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r/manga vs r/anime

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Anime screen community vs manga page community

r/anime describes itself as Reddit’s premier anime community and requires posts to be anime-specific. r/manga covers manga—and notes manhwa/manhua are okay too—for weekly chapters, recommendations, collections and related talk.

In our directory, anime is larger (about 14.5M members, rank #61) than manga (about 4.8M, rank #189). Activity samples show both as busy (~225 vs ~155 posts/day). Anime’s sample mixed text with images, video, galleries and links; manga’s sample leaned more toward links, text, galleries and images.

Keep episode, season and anime-media discussion in anime (with spoilers flaired). Take chapter discussion, print/read recommendations and manga-specific finds to manga—without licensed rip links, per its short rule titles.

Choose r/anime for anime-specific news and discussion with proper spoiler flair.
Choose r/manga for manga/manhwa/manhua chapters, recs and collection talk.
Directory rank is listing order; manga sits outside the current Top 100 cut on SubMouse profile pages unless allowlisted.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/manga

/r/manga: manga, on reddit.

Everything and anything manga! (manhwa/manhua is okay too!) Discuss weekly chapters, find/recommend a new series to read, post a picture of your collection, lurk, etc!

Members: 4.8M
7-day growth: +1.5K
Posts/day: 155.1
Directory rank: #189
Created: Aug 9, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: links 34%, text posts 27%, galleries 21%

Topics: Manga

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Disrespectful
Follow submission guidelines when applicable.
Referral/Profiteering/Soliciting Link/Site
Not Manga/Manhwa/Manhua Related
Missing Source
Licensed Release Rip
Untagged Spoilers
Duplicate Link Post
Excessive or Aggregate Site Self-Promotion

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About this community: r/manga covers manga (and allows manhwa/manhua): weekly chapters, recommendations, collections, and discussion. Rank #189 (about 4.8 million subscribers). Rules ban hentai/meme macros, licensed release rips, untagged spoilers, missing sources, and excessive site self-promo.

r/anime

/r/Anime

Reddit's premier anime community.

Members: 14.5M
7-day growth: +6.2K
Posts/day: 224.9
Directory rank: #61
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 59%, images 19%, videos 9%

Topics: Anime

Rule titles (short names we collected)

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
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
Restricted content
Clip/Video Edit submissions are only allowed to be posted under certain restrictions
Bots and novelty accounts are not allowed

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About this community: r/anime ranks #61 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 14.5 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: Reddit's premier anime community. Moderation themes that shape the room include: Everything posted here must be anime-specific; Do not post untagged/improperly tagged spoilers; Flair posts correctly; No memes, reaction images, shitposts, etc..

Supported differences

Aspect	r/manga	r/anime
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	Everything and anything manga! (manhwa/manhua is okay too!) Discuss weekly chapters, find/recommend a new series to read, post a picture of your collection, lurk, etc!	Reddit's premier anime community.
Size r/anime is larger in our directory (about 3×).	4.8M members	14.5M members
Posting activity (our sample)	155.1/day	224.9/day
Common post types in our sample	links 34%, text posts 27%, galleries 21%	text posts 59%, images 19%, videos 9%
Topic tags on SubMouse	Manga	Anime
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Disrespectful; Follow submission guidelines when applicable.; Referral/Profiteering/Soliciting Link/Site; Not Manga/Manhwa/Manhua Related; Missing Source	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

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

For r/anime we collected short rule titles including anime-specific posts only; spoiler tagging; correct flair; no memes/reaction images/shitposts; no illegal content links; limits on heavy NSFW; meta in the monthly thread; answered questions removed; merchandise in the daily thread; fanart/cosplay restrictions.

For r/manga: disrespectful conduct; submission guidelines; bans on meme/image-macro or hentai posts; no referral/profiteering; must be manga/manhwa/manhua related; missing source; licensed release rip; untagged spoilers; duplicate links; excessive site self-promotion.

Where this comparison comes from

Public titles, descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s SFW directory (see page date). Short rule titles and posting-activity samples SubMouse collected for both. Rule lines are short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

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