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About r/Music

In its own words:

Reddit’s #1 Music Community

The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 6,311 subscribers (+0.02%). Among the 8 communities on our music list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/todayilearned (#6) and ahead of r/aww (#8) in our ranking.

What sets r/Music apart

Compared with other large communities, r/Music leans heavily on videos (46% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 7%). r/Music is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.4 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 16.2.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Music went up from 38,572,263 to 38,597,499 subscribers (+25.2K, +0.07%). That is about 631 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Music, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

The FCC is about to kill net neutrality. We’re protesting nationwide on Dec 7th to stop them.u/JPTIII · Nov 21, 2017 · 145,172 points · 1,760 comments · text post
Confederate flags are banned from CMA country music festival, officials announceu/cannonhawk · Jun 3, 2022 · 111,725 points · 9,299 comments · link
FINNEAS withdraws from Ed Sheeran tour datesu/mc-tarheel · Sep 15, 2026 · image
Rick Astley - Everlong (Foo Fighters Cover) [rock]u/ReallyRickAstley · Jun 18, 2020 · video
Snoop Dogg blasted for ‘stand up to hate’ commercial with Tom Brady after performing at Trump inaugurationu/theindependentonline · Feb 10, 2025 · link
The FCC is expected to announce a vote to gut net neutrality rules the day before Thanksgiving. Only a big burst of phone calls to Congress can stop them from allowing ISPs to charge us extra fees to…u/JPTIII · Oct 19, 2017 · 99,438 points · 4,453 comments · text post
Right-wing fans mocked for boycotting Rage Against the Machine after realising band’s political stanceu/DaFunkJunkie · Jun 10, 2020 · link
Ed Sheeran support act Aaron Rowe withdraws from NA touru/yazid87 · Sep 15, 2026 · image
Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington passes away aged 41Jul 20, 2017 · 89,021 points · 7,929 comments · link
JD Vance Booed While Attending Concert at Kennedy Centeru/ebradio · Mar 14, 2025 · link

What r/Music talks about

We read the titles of 693 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “rock”, “song”, “albums”, “metal” and “pop”. Other frequent themes are video, album, songs, indie, live and love. Recurring phrases include “indie rock”, “alternative rock”, “hip hop” and “video polyphia”. By format, 46% are videos, 22% are text posts and 16% are links.

rock 66
song 36
albums 29
metal 28
pop 27
video 23
album 23
songs 22
indie 21
live 18
love 17
artist 17
alternative 15
band 14
official 13
top 13
listen 13
punk 12

Popular post flairs: music (235), discussion (149), article (114), video (43), Removed - Captioned link (22), new release (16).

Activity and best time to post

r/Music gets about 270 new posts a day. The public archive holds 4,491,558 posts and 24,239,246 comments in total, about 5.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (279 posts) and the quietest was Monday (220). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026

Videos 46%Text posts 22%Links 16%Images 15%

Rules of r/Music

The moderators of r/Music list 15 rules. In short:

No songs from the Hall of Fame
No discussions "about, of, or for" the author
Title Formatting: Artist - Title [Genre]
Artist repost limitations
No clickbait
High-quality discussions only
Don't post your own music
No request-style posts
Use official artist channels for linked music
No solicitation

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/Music 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 big is r/Music?

r/Music has 38,597,499 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #7 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 25,236 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/Music?

r/Music was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.

How active is r/Music?

Very active: r/Music gets about 270 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 4,491,558 posts and 24,239,246 comments. In a sample of 693 recent posts we counted 492 different authors.

When is r/Music most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/Music about?

The community describes itself as: “Reddit’s #1 Music Community” Recent post titles often mention rock, song, albums, metal and pop. Most posts are videos (46%).

Is r/Music safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Music as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/Music?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Music accepts both text and link posts, with images enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “No songs from the Hall of Fame”; “No discussions "about, of, or for" the author”; “Title Formatting: Artist - Title [Genre]”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/Music?

Communities with similar topics include r/indieheads (3.6M), r/listentothis (17.9M), r/popheads (3.2M), r/kpop (3.9M) and r/todayilearned (41.7M).

Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/Music.

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