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Pokémon: Gotta Catch 'Em All!

r/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!

4.9M subscribers5,295 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)3,792 authors / mosince 2008

r/pokemon has 4.9M members (+4.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 5,295 posts a month from 3,792 people. Top topics: Pokémon Sword & Shield Discussion, Pokémon Discussions and Pokemon Art.

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Size and growth

How r/pokemon has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.9%in 12 months · +0.8% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 20264.9M
Growing4.9M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/pokemon

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−39%vs Sep 2025 · −15% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20265.3k
QuieterPeaked at 20k in Nov 2022
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/pokemon

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Pokémon Sword & Shield Discussion2.3%
  2. Pokémon Discussions1.6%
  3. Pokemon Art1.4%
  4. Pokemon Games1.4%
  5. Pokémon Animations & Graphics1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Bulbagarden
  2. etsy
  3. Bluesky Social
  4. Smogon University
  5. Ko-fi

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Everything else about r/pokemon

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

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