Is Free! getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Free! has a 100% renewal probability. 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% renewal probability 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% 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

Sep 10, 2026, 06:43 PM

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 is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.

Confirmed

Announced Jan 1, 2014, 12:00 AM

CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.

Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated yesterday

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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CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedSep 10, 2026, 06:43 PM

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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-updated probability 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	57	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	72	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	3,987	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	182,437	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
animate	merch rank	JP	9	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
cdjapan	bd rank	JP	51	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	49	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	29	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	5,798	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
danime	viewership rank	JP	91	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	mark count	JP	11,576	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	80	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
five ch	thread posts	JP	429	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	14	Mar 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	38	Mar 8, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	1	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	1,010	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	55,845	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	2,714	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	74.56	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	607,334	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	849,721	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	132,996	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	511	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	2	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	44,041	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangacodex	bd sales avg	JP	33,000	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangadex	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	6.4	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	entry likes	GLOBAL	531	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	figures total	GLOBAL	146	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	goods total	GLOBAL	2,623	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	media total	GLOBAL	599	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch added 30d	GLOBAL	0	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch total	GLOBAL	3,368	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	249,383	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	201,483	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	12,381,441	Aug 17, 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	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	1	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	15	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	204	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	15	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	15	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.79	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	67,330	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	73.2	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	73	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	15.9	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	246	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	381	Sep 2, 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	4,268	Aug 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	trailer views	GLOBAL	679,254	Aug 17, 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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