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Breakbeat - Beats of the broken variety

Breakbeat is a genre of electronic music that utilizes breaks, often sampled from earlier recordings in funk, jazz and R&B, for the main rhythm. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, hardcore, and UK garage styles (including 2-step, breakstep and dubstep).

16k subscribers107 posts / mo in Sep 202686 authors / mosince 2010

r/breakbeat has 16k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 107 posts a month from 86 people. Top topics: Mixes and Remixes, Mixes and Mixing and Remixes & Features.

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Size and growth

How r/breakbeat has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +1.9% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 202616k
Growing16k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+9.2%vs Sep 2025 · −22% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026107
BusierPeaked at 172 in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/breakbeat

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Mixes and Remixes7.2%
  2. Mixes and Mixing5.4%
  3. Remixes & Features4.7%
  4. Remixes and Amps3.1%
  5. Mixes & Remixed Tracks2.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. SoundCloud
  2. Spotify
  3. Mixcloud
  4. Discogs
  5. Amazon

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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