On: The most frequent 777 characters give 90% coverage...

[ignoranceprior]

Just out of curiosity, how many kanji would you need to know for 98% coverage?

Edit: Doh, the OP link actually includes this statistic.

[sova → ignoranceprior]

７７７ characters: ９０.０％ coverage １４７７ characters: ９８.０％ coverage ２４７７ characters: ９９.９％ coverage

[rangibaby → ignoranceprior]

Japanese learn 2000 or so kanji at school so I’d say that’s a good ballpark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jōyō_kanji