About r/Animemes
In its own words:
Everyday until I can’t take it anymore.
Community guide
r/Animemes (#220, about 4.2 million) is an anime meme community (catalogue description is a short joke line). Rules require posting animemes that meet quality/title standards, ban insubstantial edits, reaction memes (per rule list), reposts, engagement bait, spam/excess ads, current politics, lewd loli/shota, and require proper spoiler marking and NSFW guidelines; be nice. Image (~32.9 ppd).
Meme quality gates
Insubstantial edits and disallowed reaction-meme patterns are removed. Titles and post quality have explicit standards; mark spoilers.
Tone and safety
No current politics; follow NSFW guidelines; no lewd loli/shota; no engagement bait or excess advertising.
Practical pointers
Be nice; avoid the meme shadow-realm topics listed on-sub.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 28, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,328 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/productivity (#219) and ahead of r/UFOs (#221) in our ranking.
What sets r/Animemes apart
r/Animemes is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 87% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 17% across the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Animemes grew from 4,234,822 to 4,243,192 subscribers (+8.4K, +0.20%). That is about 190 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Animemes talks about
Across 200 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “meme”, “daily”, “nichijou”, “anime” and “halloween”. Other frequent themes are bro, happy, good, high, man and different. Recurring phrases include “daily nichijou”, “nichijou meme”, “happy halloween” and “high school”. By format, 87% are images, 13% are videos and 1% are links.
Popular post flairs: Rule 3: Weekday Reaction Meme (7), Rule 4: Repost (7), Rule 13: Engagement Baiting (6), Rule 6: Post Quality (4), Rule 1: Not a Meme (3), Rule 2: Insubstantial Edit (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/Animemes gets about 33 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,228,118 posts and 14,537,279 comments in total, about 11.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (45 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (18). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Animemes
The moderators of r/Animemes list 15 rules. In short:
- Post Animemes
- No Insubstantial Edits
- Reaction Memes
- No Reposts
- The Meme Shadow Realm
- Post Quality Standards
- Post Title Standards
- Properly Mark Spoilers
- Be Nice
- No Current Politics
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Animemes 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/Animemes have?
r/Animemes has 4,243,192 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #220 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,370 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Animemes?
r/Animemes was created on Jan 28, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Dec 30, 2015.
How active is r/Animemes?
Very active: r/Animemes gets about 33 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,228,118 posts and 14,537,279 comments. In a sample of 200 recent posts we counted 115 different authors.
When is r/Animemes most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Animemes about?
The community describes itself as: “Everyday until I can’t take it anymore.” Recent post titles often mention meme, daily, nichijou, anime and halloween. Most posts are images (87%).
Is r/Animemes safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Animemes 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/Animemes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Animemes accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and videos enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Post Animemes”; “No Insubstantial Edits”; “Reaction Memes”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Animemes?
Communities with similar topics include r/Daytrading (5.2M), r/canada (4.3M), r/soccercirclejerk (1.5M), r/memes (36.1M) and r/dankmemes (5.9M).
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/Animemes.