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r/Metal101↗

A place where you can finally major in Metal Studies.

This subreddit was created for the inquiry of newly-made Metalheads looking for a place to start or veterans of the metallic variety searching for that new band to stalk across the country. This will be a place of friendly, community-led discovery into the vast world that is Metal. Everyone is welcome.

8.9k subscribers40 posts / mo in Sep 202636 authors / mosince 2013

r/Metal101 has 8.9k members (+14% over the last 12 months). It gets about 40 posts a month from 36 people. Top topics: Metal Recommendations, Similar Bands & Albums and Thrash Metal Bands & Albums.

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Size and growth

How r/Metal101 has grown

r/Metal101

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+14%in 12 months · +4.7% in 3 months
Oct 20268.8k
Growing8.8k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Metal101

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+208%vs Sep 2025 · +132% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202640
BusierPeaked at 58 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Metal101

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Metal Recommendations5.0%
  2. Similar Bands & Albums3.8%
  3. Thrash Metal Bands & Albums3.1%
  4. Death Metal Albums3.0%
  5. Metalheads Lounge2.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Spotify
  2. Rate Your Music

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Everything else about r/Metal101

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research