How the Pokémon communities compare
The three largest communities hold about 67% of the combined membership, but the rest of the list is far from empty — that is where most of the specialised discussion happens. Size and activity don't line up perfectly: r/pokemongo has the most members, but r/PokemonGoFriends gets the most new posts (about 473 a day, against 295 in r/pokemongo). Per member, the liveliest is r/PokemonHome: 239 posts a day from 83K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/PokemonTCG grew fastest recently (+0.29%, +4.1K members since Oct 19). The oldest is r/pokemon, founded in 2008; 2 of the 18 were started in the last five years, a sign the topic keeps splitting into new niches.
The 18 biggest Pokémon subreddits
r/pokemongo 5,711,356 members · ~295 posts/day · +3.1K since Oct 19 · since 2014Reddit's No1 subreddit for Pokemon Go, Niantic's popular mobile game!
r/pokemon 4,940,748 members · ~152 posts/day · +3.9K since Oct 19 · since 2008r/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!
- Pr/PokemonTCG ↗ 1,439,097 members · ~199 posts/day · +4.1K since Oct 19 · since 2009
A community for players of the Pokemon Trading Card Game to show off pulls and discuss the game.
- Pr/PokemonScarletViolet ↗ 1,385,558 members · ~25 posts/day · +541 since Oct 19 · since 2022
Released for Nintendo Switch on November 18, 2022, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are the newest chapters in the Pokémon mainline series. Explore freely in a richly-expressed open world and get acquainted with the Paldea regi…
- Pr/PokemonGoFriends ↗ 1,319,537 members · ~473 posts/day · +1.7K since Oct 19 · since 2018
A place for Trainers to exchange Friend Codes, organize remote raids, and build Friendships.
- Pr/PokemonSwordAndShield ↗ 675,302 members · ~26 posts/day · since 2019
A subreddit to discuss anything about Pokemon Sword & Shield!
- Pr/pokemontrades ↗ 597,247 members · ~56 posts/day · since 2010
/r/pokemontrades is a trading community focusing on legitimate Pokémon. We are one of the few large Pokémon trading communities with a policy of no hacks, no clones!
- Pr/PokemonGoRaids ↗ 301,096 members · since 2017
Join & invite others to remote raids in PokemonGo. Please check out the subreddit's rules!
- Pr/PokemonROMhacks ↗ 291,427 members · ~33 posts/day · since 2011
Welcome to /r/PokemonROMhacks, where you can find, create, and discuss hacks of Pokémon games!
- Pr/Pokemonart ↗ 279,480 members · ~52 posts/day · since 2012
Your community for all kinds of Pokémon artwork!
- Sr/ShinyPokemon ↗ 258,787 members · ~62 posts/day · since 2011
Show your Shiny Pokemon! discord.gg/ShinyPokemon
- Pr/PokemonUnite ↗ 203,197 members · ~81 posts/day · since 2020
Pokémon Unite is a free-to-play, multiplayer online battle arena video game available on Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch.
- Pr/PokemonLegendsArceus ↗ 165,889 members · ~8.1 posts/day · since 2021
Pokémon Legends Arceus is an Action RPG developed by Game Freak for the Nintendo Switch that released on January 28, 2022. Survey, catch, and research Pokémon in a long-gone era of Sinnoh to complete the region's first Pokédex!
- Pr/pokemonmemes ↗ 140,235 members · ~13 posts/day · since 2012
A place to enjoy and look at Pokémon Memes! And to steal joes bottle
- Pr/PokemonLetsGo ↗ 120,447 members · ~3.4 posts/day · since 2018
A subreddit dedicated to the Nintendo Switch games: Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!
- Pr/pokemoncards ↗ 118,156 members · ~61 posts/day · since 2011
Welcome to r/pokemoncards! This is the community hub for Pokemon collectors on reddit!
- Pr/PokemonMasters ↗ 90,059 members · ~31 posts/day · since 2014
A SubReddit for discussion of Pokémon Masters EX, a gacha mobile game developed by DeNA and Nintendo in 2019. This game is available on both iOS and Android.
- Pr/PokemonHome ↗ 83,018 members · ~239 posts/day · since 2019
Welcome to /r/pokemonhome! This is a community for trading Pokémon through the use of the Pokémon Home application. It’s also for discussing & trading anything related to Pokémon Home, also announcements that may affect the servi…
Choosing where to post
Competition for attention differs a lot: r/PokemonScarletViolet has 1.4M members but only about 25 new posts a day — roughly one new post for every 54.8K members — while r/PokemonGoFriends gets about 473 a day, one for every 2.8K. A strong, well-made post therefore has more room to be seen in r/PokemonScarletViolet; r/PokemonGoFriends is better when you want quick replies. Jokes and memes have their own home in r/pokemonmemes; the serious communities tend to remove them, so keep the two apart. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/pokemon lists 15, against 8 in r/pokemongo, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.
A simple rule of thumb: ask questions in the specialised communities and share your best finds in the big ones, where they can reach the most people. 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
What is the biggest Pokémon subreddit?
r/pokemongo is the largest, with 5,711,356 members, followed by r/pokemon (4.9M) and r/PokemonTCG (1.4M).
Which Pokémon subreddit is the most active?
By new posts per day, r/PokemonGoFriends leads with about 473, ahead of r/pokemongo (295). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
How many Pokémon subreddits are there?
We list 18 active, safe-for-work Pokémon communities with at least 25,000 members each, 18.1M 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 Pokémon subreddit?
r/pokemon, created on Sep 11, 2008.
Are these Pokémon 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.