| Rank | Board name and description | Posts | Members |
| 1 | Gaia Online Anime roleplaying community | 2015876500 | 25697343 |
| 2 | 4chan Japanese culture message board | 821474265 | 75887 |
| 3 | Popgo Anime forum (in chinese) | 11257111 | 154806 |
| 4 | Spielerboard German video games forums | 8425464 | 133236 |
| 5 | Animexx.de Anime and manga forums (in german) | 5538823 | 110564 |
| 6 | Anime-suki Forums about anime | 3934460 | 202087 |
| 7 | Mega Tokyo Megatokyo online manga message boards | 3866608 | 49681 |
| 8 | Bleach Anime Bleach anime and manga forum | 2801652 | 146585 |
| 9 | Cosplay Cosplay anime fans community | 2238945 | 98949 |
| 10 | Planet Zot Cartoons and animations community | 2232287 | 13976 |
| 11 | Foros DZ Anime and manga message boards | 2231159 | 97378 |
| 12 | Anime News Network Anime News | 1903126 | 636497 |
| 13 | Comics in Liepzig Comics and manga message board | 1742278 | 14375 |
| 14 | BD Gest Messageboard about comics (in France) | 1628254 | 39115 |
| 15 | HQmm.cl Anime and manga community (in spanish) | 1627788 | 9170 |
| 16 | Anime Forums Anime message boards | 1438241 | 33562 |
| 17 | Anime Forum Anime and manga forums | 1381380 | 56655 |
| 18 | World of Hentai Hentai and anime forums | 1274497 | 162936 |
| 19 | Anime Nation Anime and manga talk | 1200807 | 34646 |
| 20 | Initial D World Initial D discussion board | 1153685 | 15341 |
| 21 | Frozen Layer Anime discussion forum | 1102860 | 39028 |
| 22 | Anime Boards Community centered on Anime discussion | 988921 | 6380 |
| 23 | Hyjoo Games and general forum (in French) | 894944 | 57465 |
| 24 | Manga Italia Italian Anime & Manga Community | 764207 | 18235 |
| 25 | AnimeOtaku Anime message board | 693667 | 52212 |
| 26 | Militate Amine and Yu-Gi-Oh message boards | 690131 | 9737 |