Is Free! getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Free! has a 100/100 renewal signal score. This score is updated daily and reflects fandom momentum, streaming signals, and franchise history. Visit https://courcast.com/title/free-summer-2013 for the full breakdown.

Will Free! be renewed?

Free! currently has a 100/100 renewal signal score on Courcast. Signals driving this score include online discussion volume, sequel history in the franchise, and platform engagement data - all updated daily.

What is Free!'s renewal probability?

Free!'s CourScore is 100/100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single probability estimate. See the full score breakdown at https://courcast.com/title/free-summer-2013.

Aliases

フリー！, Free!, Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club

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The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways.

Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Last updated

Oct 28, 2026, 06:14 AM

Evidence

Announcement status

Official announcement records with supporting citations.

Confirmed

TV season

Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2014, 12:00 AM.

Franchise overview

Franchise timeline

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Renewal pulse

Courcast score breakdown

CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.

Confirmed

Announced Jan 1, 2014, 12:00 AM

CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.

Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 14 hours ago

Top reasons

Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.

Runway

Anime original

This is an anime original, not an adaptation, so there is no source material to run down - renewal turns on sales and popularity rather than runway.

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Fandom Engagement0

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:14 AM

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Renewal FAQ

Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club- renewal questions

Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.

Is Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club- getting a new season?: Yes - Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club- has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club- be renewed?: Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club- has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
What is Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-'s renewal probability?: Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-'s CourScore is 100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily signal score out of 100.

Latest signals

Fresh telemetry

Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.

Source	Metric	Geo	Value	Collected
amazon jp	amazon jp bd rank	JP	52	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	71	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	3,569	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	184,288	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	2	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
animate	merch rank	JP	2	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
cdjapan	bd rank	JP	62	Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	14	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	87	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	13,031	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
danime	viewership rank	JP	91	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	mark count	JP	11,841	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	80	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
five ch	thread posts	JP	533	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	56	Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	38	Mar 8, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	1	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	1,011	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	55,875	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	2,722	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	74.56	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	609,817	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	853,129	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	133,565	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	516	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	2	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	44,119	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangacodex	bd sales avg	JP	33,000	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangadex	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	6.39	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	entry likes	GLOBAL	539	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	figures total	GLOBAL	146	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	goods total	GLOBAL	2,623	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	media total	GLOBAL	599	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch added 30d	GLOBAL	0	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch total	GLOBAL	3,368	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	249,388	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	201,459	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	12,385,302	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
oricon bd	oricon bd rank	JP	1	Jul 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
oricon bd	oricon bd weeks	JP	4	Jul 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	388	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	3	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	11	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	407	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	11	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	11	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.78	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	67,651	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	73.2	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	73	Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	32.08	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	249	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	298	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
x official jp	posts 7d	JP	20	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
x official jp	silent days	JP	0	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	0	Jul 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	0	Jul 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	trailer likes	GLOBAL	4,269	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	trailer views	GLOBAL	679,694	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jul 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jul 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	177,260	Jul 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	177,260	Jul 3, 2026, 12:00 AM

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