r/Music vs r/listentothis

Side-by-side using public descriptions, members, growth and rule titles from SubMouse. Missing fields show as n/a. Adult communities are excluded.

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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).

Collected 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 (collected titles).
r/listentothis: discovery; popularity threshold and format rules (collected titles).
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

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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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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Supported differences

Aspect	r/Music	r/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 rule titles and activity samples collected for both. 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-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.