r/japanlife

Updated 2026-10-24

r/japanlife is a Food & Cooking community on Reddit with 718,280 members, ranking #61 of 2,151 in Food & Cooking. For residents of Japan only - if you do not reside in Japan you are welcome to read, but do not post or comment or you will be removed. Anything relevant to living or working in Japan such as lifestyle, food, style, environment, education, technology, housing, work, immigration, sport etc. Rakuten Employees: Do not attempt to distribute your referral codes. We will treat it as spam. Tell Mikitani

718,280 membersFood & Cooking#61 in category
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How big is r/japanlife?

Created in 2010, r/japanlife has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Food & Cooking it ranks #61 of 2,151 communities we track — the top 2.8% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 348× the median Food & Cooking subreddit, which has 2,063 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.

For scale, the largest Food & Cooking community we track is r/food with 24,528,486 members — roughly 34 times the size of r/japanlife. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2010 sits in the early wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/japanlife on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.

Members718,280
CategoryFood & Cooking
Rank in category#61 of 2,151
Created2010
Category median size2,063 members
Content ratingWork-safe (SFW)

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