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A community for growing, sharing, and learning about Japanese maples (Acer palmatum and friends). Whether you’re troubleshooting a struggling tree, showing off fall color, or getting into bonsai, post a photo, ask a question, or just enjoy the trees!

28k subscribers192 posts / mo in Sep 2026153 authors / mosince 2014

r/JapaneseMaples has 28k members (+79% over the last 12 months). It gets about 192 posts a month from 153 people. Top topics: Japanese Maples, Tree Troubleshooting and Tree Roots & Flare.

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Size and growth

How r/JapaneseMaples has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+79%in 12 months · +11% in 3 months · +1.9% in 1 month
Oct 202627k
Growing27k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/JapaneseMaples

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+22%vs Sep 2025 · −56% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026192
BusierPeaked at 645 in May 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/JapaneseMaples

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Japanese Maples3.3%
  2. Tree Troubleshooting1.1%
  3. Tree Roots & Flare1.0%
  4. Pruning Guides0.6%
  5. Tree Maintenance & Neighbor Issues0.6%

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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