The community describes itself as: “Reddit's No1 subreddit for Pokemon Go, Niantic's popular mobile game!” Recent post titles often mention shiny, pokemon, rare, event and raid. Most posts are images (56%).

Is r/pokemongo SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/pokemongo 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/pokemongo?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/pokemongo accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil. Don't insult or attack each other, or share nsfw content.”; “All posts must be DIRECTLY related to POGO. Feedback for the subreddit should be in modmail”; “Do not post or advocate for cheating. We follow Niantics TOS in this sub.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/pokemongo?

Communities with similar topics include r/pokemon (4.9M), r/kpop (3.9M), r/realestateinvesting (2M), r/theydidthemath (2.5M) and r/pcmasterrace (16.4M).

Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/pokemongo.