Reposition of Y Axis Title in ggplot2

How can I put the Y axis title from where it is to the red box?

If I use this command it goes to the left of the 20.

axis.title.y = element_text(angle = 0, hjust = 1)

When I am not mistaken, the easiest way to solve it is by moving the y_axis text to the (sub) title area of the plot. Here is an example. Adjust hjust to a value that suit your needs (I could not check the range myself owing to limitations of my mobile)

library(ggplot2)

ggplot(mtcars, aes(x=hp, y=mpg)) + geom_point() +
ggtitle("mpg") +
theme(
axis.title.y = element_blank(), 
plot.title = element_text(hjust=0))

Hope this helps,

JW

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@Jwvz001

I used the subtitle to solve the problem using the following code:

theme(plot.subtitle=element_text(hjust = -0.09))

You can adjust the position using different values in hjust.

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