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r/Music vs r/listentothis

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General music room vs lesser-known track discovery

r/Music calls itself Reddit’s #1 music community. r/listentothis is framed as a musical community oriented to listening recommendations, with rules that remove posts that exceed a popularity threshold and that police format, covers/remixes of popular songs, and unofficial channels.

Both sit in the live Top cut (Music about 38.6M, rank #7; listentothis about 17.9M, rank #51). Activity samples are video-heavy for both; Music is far busier in our window (roughly 263 vs 36 posts per day).

Short rule titles show the product difference. Music bans Hall of Fame songs, clickbait, posting your own music, and request-style posts, and requires Artist – Title [Genre] formatting. listentothis’s titles centre on popularity limits, format, self-promotion, and covers/remixes of popular artists. Share or discuss within Music’s rules; bring under-the-radar listens that clear listentothis’s threshold and format rules there.

  • r/Music: broad music community; title format and Hall of Fame limits.
  • r/listentothis: discovery; popularity threshold and format rules.
  • Both have full SubMouse community pages. Pick by whether the track is a deep cut or general music content.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/Music

r/Music

Reddit’s #1 Music Community

Members
38.6M
7-day growth
+4.5K
Posts/day
263.1
Directory rank
#7
Created
Jan 25, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: videos 53%, text posts 21%, images 14%

Topics: Music

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • 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
  • No unauthorized music
  • Stay on-topic

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About this community: r/Music (#7, about 38.6 million) is a large general music community with title format Artist - Title [Genre]. Rules ban Hall of Fame songs, posting your own music, request-style posts, clickbait; require official artist channels. Video-heavy (~263.1 ppd).

r/listentothis

Listen To This

The musical community of reddit -- Now reopened by the order of Reddit

Members
17.9M
7-day growth
+375
Posts/day
35.6
Directory rank
#51
Created
May 6, 2009
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: videos 74%, links 25%, text posts 0%

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Exceeds popularity threshold
  • Posts should follow proper format
  • Personal association and/or self-promotion
  • Incivility, harassment, threats, slurs, or demeaning language.
  • Non-official Channel
  • Cover or Remix of a Popular Artist or Song
  • Request for Moderator Approval of Resubmitted Post

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About this community: r/listentothis ranks #51 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 17.9 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: The musical community of reddit -- Now reopened by the order of Reddit Moderation themes that shape the room include: Exceeds popularity threshold; Posts should follow proper format; Personal association and/or self-promotion; Incivility, harassment, threats, slurs, or demeaning language..

Supported differences

Aspectr/Musicr/listentothis
Public focus (from each community’s public description) Reddit’s #1 Music Community The musical community of reddit -- Now reopened by the order of Reddit
Size
r/Music is larger in our directory (about 2.2×).
 38.6M members 17.9M members
Posting activity (our sample) 263.1/day 35.6/day
Common post types in our sample videos 53%, text posts 21%, images 14% videos 74%, links 25%, text posts 0%
Topic tags on SubMouse Music n/a
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) 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 Exceeds popularity threshold; Posts should follow proper format; Personal association and/or self-promotion; Incivility, harassment, threats, slurs, or demeaning language.; Non-official Channel

Rules and tone we can verify

Music: No songs from the Hall of Fame; title formatting Artist - Title [Genre]; artist repost limits; no clickbait; high-quality discussions; don’t post your own music; no request-style posts. listentothis: Exceeds popularity threshold; proper format; personal association/self-promotion; non-official channel; cover or remix of a popular artist or song.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post types are shown where recent activity is available. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order.

Comparisons we prepared

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