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) is oriented around: 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… Recent activity samples show 8.7 posts/day in recent samples (~74% video, ~14% text, ~8% link). Public rules we collected 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; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Video / Edit, LoFi Aesthetic, BoomBap, Tape / Album.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 1, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 133 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/RetroFuturism (#771) and ahead of r/Colorization (#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 13.1.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/LofiHipHop climbed from 1,377,026 to 1,377,811 subscribers (+785, +0.06%). That is about 18 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
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 1,377,811 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #772 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 785 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 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/hiphopheads (5.5M), r/Music (38.6M), r/Conservative (1.4M), r/hmmm (2.1M) and r/kpop (3.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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.