How the anime and manga communities compare
The three largest communities hold about 68% of the combined membership, but the rest of the list is far from empty — that is where most of the specialised discussion happens. r/anime is both the biggest and the busiest, with about 234 new posts a day. Per member, the liveliest is r/bleach: 120 posts a day from 1.6M members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/bleach grew fastest recently (+0.16%, +2.5K members since Oct 19). The oldest is r/anime, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 10 biggest anime and manga subreddits
r/anime 14,486,535 members · ~234 posts/day · +8.4K since Oct 19 · since 2008Reddit's premier anime community.
r/anime_irl 5,845,248 members · ~42 posts/day · +2.3K since Oct 19 · since 2015Relatable screenshots from anime and manga. Post who you are behind the keyboard. All posts must be titled anime_irl.
r/manga 4,815,178 members · ~151 posts/day · +2K since Oct 19 · since 2008Everything 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!
r/animememes 2,112,086 members · ~10 posts/day · +450 since Oct 19 · since 2012An anime meme subreddit that's friendly for women, queer people, and generally marginalized anime fans who want a break from how toxic anime spaces usually are. Of course, anyone is welcome, but be respectful to the intention of …
- Mr/MangaCollectors ↗ 1,931,515 members · ~19 posts/day · +190 since Oct 19 · since 2017
Manga Collectors
- Ar/AnimeART ↗ 1,887,731 members · ~42 posts/day · +456 since Oct 19 · since 2012
Welcome to r/AnimeART: A community dedicated to the admiration of artwork and the anime art style! Please read our rules before posting. Join the no longer affiliated Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/h5ku6wCymd
- Wr/wholesomeanimemes ↗ 1,575,965 members · ~2.4 posts/day · +439 since Oct 19 · since 2016
The community for your wholesome animemes and wholesome anime moments~
- Br/bleach ↗ 1,571,484 members · ~120 posts/day · +2.5K since Oct 19 · since 2010
A community for the manga/anime series Bleach and it's spinoff series Burn the Witch. Banner by /u/Aluip
r/AnimeSketch 1,418,363 members · ~15 posts/day · +124 since Oct 19 · since 2011A place for anyone who loves anime to show their art to the rest of the world.
- Ar/Animesuggest ↗ 1,107,390 members · ~23 posts/day · +830 since Oct 19 · since 2011
Subreddit for anime and manga fans which allows suggestions and requests for anything related to anime and manga subculture.
What these communities upvoted this week
A cross-section of this week's top posts from the bigger anime and manga subreddits, in the order Reddit ranks them.
- Ufotable, this is a slice-of-life Anime ok? Ufotable: [Today's Menu for the Emiya Family]r/anime · Oct 28
- Anime_irlr/anime_irl · Oct 25
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 debuted with 4.6 million views on Netflix Top 10 Non-English Shows October 19th-25thr/anime · Oct 28
- anime_irlr/anime_irl · Oct 23
Choosing where to post
If you have a question, start in r/Animesuggest: it is set up for exactly that, and with about 23 new posts a day there are plenty of people around to answer. Asking the same thing in r/anime often gets it removed or lost among the 234 daily posts. Competition for attention differs a lot: r/anime_irl has 5.8M members but only about 42 new posts a day — roughly one new post for every 138.8K members — while r/anime gets about 234 a day, one for every 62K. A strong, well-made post therefore has more room to be seen in r/anime_irl; r/anime is better when you want quick replies. Jokes and memes have their own homes in r/animememes and r/wholesomeanimemes; the serious communities tend to remove them, so keep the two apart. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/anime lists 14, against 8 in r/AnimeSketch, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.
Before posting, sort a subreddit by “Top” for the past month: it shows in a minute what that community rewards. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.
Frequently asked questions
Which anime and manga subreddit has the most members?
r/anime is the largest, with 14,486,535 members, followed by r/anime_irl (5.8M) and r/manga (4.8M).
Where are the most new anime and manga posts?
By new posts per day, r/anime leads with about 234, ahead of r/manga (151). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
Which anime and manga subreddit is best for questions?
r/Animesuggest is the one built around questions and advice, with about 23 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.
How many anime and manga communities are on this list?
We list 10 active, safe-for-work anime and manga communities with at least 25,000 members each, 36.8M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.
What is the oldest anime and manga subreddit?
r/anime, created on Jan 25, 2008.
Are these anime and manga subreddits safe for work?
Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.
Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Oct 30, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.