How many kanji will I know by level X?

I was wondering how many kanji I’d know by a given level, and I couldn’t find a chart or list anywhere, so I decided to put one together on my own. Here are the results:


Level 1: 18

Level 2: 53

Level 3: 84

Level 4: 123

Level 5: 169

Level 6: 205

Level 7: 242

Level 8: 276

Level 9: 316

Level 10: 358

Level 11: 397

Level 12: 437

Level 13: 472

Level 14: 505

Level 15: 543

Level 16: 576

Level 17: 611

Level 18: 642

Level 19: 676

Level 20: 708

Level 21: 741

Level 22: 779

Level 23: 813

Level 24: 845

Level 25: 884

Level 26: 917

Level 27: 949

Level 28: 984

Level 29: 1019

Level 30: 1052

Level 31: 1089

Level 32: 1123

Level 33: 1155

Level 34: 1188

Level 35: 1223

Level 36: 1261

Level 37: 1296

Level 38: 1331

Level 39: 1366

Level 40: 1402

Level 41: 1435

Level 42: 1469

Level 43: 1502

Level 44: 1533

Level 45: 1567

Level 46: 1603

Level 47: 1640

Level 48: 1677

Level 49: 1712

Level 50: 1746

Level 51: 1780

Level 52: 1816

Level 53: 1850

Level 54: 1885

Level 55: 1921

Level 56: 1956

Level 57: 1988

Level 58: 2021

Level 59: 2055

Level 60: 2087

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If you want to also see the specific kanji (in addition to just the total number) you will have learned, shown in order by WK level, visit https://www.wkstats.com/ (and once you have connected to your WK account API access token), from the main/top menu select Items→Wanikani, then select “Open Config” (if not already open) and set the options as shown below.

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Thanks! I am aware of wkstats, but they don’t show the cumulative number of kanji you’d know by a given level, just how many kanji you learn in a level.

So for example wkstats will tell you that you learn 34 kanji in level 23, whereas my list tells you that by level 23, you will have learned 813 kanji.

I actually use wkstats as the source of information for my list.

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