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r/DanmeiNovels↗

A place for fans of Chinese danmei, BL web novels of any language, and their respective fandoms! Original works welcome as well. Discussion of derivative works such a donghua, live actions, audio dramas, and manhua are also encouraged!

87k subscribers574 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~5% by known bots)430 authors / mosince 2020

r/DanmeiNovels has 87k members (+30% over the last 12 months). It gets about 574 posts a month from 430 people. Top topics: Danmei Novels, Manhua Reads and Novel Translations.

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r/DanmeiNovels

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+30%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 202686k
Growing86k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Jun 2020)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/DanmeiNovels

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−31%vs Sep 2025 · −8.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026574
QuieterPeaked at 977 in Jul 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~5% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/DanmeiNovels

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Danmei Novels18%
  2. Manhua Reads2.7%
  3. Novel Translations2.6%
  4. Manhua & Manga2.4%
  5. Novel Recommendations2.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Seven Seas Entertainment
  2. Goodreads
  3. Sina Visitor System
  4. Mangaupdates
  5. Home.blog

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research