r/ambient↗
/r/Ambient: A place for sharing pure ambient music
Ambient is the de-emphasis of traditional melody, rhythm, and form and the emphasis and exploration of sonic characteristics such as timbre and texture. All types of beat-less ambient music are welcome. Please be sure to report posts that do not fit the rules to help the moderation team.
25k subscribers157 posts / mo in Sep 2026107 authors / mosince 2008
r/ambient has 25k members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 157 posts a month from 107 people. Top topics: Ambient and Experimental Music, Progressive Black Metal and Electronic Ambient.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Ambient and Experimental Music2.8%
- Progressive Black Metal1.1%
- Electronic Ambient1.0%
- Summer Dreams0.9%
- New Album Releases0.7%
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- Spotify
- SoundCloud
- Apple
- Deezer
- Qobuz
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