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Welcome to r/iems, the best place to talk about in ear monitors on the internet. IEMs / Earphones, DIY IEMs, DAPs, DACs, reviews and community news are all welcome here. Please read the sidebar.

156k subscribers3,214 posts / mo in Sep 20262,316 authors / mosince 2014

r/iems has 156k members (+83% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,214 posts a month from 2,316 people. Top topics: In-Ear Monitors, In-Ear-Monitors and Moondrop IEMs.

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Size and growth

How r/iems has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+83%in 12 months · +12% in 3 months · +2.9% in 1 month
Oct 2026155k
Growing155k subscribers
Data since Feb 2019Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+3.7%vs Sep 2025 · +4.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263.2k
BusierPeaked at 3.7k in Nov 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/iems

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. In-Ear Monitors15%
  2. In-Ear-Monitors7.9%
  3. Moondrop IEMs4.2%
  4. Audio Components Reviews1.9%
  5. Digital Audio Players1.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Aliexpress
  2. Squig.link
  3. The Hangout by Crinacle
  4. Head-Fi
  5. Linsoul Audio

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Everything else about r/iems

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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