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Hip Hop Music

The Home of the Hip Hop Music Network. From the foundations of the culture to the sound of today, r/hiphop brings every era together in one place. Explore the music, artists, albums, history, culture, and conversations that have shaped hip-hop across generations. Hip Hop Music... Nothing More, Nothing Less.

298k subscribers274 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)104 authors / mosince 2008

r/hiphop has 298k members (+3.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 274 posts a month from 104 people. Top topics: Underground Hip-Hop, Notorious B.I.G. & Mobb Deep and Featuring Artists.

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Size and growth

How r/hiphop has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.5%in 12 months · +1.1% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026298k
Growing298k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/hiphop

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−59%vs Sep 2025 · +5.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026274
QuieterPeaked at 1.6k in Sep 2021
Sep 2026: incl. ~3% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/hiphop

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Underground Hip-Hop9.0%
  2. Notorious B.I.G. & Mobb Deep2.9%
  3. Featuring Artists2.7%
  4. MF DOOM Featuring1.7%
  5. Featuring Artists & Collaborations1.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Perplexity
  2. DistroKid
  3. Genius

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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