About r/headphones
In its own words:
A place for discussion, news, reviews and DIY projects related to portable audio, headphones, headphone amplifiers and DACs.
Community guide
r/headphones (#685, about 1.5 million subscribers) — A place for discussion, news, reviews and DIY projects related to portable audio, headphones, headphone amplifiers and DACs. A recent sample averaged 34 posts a day (~67% text, ~18% image, ~13% gallery). Its public rules include: Be most excellent towards your fellow redditors; Ask purchase and shopping questions in the Shopping and Setup Help Desk; Rules for image posts; Disallowed content; No selling or buying. It is listed under “Technology”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. This is not positioned as a general tech-support desk. Match posts to: Be most excellent towards your fellow redditors; Ask purchase and shopping questions in the Shopping and Setup Help Desk; Rules for image posts; Disallowed content.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs. Route install/fix questions to dedicated help communities.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Discussion, Show & Tell, Review, Impressions.
The community was created on Nov 19, 2009, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 506 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/shittymoviedetails (#685) and ahead of r/Disneyland (#687) in our ranking.
What sets r/headphones apart
r/headphones is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 67% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 8.0× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/headphones grew from 1,546,464 to 1,549,871 subscribers (+3.4K, +0.22%). That is about 67 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/headphones this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Hifiman Edition XS down to $87 ($93 after tax) for certified refurbished units for AliExpress 11/11 saleu/ThatsPurttyGood101 · Nov 1 · gallery
- I just found a manufacturing defect in the Sennheiser IE 600 earphones—let’s take a look at it.u/-Vadimon- · Nov 6 · gallery
- Sony brought back its original Walkman headphones, but they don't work with Walkmans...u/DaveCarr_SG · Nov 5 · link
- I designed a wireless headphone.u/Armored_Soul · Nov 2 · gallery
- First Non Commercial headphones. I now understand one thing...u/BoldBabeBanshee · Nov 6 · image
- Sennheiser HD6XX for $50u/Dimpbus · Nov 7 · gallery
- Tested Hifiman Edition XS vs Arya Organic side by side.u/Mikeb8134 · Nov 4 · image
- Update: the issue with the cable lying aroundu/__Quarzer__ · Nov 5 · gallery
- This is my current setup for gaming and music listening.u/veniib · Nov 6 · image
- My headphone system is now completeu/davescott42 · Nov 6 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/headphones, from 2017 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- IKEA just released this new headphone standu/JohannHi · Dec 7, 2017 · 16,697 points · 349 comments · image
- Who would win...u/Mashine_Throwaway · Nov 25, 2017 · 11,092 points · 140 comments · image
- Massdrop trolled me hardu/ColossalKiwi · Apr 20, 2017 · 10,580 points · 221 comments · link
- I made an iPhone case that unfolds into full-sized headphonesu/pudjam667 · Feb 3, 2025 · gallery
- Family sent me this and I can't help but feel like I'm being mockedu/Tadgh_Asterix · Jun 20, 2017 · 7,847 points · 170 comments · image
- I made water-headphones for natural rain soundsu/pudjam667 · May 14, 2025 · gallery
- To the jerk that stole my headphones.u/wido711 · Dec 13, 2017 · 6,792 points · 426 comments · image
- I made headphones with 8 drivers and 3 custom Dekoni earpads (bringing to CanJam, they sound awesome)u/pudjam667 · Sep 24, 2024 · gallery
- Chinese Headphones in Nutshellu/feinan · Mar 27, 2017 · 6,054 points · 171 comments · image
- I made headphones with integrated CD player, remote control, battery, 20-disc storage, and jewel box compartmentu/pudjam667 · Aug 8, 2025 · gallery
What r/headphones talks about
We read the titles of 171 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “hifiman”, “audio”, “sound”, “help” and “ar3000”. Other frequent themes are pro, headphone, thoughts, review, aune and edition. Recurring phrases include “aune ar3000”, “hifiman edition”, “competitive fps” and “arya organic”. By format, 67% are text posts, 18% are images and 13% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (99), Show & Tell (26), Review (15), Impressions (12), DIY/Mod (4), Music (4).
Activity and best time to post
r/headphones gets about 34 new posts a day. The public archive holds 419,848 posts and 4,544,034 comments in total, about 10.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (34 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (23). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/headphones
The moderators of r/headphones list 8 rules. In short:
- Be most excellent towards your fellow redditors
- Ask purchase and shopping questions in the Shopping and Setup Help Desk
- Rules for image posts
- Disallowed content
- No selling or buying
- No off-topic or loudspeaker content
- Ask tech support and general questions in the Shopping and Setup Help Desk
- Memes on Monday
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/headphones 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/headphones?
r/headphones has 1,549,871 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #686 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,407 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/headphones?
r/headphones was created on Nov 19, 2009, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 27, 2010.
How active is r/headphones?
Very active: r/headphones gets about 34 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 419,848 posts and 4,544,034 comments. In a sample of 171 recent posts we counted 158 different authors.
When is r/headphones most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/headphones about?
The community describes itself as: “A place for discussion, news, reviews and DIY projects related to portable audio, headphones, headphone amplifiers and DACs.” Recent post titles often mention hifiman, audio, sound, help and ar3000. Most posts are text posts (67%).
Is r/headphones safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/headphones as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/headphones?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/headphones accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be most excellent towards your fellow redditors”; “Ask purchase and shopping questions in the Shopping and Setup Help Desk”; “Rules for image posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/headphones?
Communities with similar topics include r/audiophile (2.2M), r/hometheater (1.1M) and r/cars (7.4M).
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/headphones.