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A subreddit for discovering the people, language, and culture of Japan.

151k subscribers226 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)199 authors / mosince 2008

r/japanese has 151k members (+9.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 226 posts a month from 199 people. Top topics: Learn Japanese, Japanese Kanji Learning and Japanese Grammar.

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Size and growth

How r/japanese has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+9.9%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026151k
Growing151k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−35%vs Sep 2025 · −4.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026226
QuieterPeaked at 466 in Oct 2021
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/japanese

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Learn Japanese5.3%
  2. Japanese Kanji Learning5.1%
  3. Japanese Grammar4.9%
  4. Japanese Learning Journey4.5%
  5. Japanese Learning Apps & Tools3.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. italki
  3. Spotify
  4. Amazon
  5. Yahoo! JAPAN

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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