Mod Applications — Spring 2026
We're looking for new moderators once again. Whether you've been participating in episode discussions for years, helping newcomers find shows to watch, joining rewatches, or simply spending a lot of time around the community, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for people who care about r/anime and want to help it continue to grow and thrive.
Why Should I Apply?
Moderators play an important role in shaping the community, helping maintain discussion quality, supporting events, and guiding the future direction of r/anime. Beyond the base requirements of reviewing reports, answering modmails, and banning users that have continually broken the rules, we're primarily looking for people that can bring ideas to the table. Some of our strongest moderators started as regular participants in episode discussions, rewatches, recommendation threads, seasonal conversations, and other community events. Leveraging that core desire to engage with the community by making our subreddit a better place is exactly the drive we are looking for in applications.
If you think you'd like to contribute to:
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Fun things! Subreddit events such as AMQ nights, AMA coordination, milestone quizzes, etc.
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Future-oriented things! Policy discussion, rule changes, etc.
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Graphical design things! Banner design and event advertisement, seasonal flairs, etc.
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Coding things! Episode bots, CSS, etc.
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Administrative things! Wiki upkeep, behind-the-scenes scheduling, Awards, etc.
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And more!
Then we'd be interested to hear from you! We're always looking for fresh ideas in how we can make the subreddit better, or what we can do next. There is no single "perfect" moderator, as we come from all sorts of backgrounds, possess different talents and skills, and have different areas of interest. Some moderators are highly active in discussion threads, some are more active behind the scenes, some bring technical prowess, and others excel at communication and community building. But no matter who you are, we're in frequent communication with each other in our Discord server about the above as well as the future path of the subreddit, and want new moderators to be involved in our discussions. If this is something you'd like to be apart of, then please, let us know why you would be a good fit!
Application
Fill out the application here!
The form will be open for two weeks (ending 11:59 PM UTC on July 4th) before we move on to review applications. We will reach out to those chosen to become new moderators within a week or so. Take your time to come up with thoughtful responses, as low effort applications will be discarded. Additionally, any application that is suspected of using generative AI will be immediately disqualified.
If you're interested in applying, you should take a minute to take a look at our mod page to see how we organize ourselves as well as the rules page, as some questions that appear on the application will refer to them. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask in this thread!
If you happened to stumble across this post without knowing a lot (maybe browsing for subreddits that are recruiting mods), we really want people who are interested in anime, and not just the moderator role, since a lot of what we do requires having some knowledge of various series for context. Previous moderation experience isn't necessary, but we're also hoping that applicants are frequent visitors or participants of our subreddit and have at least a general understanding of how it currently functions.
So if you think you would make a good moderator for r/anime, now's your chance! Recruiting new mods is always a very exciting process - so we hope to see you join us soon!
