r/musicbusiness↗
Music Business, Management, Publishing, Licensing, Copyright
A professional community focused on music business, publishing, licensing, royalties, copyright, distribution (Symphonic, Distrokid, CDBaby, Amuse), artist management, music marketing, sync deals, record labels, contracts, streaming monetization, PROs (ASCAP, BMI), and the independent music industry. For artists, producers, managers, and music entrepreneurs navigating today’s music business.
26k subscribers117 posts / mo in Sep 2026109 authors / mosince 2011
r/musicbusiness has 26k members (+46% over the last 12 months). It gets about 117 posts a month from 109 people. Top topics: Music Promotion & Marketing, Spotify Streams & Playlists and Musician's Journey.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Music Promotion & Marketing7.8%
- Spotify Streams & Playlists3.8%
- Musician's Journey3.5%
- Starting Bands1.0%
- Concert Cancellations0.6%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Spotify
- DistroKid
- Apple
- TikTok
- Substack
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