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Japanese History

Research and discussions about Japanese history

19k subscribers85 posts / mo in Sep 202671 authors / mosince 2013

r/JapaneseHistory has 19k members (+63% over the last 12 months). It gets about 85 posts a month from 71 people. Top topics: Japanese History & Samurai, Japan WWII Era and Japanese History and Culture.

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Size and growth

How r/JapaneseHistory has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+63%in 12 months · +15% in 3 months · +5.6% in 1 month
Oct 202619k
Growing19k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/JapaneseHistory

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+73%vs Sep 2025 · +29% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202685
BusierPeaked at 129 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/JapaneseHistory

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Japanese History & Samurai7.9%
  2. Japan WWII Era3.3%
  3. Japanese History and Culture2.2%
  4. Japanese War Photos and History1.9%
  5. Japanese Buddhist Art1.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. コトバンク
  3. Academia
  4. JSTOR
  5. cambridge.org

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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