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r/translator - the Reddit community for translation requests

r/translator is *the* community for Reddit translation requests. Need something translated? Post here! We will help you translate any language, including Japanese, Chinese, German, Arabic, and many others. If you speak more than one language - especially rare ones - and want to put your multilingual skills to use, come join us!

309k subscribers1,372 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)1,110 authors / mosince 2011

r/translator has 309k members (+9.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,372 posts a month from 1,110 people. Top topics: Translation Requests, Translate Unknown Text and Russian Translation Requests.

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Size and growth

How r/translator has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+9.4%in 12 months · +1.7% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026309k
Growing309k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−45%vs Sep 2025 · −13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.4k
QuieterPeaked at 4.1k in Jan 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/translator

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Translation Requests7.7%
  2. Translate Unknown Text5.2%
  3. Russian Translation Requests3.0%
  4. Deciphering German Letters2.0%
  5. Language Identification1.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. MDBG Chinese Dictionary
  2. Sheik
  3. 汉典
  4. Chinese Text Project
  5. The Unicode u00AE Standard

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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