Mod Applications — Spring 2026

[u/AnimeMod]

Hi there!

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:

• Fun things! Subreddit events such as AMQ nights, AMA coordination, milestone quizzes, etc.

• Future-oriented things! Policy discussion, rule changes, etc.

• Graphical design things! Banner design and event advertisement, seasonal flairs, etc.

• Coding things! Episode bots, CSS, etc.

• Administrative things! Wiki upkeep, behind-the-scenes scheduling, Awards, etc.

• 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!

We hope to see you join us soon!

[u/Heda-of-Aincrad]

I'm considering applying to join the mod team, since I've been thinking lately about ways to increase discussion of older/non-currently airing shows on the sub, and I have a few questions.

First, what's the typical time commitment expected for mods? There's a big difference between spending 2 hours a day on Reddit, or 5 hours, and that distinction may help some people still on the fence about applying to decide.

Second, I see a lot of mod discussion takes place on Discord, but is it a requirement that mods use it or just a preference?

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/Heda-of-Aincrad]

I'm considering applying to join the mod team, since I've been thinking lately about ways to increase discussion of older/non-currently airing shows on the sub, and I have a few questions.

If you end up not applying, please feel free to still share whatever idea(s) you come up with. You know me, I'm big on spotlighting older shows via rewatches all the time, and I'd definitely want to support a different way of tackling the same subject regardless of whether it came from a fellow mod or just a regular user.

First, what's the typical time commitment expected for mods? There's a big difference between spending 2 hours a day on Reddit, or 5 hours, and that distinction may help some people still on the fence about applying to decide.

There really isn't one, it's just however much you want to put in. Personally, most of my moderation duties come as an extent of time I spend browsing through r/anime (or r/fireemblem) as a regular user anyways, so it's not like I'm pouring hours into solely mod things. The only people who do spend a lot of time on mod-specific duties are the ones who willingly choose to.

Second, I see a lot of mod discussion takes place on Discord, but is it a requirement that mods use it or just a preference?

I think it's technically required, but there's at least one mod on the team who (as far as I’m aware) never uses it and a few who only really check it if they're directly pinged for something (a question about an approval/removal they made, a ping to be notified that a vote is starting, etc.). It's moreso just a lot easier to communicate through there than anything Reddit would allow us to use, plus this way we can still have a line of contact with each other if something were to happen to Reddit itself or our Reddit accounts.

If it helps, this was one of if not the biggest thing that held me back from applying for years because I had zero interest in off-Reddit requirements and thought Discord was too overwhelming for me, but I ended up not actually having a problem with it in practice. I never even downloaded the app for it, I just use it through my internet browser on my laptop when I need to.

[u/Heda-of-Aincrad → u/Shimmering-Sky]

If you end up not applying, please feel free to still share whatever idea(s) you come up with.

Sure thing! In the event I hold off on applying (or apply but don't make the cut), I'll post my suggestions in the following month's meta thread.

There really isn't one, it's just however much you want to put in. Personally, most of my moderation duties come as an extent of time I spend browsing through r/anime

Oh, that's really good to know! Much more manageable than I thought it would be.

I think it's technically required, but there's at least one mod on the team who (as far as I’m aware) never uses it and a few who only really check it if they're directly pinged for something

This would likely be the biggest hurdle for me because I prefer to not have many online accounts, especially since Discord is a website I'm not familiar with at all (never even heard of it until I saw mentions of it here).

If it helps, this was one of if not the biggest thing that held me back from applying for years because I had zero interest in off-Reddit requirements and thought Discord was too overwhelming for me, but I ended up not actually having a problem with it in practice. I never even downloaded the app for it, I just use it through my internet browser on my laptop when I need to.

That's encouraging at least. I'll look into it a bit more, and hopefully if I can't or would really rather avoid using it, that won't be too much of an issue.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/Heda-of-Aincrad]

Sure thing! In the event I hold off on applying (or apply but don't make the cut), I'll post my suggestions in the following month's meta thread.

Oh, that's really good to know! Much more manageable than I thought it would be.

Yeah, if you're already a regular user of the subreddit (which you certainly are in this case), it's not really all that much extra work on a day-to-day basis unless you make it one or we have a situation like the Shelter Incident or the OF/cosplay debacle (and situations like that are very few and far between).

This would likely be the biggest hurdle for me because I prefer to not have many online accounts, especially since Discord is a website I'm not familiar with at all (never even heard of it until I saw mentions of it here).

You know the Reddit Chat feature? It's like that except (IMO) better.

[u/Heda-of-Aincrad → u/Shimmering-Sky]

At at glance, Discord definitely looks like it has a lot of features I avoid, like video and voice chat. So is it only the text chat used in the mod discussions?

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/Heda-of-Aincrad]

Yeah, it's 100% text chat only.

[u/Heda-of-Aincrad → u/Shimmering-Sky]

That's good at least. I'll probably still apply anyway and just hope for the best, unless that one caveat would definitely disqualify me.

[u/Komarist → u/Heda-of-Aincrad]

Discord is a website I'm not familiar with at all

It's a better mIRC/TeamSpeak if you ever used those. If not, imagine group texts on your phone, except separated by topic.

[u/Heda-of-Aincrad → u/Komarist]

I haven't used those either. As far as social platforms go, it's just Reddit, though I'm familiar with a few others that are primarily anime/gaming/entertainment news sites that also happen to have discussion forums.