About r/vinyl
In its own words:
For everything record related. For equipment, setup, or troubleshooting questions, please ask in our stickied Weekly Questions Thread or consult the sub Wiki.
Community guide
Looking for r/vinyl? This #483 community (about 2.3 million) is for everything record related. For equipment, setup, or troubleshooting questions, please ask in our stickied Weekly Questions Thread or consult the sub Wiki. Collected rules highlight Questions about vinyl and equipment should be asked in the weekly questions thread; Image and video posts require a 300 plus character review or description added as a comment; and No meme image posts, among 10 listed. Activity mix in sample: image:243, gallery:115, text:48, video:25. Busy sample (~75.5 ppd across 437 posts).
How posts show up
Recent sample mix: image:243, gallery:115, text:48, video:25. Busy sample (~75.5 ppd across 437 posts). That mix is a snapshot, not a posting quota—rules still decide what stays.
Scope checklist
On-scope means staying true to: for everything record related. For equipment, setup, or troubleshooting questions, please ask in our stickied Weekly Questions Thread or consult the sub Wiki. Off-scope, spam, and listed bans (Questions about vinyl and equipment should be asked in the weekly questions thread) get removed.
Practical pointers
Skim the top listed rules before asking something already covered. Key themes: Questions about vinyl and equipment should be asked in the weekly questions thread; Image and video posts require a 300 plus character review or description added as a comment; No meme image posts; Buying, selling or trading. Be civil; don’t invent unstated culture.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,199 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 5 communities on our vinyl records list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/ADHD (#482) and ahead of r/CryptoMoonShots (#484) in our ranking.
What sets r/vinyl apart
Compared with other large communities, r/vinyl leans heavily on images (56% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 19%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 32.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 84% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 11.0× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/vinyl climbed from 2,300,953 to 2,308,045 subscribers (+7.1K, +0.31%). That is about 161 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/vinyl talks about
Across 437 recent posts (Oct 30–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “record”, “collection”, “records”, “halloween” and “album”. Other frequent themes are haul, finally, found, happy, favorite and good. Recurring phrases include “happy halloween”, “record store”, “bloodrock bloodrock” and “local record”. By format, 56% are images, 26% are galleries and 11% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Collection (93), Discussion (75), Rock (32), Record (30), Haul (21), Rate my... (19).
Activity and best time to post
r/vinyl gets about 76 new posts a day. The public archive holds 498,509 posts and 5,806,651 comments in total, about 11.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (97 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (43). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/vinyl
The moderators of r/vinyl list 10 rules. In short:
- Questions about vinyl and equipment should be asked in the weekly questions thread.
- Image and video posts require a 300 plus character review or description added as a comment.
- No meme image posts
- Buying, selling or trading
- Be nice, be helpful. Don't be rude, don't be a jerk.
- Seller/Site/Retailer Verification Questions
- Harassment policy
- Gatekeeping
- Spam policy
- No download codes
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/vinyl 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/vinyl?
r/vinyl has 2,308,045 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #483 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,092 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/vinyl created?
r/vinyl was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 20, 2008.
Is r/vinyl still active?
Yes. r/vinyl gets about 76 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 498,509 posts and 5,806,651 comments. In a sample of 437 recent posts we counted 337 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/vinyl?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/vinyl?
The community describes itself as: “For everything record related. For equipment, setup, or troubleshooting questions, please ask in our stickied Weekly Questions Thread or consult the sub Wiki.” Recent post titles often mention record, collection, records, halloween and album. Most posts are images (56%).
Is r/vinyl SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/vinyl as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/vinyl?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/vinyl accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Questions about vinyl and equipment should be asked in the weekly questions thread.”; “Image and video posts require a 300 plus character review or description added as a comment.”; “No meme image posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/vinyl?
Communities with similar topics include r/AskReddit (60M), r/books (27.3M), r/analog (2.7M), r/lego (2.8M) and r/skyrim (2.6M).
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/vinyl.