r/synthwave↗
Synth Wave
Electronic music of the Cold War continued: minimal synth, cold wave, early industrial/EBM, flexipop, NDW, post-punk.
43k subscribers100 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~4% by known bots)73 authors / mosince 2013
r/synthwave has 43k members (+4.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 100 posts a month from 73 people. Top topics: Disco Funk Anthology, Death Metal Albums and Rock & Electronic Fusion.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Disco Funk Anthology11%
- Death Metal Albums2.7%
- Rock & Electronic Fusion2.3%
- Electronic Orchestral Music2.1%
- House Music2.0%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Spotify
- Discogs
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