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Hello polyglots 😀

On this page you will find a list of the world's most popular forums.

Rough criteria for listing is

• Posts in the forum must be accessible without registration;
• At least 1 new post per day;
• At least 80% posts are replied;
• At least 80% replied posts have 3 replies;
• Number of forums for each topic is limited to 10 and the forums are the most active ones;
• No official after-sales service.

You will find conversations from daily life to specific topics. They are more natural than your textbooks. If you want to make use of miscellaneous short time to learn languages, then they are suitable for that. In addition, specific topics are easy to find, which means that you can enjoy a lot of repetitions, sometimes even with visual elements, so you can get familiar with the syntax and specific vocabulary quickly.

But be careful, don't be radicalized like many of those people. Imageboards are the most cringe place (only inferior to crime forums but I don't list them), however, some people there are really good at Japanese, in case you don't know.

To understand why forums tend to become shitholes, there is a video about it.

Article status: under passive maintenance

🗺 Worldwide

topic	name	link
general affair	Answers Lemmy Reddit Saidit.net	https://www.answers.com/ https://www.reddit.com/ https://join-lemmy.org/ https://saidit.net/
general affair Q&A	Stack Exchange	https://stackexchange.com/
general affair imageboard	4chan	https://www.4chan.org/
alternate history	AlternateHistory.com	https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/
anime	AnimeNewsNetwork Forums MyAnimeList.net Forums	https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/ https://myanimelist.net/forum/
Apple	Info-Mac MacRumors Forums	https://www.info-mac.org/ https://forums.macrumors.com/
audio device	Audio Science Review	https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php
austism	Wrong Planet Forum	https://wrongplanet.net/forums/
automobile	GM Inside News Forum	https://www.gminsidenews.com/
aviation	Professional Pilots Rumour Network	https://www.pprune.org/trending.php
borderline personality disorder	BPDFamily.com	https://www.bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php
book exchange	BookMooch	http://bookmooch.com/browse
BlackHat	BlackHatWorld	https://www.blackhatworld.com/
computer	Bleeping Computer Technical Support Forums	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
cooking	Big Green Egg EGGhead Forum Chowhound Community CookingBites Cooking Forum Discuss Cooking eGullet Forums Hungry Onion	https://eggheadforum.com/ https://www.chowhound.com/community https://www.cookingbites.com/ https://www.discusscooking.com/ https://forums.egullet.org/ https://www.hungryonion.org/
entertainment	AVForums Digital Spy Forums	https://www.avforums.com/forums/ https://forums.digitalspy.com/
flu tracking	FluTrackers forums	https://flutrackers.com/forum/
fragrance	Basenotes forums	https://basenotes.com/forums/
free and open-source software	It's FOSS Community	https://itsfoss.community/
game	GameSpot Boards Giant Bomb Forums NeoGAF PC Gamer Forums ResetEra Steam Community VGR	https://www.gamespot.com/forums/ https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/ https://www.neogaf.com/ https://forums.pcgamer.com/ https://www.resetera.com/ https://steamcommunity.com/ https://www.vgr.com/forum/
game Q&A	GameSpot GameFAQs	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/
genealogy	Rootschat	https://www.rootschat.com/
harm reduction	Bluelight	https://www.bluelight.org/xf/forums/
homework	Brainly	https://brainly.com/
language	HiNative	https://hinative.com/
Linux Q&A	LinuxQuestions.org	https://www.linuxquestions.org/
massively multiplayer online role-playing game	MMORPG.com forums	https://forums.mmorpg.com/
Mozilla	MozillaZine forum	http://forums.mozillazine.org/
Nintendo	Nintendo Life Forums	https://www.nintendolife.com/forums
pet	Pet Forums Community	https://www.petforums.co.uk/
photography	Digital Photography Review Forums	https://www.dpreview.com/forums
physics	Physics Forums	https://www.physicsforums.com/
poker	Two Plus Two	https://www.twoplustwo.com/
quiz	Sporcle Groups	https://www.sporcle.com/groups/
rationality	LessWrong	https://www.lesswrong.com/
skyscraper	Skyscraper City Forum	https://www.skyscrapercity.com/
Silicon investment	Silicon Investor	https://www.siliconinvestor.com/
sneaker	NikeTalk	https://niketalk.com/
sustainable living	Downsizer	https://forum.downsizer.net/
travel	Tripadvisor Forums	https://www.tripadvisor.com/ForumHome
vegetarianism	VeggieBoards	https://www.veggieboards.com/
visual novel	VNDB all boards	https://vndb.org/t/all

🇩🇿 Algeria

topic	name	link
general affair	منتديات ستار تايمز	https://www.startimes.com/

🇦🇺 Australia

topic	name	link
electronics	Whirlpool forum	https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/
bargin	OzBargin	https://www.ozbargain.com.au/
study	Board Of Studies	https://boredofstudies.org/forums/

🇧🇷 Brazil

topic	name	link
electronics	Clube do Hardware	https://www.clubedohardware.com.br/

🇨🇦 Canada

topic	name	link
general affair	Canadian Content Forum	https://forums.canadiancontent.net/
general affair imageboard	420chan	https://420chan.org/

🇭🇷 Croatia

topic	name	link
general affair	Forum.hr	https://www.forum.hr/

🇫🇮 Finland

topic	name	link
general affair	Suomi24	https://www.suomi24.fi/
general affair imageboard	Ylilauta	https://ylilauta.org/

🇫🇷 France

topic	name	link
general affair	Choualbox	https://choualbox.com/
electronics	HardWare.fr forum	https://forum.hardware.fr/
game	JeuxOnline forums JeuxVideo.com forums	https://forums.jeuxonline.info/ https://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums.htm

🇬🇪 Georgia

topic	name	link
general affair	თბილისის ფორუმი	https://forum.ge/index.php

🇩🇪 Germany

topic	name	link
general affair Q&A	Gutefrage	https://www.gutefrage.net/
automobile	MOTOR-TALK	https://www.motor-talk.de/forum.html
bodybuilding	extrem-bodybuilding.de Forum	https://www.extrem-bodybuilding.de/forum/
audio device	HIFI-FORUM	http://www.hifi-forum.de/
electronics	ComputerBase Forum Hardwareluxx Community	https://www.computerbase.de/forum/ https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/
game	GameStar-Pinboard World of Players	https://www.gamestar.de/xenforo/ https://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/
media	IOFF	https://www.ioff.de/

🇬🇧 Great Britain and Northern Ireland

topic	name	link
money saving	MoneySavingExpert Forum	https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/
study	The Student Room	https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/

🇬🇷 Hellas (Greece)

topic	name	link
general affair	Elefthero NET	https://elefthero.net/

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

topic	name	link
general affair	香港討論區 香港高登討論區 LIHKG討論區	https://www.discuss.com.hk/ https://forum.hkgolden.com/ https://lihkg.com/

🇭🇺 Hungary

topic	name	link
role-playing game	LFG.HU Fórum	https://lfg.hu/forum/

🇮🇳 India

topic	name	link
automobile	Team-BHP	https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/
broad band	India Broadband Forum	https://broadbandforum.co/
electronics	TechEnclave	https://techenclave.com/
game	IndianVideoGamer Forums	https://www.indianvideogamer.com/forums/
real estate	India's Real Estate Forum	https://www.indianrealestateforum.com/
study	Shiksha Ask & Answer	https://ask.shiksha.com/
TV show	India Forums	https://www.indiaforums.com/forum

🇮🇩 Indonesia

topic	name	link
general affair	DetikForum KASKUS forum	https://forum.detik.com/forum.php https://www.kaskus.co.id/forum/all

🇮🇪 Ireland

topic	name	link
general affair	Boards.ie	https://www.boards.ie/

🇳🇱 Netherlands

topic	name	link
general affair	Bokt.nl FOK!forum	https://www.bokt.nl/forums/ https://forum.fok.nl/
electronics	Gathering of Tweakers	https://gathering.tweakers.net/

🇯🇵 Japan

topic	name	link
general affair bulletin board	５ちゃんねる ふたば☆ちゃんねる	https://www2.5ch.net/5ch.html https://www.2chan.net/
general affair Q&A	Yahoo!知恵袋 教えて!goo	https://chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/ https://oshiete.goo.ne.jp/
daily life	読売新聞 発言小町	https://komachi.yomiuri.co.jp/

🇲🇴 Macau

topic	name	link
general affair	澳門流動社區	https://forum.cyberctm.com/forum.php

🇲🇾 Malaysia

topic	name	link
general affair	CARI Infonet forum Lowyat.NET forum	https://b.cari.com.my/forum.php https://forum.lowyat.net/

🇳🇬 Nigeria

topic	name	link
general affair	Nairaland Forum	https://www.nairaland.com/

🇳🇴 Norway

topic	name	link
general affair	Diskusjon.no	https://www.diskusjon.no/

🇨🇳 People's Republic of China

topic	name	link
general affair	天涯论坛 百度贴吧 豆瓣小组	https://bbs.tianya.cn/ https://tieba.baidu.com/ https://www.douban.com/group/explore
general affair Q&A	百度知道 知乎	https://zhidao.baidu.com/ https://www.zhihu.com/explore
audio device	家电论坛	https://www.jdbbs.com/
automobile	太平洋汽车论坛 汽车之家论坛 易车社区 爱卡汽车论坛	https://bbs.pcauto.com.cn/ https://club.autohome.com.cn/ https://baa.yiche.com/ https://www.xcar.com.cn/bbs/
cooking	美食天下社区	https://home.meishichina.com/
electronics	太平洋电脑网产品论坛 家电维修论坛	https://itbbs.pconline.com.cn/ https://www.jdwx.info/
entertainment	stage1/s1	https://bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/forum.php
game	A9VG电玩部落论坛 奶牛关	https://bbs.a9vg.com/ https://cowlevel.net/discover
sport	虎扑社区	https://bbs.hupu.com/
travel	穷游论坛	https://bbs.qyer.com/

🇵🇭 Phillipines

topic	name	link
general affair	PinoyExchange	https://www.pinoyexchange.com/

🇵🇱 Poland

topic	name	link
Android	android.com.pl forum	https://forum.android.com.pl/
electronics	elektroda.pl forum	https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/forums.html
game	GRYOnline.pl Forum	https://www.gry-online.pl/S008.asp#gsc.tab=0

🇹🇼 Republic of China (Taiwan)

topic	name	link
general affair	Mobile01	https://www.mobile01.com/
general affair bulletin board	批踢踢實業坊	https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/
general affair imageboard	Dcard	https://www.dcard.tw/forum/all
game	巴哈姆特電玩資訊站	https://www.gamer.com.tw/
imageboard	Komica	https://www.komica.org/

🇰🇷 Republic of Korea

topic	name	link
general affair	네이버 카페 네이트판 톡톡 다음 카페 뽐뿌 포럼	https://section.cafe.naver.com/ca-fe/home/themes https://pann.nate.com/talk https://top.cafe.daum.net/_c21_/cafe_ranking https://www.ppomppu.co.kr/recent_forum_article.php
general affair Q&A	네이버 지식iN	https://kin.naver.com/
game	Arcalive	https://arca.live/
photography	디시인사이드 마이너갤	https://www.dcinside.com/

🇷🇺 Russia

topic	name	link
general affair	Пикабу	https://pikabu.ru/
general affair Q&A	Ответы Mail.ru	https://otvet.mail.ru/
general affair imageboard	Два.ч	https://2ch.hk/
free and open-source software	OpenNet	https://www.opennet.ru/
music	FunkySouls	https://forum.funkysouls.org/index.php

🇸🇬 Singapore

topic	name	link
general affair	狮城网	https://bbs.sgcn.com/
electronics	HardwareZone Forums	https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/

🇿🇦 South Africa

topic	name	link
cycling	BikeHub Forum	https://forum.bikehub.co.za/
electronics	MyBroadband Forum	https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

topic	name	link
general affair	ElaKiri	https://elakiri.com/

🇸🇪 Sweden

topic	name	link
general affair	Flashback Forum	https://www.flashback.org/
electronics	SweClockers Forum	https://www.sweclockers.com/forum

🇹🇭 Thailand

topic	name	link
general affair	Pantip Dek-D.com บอร์ดรวม	https://pantip.com/ https://www.dek-d.com/board/

🇹🇷 Türkiye (Turkey)

topic	name	link
general affair	ekşi sözlük uludağ sözlük	https://eksisozluk.com/ https://www.uludagsozluk.com/
electronics	DonanımHaber Forum	https://forum.donanimhaber.com/

🇺🇸 United States of America

topic	name	link
city	City-Data Forum	https://www.city-data.com/forum/
firearm	AR15.COM forums	https://www.ar15.com/forums/

🇻🇳 Vietnam

topic	name	link
electronics	VN-Zoom diễn đàn vozForums	https://vn-z.vn/forums/ https://vozforum.org/

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