r/pokemon vs r/pokemongo

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Pokémon fan room vs Pokémon GO room

r/pokemon is an unofficial fan community for most things Pokémon — TV shows, video games, toys and trading cards. r/pokemongo describes itself as Reddit’s top subreddit for Pokémon GO, Niantic’s mobile game.

In our directory, pokemongo is larger (about 5.7M, rank #149) than pokemon (about 4.9M, rank #183) and twice as active (~327 posts/day vs ~159). pokemon’s sample is led by Discussion and Art flairs; pokemongo’s by Question, Non AR Screenshot and Shiny. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: pokemon limits memes to Monday and Tuesday, arts/crafts to weekdays, and bans screenshots, merchandise and trades; pokemongo requires posts to be directly about Pokémon GO, bans cheating and selling, and keeps trainer codes out.

Choose r/pokemongo for anything about the Pokémon GO app — shinies, events, bugs and questions.
Choose r/pokemon for the wider franchise, discussion and original art.
Neither allows trades; GO trainer codes go to the affiliated Discord or friend-code subreddits.

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

r/pokemon

Pokémon: Gotta Catch 'Em All!

r/pokemon is an unofficial Pokémon fan community. This is the place for most things Pokémon on Reddit—TV shows, video games, toys, trading cards, you name it!

Members: 4.9M
7-day growth: +2.6K
Posts/day: 158.6
Directory rank: #183
Created: Sep 11, 2008
Submissions: Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 45%, images 34%, galleries 16%

Topics: Pokémon

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Submissions must be related to Pokémon
Be civil
Follow discussion and poll post restrictions
No reposts or posting too quickly
Original content only
No arts/crafts during weekends
No memes outside of Monday and Tuesday
No screenshots or merchandise
Follow post title guidelines
No trades or other exchanges
No advertisement or self-promotion (click for exceptions)
No unboxing videos, unofficial streams, or Let's Play! videos

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r/pokemongo

Pokémon GO - Discover Pokémon in the Real World!

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

Members: 5.7M
7-day growth: +1.8K
Posts/day: 327.4
Directory rank: #149
Created: Nov 14, 2014
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: images 56%, text posts 21%, galleries 19%

Topics: Pokémon

Rule titles (short names we collected)

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.
Marketing
Please don't post image macros (memes) w/o PoGo assets
Please use megathreads when available
Please don't sell or trade
Trainer codes should not be shared here. Use the affiliated discord or relevant subreddit.

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/pokemon	r/pokemongo
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	r/pokemon is an unofficial Pokémon fan community. This is the place for most things Pokémon on Reddit—TV shows, video games, toys, trading cards, you name it!	Reddit's No1 subreddit for Pokemon Go, Niantic's popular mobile game!
Size r/pokemongo is larger in our directory.	4.9M members	5.7M members
Posting activity (our sample)	158.6/day	327.4/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 45%, images 34%, galleries 16%	images 56%, text posts 21%, galleries 19%
Allowed submission type (meta)	Text posts	Text or links
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Submissions must be related to Pokémon; Be civil; Follow discussion and poll post restrictions; No reposts or posting too quickly; Original content only	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.; Marketing; Please don't post image macros (memes) w/o PoGo assets; Please use megathreads when available

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: Pokémon
Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

pokemon short titles include: Submissions must be related to Pokémon; Be civil; Follow discussion and poll post restrictions; No reposts; Original content only; No arts/crafts during weekends; No memes outside of Monday and Tuesday; No screenshots or merchandise; No trades.

pokemongo: Be civil; All posts must be directly related to POGO; Do not post or advocate for cheating; Marketing; No image macros without PoGo assets; Use megathreads; Don’t sell or trade; Trainer codes should not be shared here.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only. Mutual related-list links.

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.