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Melodic Death Metal - news, reviews, videos and discussion.

The place for news, song sharing and discussions on all things related to melodic death metal.

73k subscribers290 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)193 authors / mosince 2011

r/melodicdeathmetal has 73k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 290 posts a month from 193 people. Top topics: Black Metal Albums, Black Metal and Scandinavian Metal.

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Size and growth

How r/melodicdeathmetal has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +2.9% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202673k
Growing73k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−12%vs Sep 2025 · +9.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026290
QuieterPeaked at 344 in Mar 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/melodicdeathmetal

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Black Metal Albums3.9%
  2. Black Metal2.5%
  3. Scandinavian Metal2.4%
  4. Carpathian Forest2.2%
  5. Black Metal USA1.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Encyclopaedia Metallum
  2. Metal Injection
  3. setlist.fm
  4. Angry Metal Guy
  5. Hyperfollow

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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