r/pokemonshowdown↗
Pokémon Showdown
Pokémon Showdown is a free, web-based battle simulator. It comes with many different servers and a plethora of features such as fan-made tiers and chatrooms to fit your style. Whether you use it to learn competitive battling, to practice, or just use it for recreation, you are welcome to this community.
90k subscribers147 posts / mo in Sep 2026111 authors / mosince 2012
r/pokemonshowdown has 90k members (+8.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 147 posts a month from 111 people. Top topics: Competitive Teams, Team Building Advice and VGC Teams.
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Topics and brands on r/pokemonshowdown
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Competitive Teams4.7%
- Team Building Advice3.9%
- VGC Teams1.7%
- Competitive Teams1.5%
- Rate My Team1.4%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- PokePaste
- Smogon University
- Bulbagarden
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