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HeavyVinyl: Only analog is trve

Welcome to HeavyVinyl, the place to share and discuss new and timeless heavy vinyl records. From death metal to noise to punk to dungeon synth to thrash to hardcore to grind and doom - heavy is relative. We don't stop at 180 grams.

42k subscribers585 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)216 authors / mosince 2012

r/heavyvinyl has 42k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 585 posts a month from 216 people. Top topics: Blood-Infused Metal, Black Metal Albums and Death Metal Albums.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +3.1% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202642k
Growing42k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/heavyvinyl

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+20%vs Sep 2025 · −2.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026585
BusierPeaked at 797 in Mar 2023
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/heavyvinyl

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Blood-Infused Metal1.9%
  2. Black Metal Albums1.9%
  3. Death Metal Albums1.7%
  4. Death Metal Albums1.7%
  5. Metal Pickups & Collections1.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Discogs
  2. Big Cartel
  3. Spotify
  4. Equal Vision Records
  5. Encyclopaedia Metallum

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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