About r/guitarlessons
In its own words:
A subreddit dedicated to learning guitar. Post lessons, ask questions, and get feedback on your playing on Feedback Fridays. The community is open to all people of all styles!
The community was created on Sep 29, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Among the 14 communities on our guitar list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/guitarlessons apart
r/guitarlessons is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 54% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 76.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 100% of the Top 100.
What r/guitarlessons talks about
Looking at the titles of 184 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “guitar”, “help”, “play”, “chord” and “learn”. Other frequent themes are learning, playing, chords, song, tips and trying. Recurring phrases include “caged system”, “barre chord”, “spanish guitar” and “guitar solo”. By format, 54% are text posts, 31% are videos and 11% are images.
Popular post flairs: Question (108), Lesson (45), Feedback Request (20), Other (11).
Activity and best time to post
r/guitarlessons gets about 28 new posts a day. The public archive holds 150,229 posts and 1,475,491 comments in total, about 9.8 comments per post.
Rules of r/guitarlessons
The moderators of r/guitarlessons list 10 rules. In short:
- No advertising.
- No Performances (except Feedback Fridays), Backing Tracks or Tab Requests!
- Gear Questions and Discussion goes in the megathread!
- Feedback Fridays
- Lessons must be Lessons
- Flair all posts!
- Don't downvote or mock legitimate questions.
- Don't spam.
- All posts must fit the sub
- Be Awesome to each other
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/guitarlessons 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/guitarlessons?
r/guitarlessons has 367,920 subscribers.
When was r/guitarlessons created?
r/guitarlessons was created on Sep 29, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/guitarlessons still active?
Yes. r/guitarlessons gets about 28 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 150,229 posts and 1,475,491 comments. In a sample of 184 recent posts we counted 161 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/guitarlessons?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit dedicated to learning guitar. Post lessons, ask questions, and get feedback on your playing on Feedback Fridays. The community is open to all people of all styles!” Recent post titles often mention guitar, help, play, chord and learn. Most posts are text posts (54%).
Is r/guitarlessons SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/guitarlessons as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/guitarlessons?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/guitarlessons accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “No advertising.”; “No Performances (except Feedback Fridays), Backing Tracks or Tab Requests!”; “Gear Questions and Discussion goes in the megathread!”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/guitarlessons?
Communities with similar topics include r/pcmasterrace (16.4M), r/travel (14.5M), r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M), r/Fitness (12.6M) and r/gardening (9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/guitarlessons.