About r/LofiHipHop
In its own words:
The Largest Lo-Fi HipHop Community on the Internet. A Place to share, talk, and listen to Lo-Fi HipHop Do you produce music? Join the community Discord: https://discord.gg/ZkktwqRuCB If you want to share your own music/art, READ THE RULES BEFORE POSTING
Community guide
r/LofiHipHop (#772, about 1.4 million subscribers) — a Lo-Fi HipHop Community. A Place to share, talk, and listen to Lo-Fi HipHop Do you produce music? Join the community Discord: https://discord.gg/ZkktwqRuCB If you want to share your own… A recent sample averaged 8.7 posts a day (~74% video, ~14% text, ~8% link). Its public rules include: Posts MUST be hosted on Reddit or Imgur [NO LINK SPAM to Youtube/Soundcloud]; Support Artists and Producers!; Posts Must be Lo-Fi Hiphop Related; Quality Limitations and Guidelines; Community Guidelines / Proper Flair Usage.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Match posts to: Posts MUST be hosted on Reddit or Imgur [NO LINK SPAM to Youtube/Soundcloud]; Support Artists and Producers!; Posts Must be Lo-Fi Hiphop Related; Quality Limitations and Guidelines.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Video / Edit, LoFi Aesthetic, BoomBap, Tape / Album.
The community was created on May 1, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 152 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/mexicanfood (#771) and ahead of r/LegalAdviceUK (#773) in our ranking.
What sets r/LofiHipHop apart
Compared with other large communities, r/LofiHipHop leans heavily on videos (74% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 4%). r/LofiHipHop is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.2 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/LofiHipHop climbed from 1,377,026 to 1,377,963 subscribers (+937, +0.07%). That is about 18 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/LofiHipHop this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- wanted my new track to feel like 3am in a retrofuture cybercityu/stickersandtoast · Nov 5 · video
- Romantic Mexican Lofi !🔥💔❤️u/emnk1 · Nov 6 · video
- Golden era flipu/Gwizmusic · Nov 5 · video
- i just dropped cds for my first beat-tape today for bandcamp fridayu/stickersandtoast · Nov 6 · gallery
- Lofi and AIu/lanzevedo · Nov 2 · text post
- Lofi Hip Hop Beatu/Love_Drums_N_Soul · Nov 3 · video
- GLDN1-ADDERALL PADLEBALLu/GLDN_1 · Nov 7 · video
- It’s dangerous to go alone—took the MPC Key 37 to Hyrule 🗡️🛡️u/Thesis_TM · Nov 6 · video
- What do you think?u/Intelligent_Belt_903 · Nov 5 · video
- “Icons” (Unfadeable LP) on the Rossum SP-1200u/Sturks412 · Nov 6 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/LofiHipHop, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- I love both genres but I'm pretty sure this is the only thing separating themSep 10, 2020 · image
- Can we all agree that Lofi HipHop peaked here?u/Jondebadboy · May 21, 2026 · image
- Facts !!!!!u/StarboyEdits · May 24, 2020 · image
- A Typical Lo-Fi Playlist/Mixu/noodledadi · Apr 6, 2020 · 1,018 points · 54 comments · image
- Aesthetics starter packu/DoDoMiXoNBoi · Nov 10, 2020 · image
- What it will sound like if the legend of Zelda was in different hoodsu/junejissle · May 9, 2021 · video
- Updating our AI Policy: All AI Slop, not just Gen AI Music, is banned.u/SageNineMusic · Nov 10, 2025 · image
- Am I wrong here?u/RaddestCat · Jun 10, 2020 · image
- Is ‘Lo-Fi Funk’ a thing? If it is, I just made some. If not, let’s make it a thing, lol.u/ayonick · Sep 18, 2020 · video
- Waiting for this day XDu/StarboyEdits · May 26, 2020 · image
What r/LofiHipHop talks about
We read the titles of 66 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “lofi”, “beats”, “lo-fi”, “mix” and “study”. Other frequent themes are beat, chill, flip, bedroom, pop and coffee. Recurring phrases include “bedroom pop”, “lo-fi beats”, “garden theory” and “lofi hip”. By format, 74% are videos, 14% are text posts and 8% are links.
Popular post flairs: Video / Edit (17), LoFi Aesthetic (7), BoomBap (7), Tape / Album (7), Live Session (6), Discussion (6).
Activity and best time to post
r/LofiHipHop gets about 8.7 new posts a day. The public archive holds 120,982 posts and 382,641 comments in total, about 3.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (14 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (4). Posting peaks around 23:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/LofiHipHop
The moderators of r/LofiHipHop list 6 rules. In short:
- Posts MUST be hosted on Reddit or Imgur [NO LINK SPAM to Youtube/Soundcloud]
- Support Artists and Producers!
- Posts Must be Lo-Fi Hiphop Related
- Quality Limitations and Guidelines
- Community Guidelines / Proper Flair Usage
- AI Generated/Prompted Music will result in a Permaban
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/LofiHipHop and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/LofiHipHop have?
r/LofiHipHop has 1,377,963 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #772 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 937 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/LofiHipHop?
r/LofiHipHop was created on May 1, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
How active is r/LofiHipHop?
Moderately: r/LofiHipHop gets about 8.7 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 120,982 posts and 382,641 comments. In a sample of 66 recent posts we counted 52 different authors.
When is r/LofiHipHop most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 23:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/LofiHipHop about?
The community describes itself as: “The Largest Lo-Fi HipHop Community on the Internet. A Place to share, talk, and listen to Lo-Fi HipHop Do you produce music? Join the community Discord: https://discord.gg/ZkktwqRuCB If you want to share your own music/…” Recent post titles often mention lofi, beats, lo-fi, mix and study. Most posts are videos (74%).
Is r/LofiHipHop safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/LofiHipHop as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/LofiHipHop?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/LofiHipHop accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Posts MUST be hosted on Reddit or Imgur [NO LINK SPAM to Youtube/Soundcloud]”; “Support Artists and Producers!”; “Posts Must be Lo-Fi Hiphop Related”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/LofiHipHop?
Communities with similar topics include r/Music (38.6M), r/kpop (3.9M), r/metalworking (1.1M) and r/AnimeART (1.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/LofiHipHop.