Top Metal Music subreddits

Largest Metal Music subreddits

Largest Metal Music subreddits

#	Subreddit	Members	12-mo growth	Commenters / mo
1	r/Metal	2.62M	+1.2%	550
2	r/Metalcore	1.02M	+4.0%	8,792
3	r/MetalMemes	476,346	+3.6%	1,597
4	r/progmetal	303,141	+4.6%	2,762
5	r/MetalForTheMasses	288,308	+26%	16,126
6	r/Metallica	268,663	+12%	5,252
7	r/ToolBand	261,745	+8.9%	5,765
8	r/Slipknot	221,918	+11%	5,901
9	r/Hardcore	202,031	+14%	7,973
10	D r/Deathcore	200,358	+9.7%	3,458
11	r/doommetal	184,376	+12%	3,418
12	r/deftones	168,422	+16%	3,709
13	r/Deathmetal	162,009	+9.0%	369
14	B r/BlackMetal	161,124	+8.6%	1,137
15	r/numetal	130,678	+26%	5,226
16	r/systemofadown	128,717	+16%	2,782
17	r/Rammstein	117,780	+6.2%	823
18	r/PowerMetal	113,922	+5.5%	1,656
19	r/ironmaiden	96,474	+18%	3,726
20	r/avengedsevenfold	95,737	+16%	4,134
21	r/blacksabbath	93,870	+21%	1,864
22	r/sabaton	93,657	+7.7%	1,126
23	r/BringMeTheHorizon	92,854	+17%	2,096
24	r/Megadeth	90,487	+20%	2,925
25	r/Korn	83,133	+14%	776

Fastest growing Metal Music subreddits

Member growth over 12 months, among subreddits that had at least 18,251 members a year ago.

Fastest growing Metal Music subreddits

#	Subreddit	12-mo growth	Members gained	Members	Commenters / mo
1	r/heavymetal	+94%	+17,291	35,593	2,178
2	r/MetalSuggestions	+76%	+18,372	42,397	6,692
3	r/hairmetal	+49%	+13,630	41,456	4,711
4	B r/BadOmens	+42%	+7,887	26,539	475
5	r/dsbm	+31%	+9,982	42,639	751
6	S r/sludge	+27%	+7,340	34,239	1,291
7	r/Slayer	+26%	+7,556	36,445	904
8	r/numetal	+26%	+27,049	130,678	5,226
9	r/MetalForTheMasses	+26%	+59,543	288,308	16,126
10	r/DeathBand	+25%	+4,742	23,497	442
11	r/InMetalWeTrust	+25%	+12,646	63,310	2,738
12	r/LimpBizkit	+24%	+6,991	35,663	667
13	r/metalmusicians	+24%	+10,485	53,593	1,131
14	r/typeonegative	+24%	+7,411	38,656	906
15	r/Pantera	+23%	+10,984	58,465	1,353
16	r/TechnicalDeathMetal	+23%	+7,983	42,821	1,353
17	C r/crustpunk	+23%	+7,487	40,466	861
18	r/thrashmetal	+22%	+11,012	60,282	1,033
19	r/spiritbox	+22%	+4,681	25,914	668
20	r/Metalboners	+22%	+6,377	35,314	171
21	r/blacksabbath	+21%	+16,593	93,870	1,864
22	r/mastodonband	+20%	+5,665	34,357	2,780
23	r/Megadeth	+20%	+14,890	90,487	2,925
24	r/SabatonMemes	+18%	+4,050	25,947	125
25	r/marilyn_manson	+18%	+4,699	30,729	1,572

Most members gained

Metal Music subreddits that gained the most members

#	Subreddit	Members gained	12-mo growth	Members	Commenters / mo
1	r/MetalForTheMasses	+59,543	+26%	288,308	16,126
2	r/Metalcore	+39,536	+4.0%	1.02M	8,792
3	r/Metal	+29,991	+1.2%	2.62M	550
4	r/Metallica	+28,087	+12%	268,663	5,252
5	r/numetal	+27,049	+26%	130,678	5,226
6	r/Hardcore	+24,110	+14%	202,031	7,973
7	r/deftones	+23,201	+16%	168,422	3,709
8	r/ToolBand	+21,445	+8.9%	261,745	5,765
9	r/Slipknot	+21,124	+11%	221,918	5,901
10	r/doommetal	+20,459	+12%	184,376	3,418
11	r/MetalSuggestions	+18,372	+76%	42,397	6,692
12	D r/Deathcore	+17,734	+9.7%	200,358	3,458
13	r/systemofadown	+17,717	+16%	128,717	2,782
14	r/heavymetal	+17,291	+94%	35,593	2,178
15	r/MetalMemes	+16,599	+3.6%	476,346	1,597
16	r/blacksabbath	+16,593	+21%	93,870	1,864
17	r/Megadeth	+14,890	+20%	90,487	2,925
18	r/ironmaiden	+14,499	+18%	96,474	3,726
19	r/hairmetal	+13,630	+49%	41,456	4,711
20	r/progmetal	+13,428	+4.6%	303,141	2,762
21	r/BringMeTheHorizon	+13,423	+17%	92,854	2,096
22	r/avengedsevenfold	+13,359	+16%	95,737	4,134
23	r/Deathmetal	+13,311	+9.0%	162,009	369
24	B r/BlackMetal	+12,733	+8.6%	161,124	1,137
25	r/InMetalWeTrust	+12,646	+25%	63,310	2,738

Most active Metal Music subreddits

People who comment in a month, the average of the three months ending September 2026.

Most active Metal Music subreddits

#	Subreddit	Commenters / mo	Posts / mo	Members
1	r/MetalForTheMasses	16,126	1,892	288,308
2	r/Metalcore	8,792	1,418	1.02M
3	r/Hardcore	7,973	1,625	202,031
4	r/MetalSuggestions	6,692	826	42,397
5	r/Slipknot	5,901	861	221,918
6	r/ToolBand	5,765	563	261,745
7	r/Metallica	5,252	613	268,663
8	r/numetal	5,226	1,031	130,678
9	r/hairmetal	4,711	690	41,456
10	r/avengedsevenfold	4,134	979	95,737
11	r/ironmaiden	3,726	670	96,474
12	r/deftones	3,709	523	168,422
13	D r/Deathcore	3,458	710	200,358
14	r/doommetal	3,418	640	184,376
15	r/Megadeth	2,925	394	90,487
16	r/systemofadown	2,782	501	128,717
17	r/mastodonband	2,780	471	34,357
18	r/progmetal	2,762	479	303,141
19	r/InMetalWeTrust	2,738	275	63,310
20	r/heavymetal	2,178	539	35,593
21	r/BringMeTheHorizon	2,096	435	92,854
22	r/blacksabbath	1,864	275	93,870
23	r/PowerMetal	1,656	418	113,922
24	r/MetalMemes	1,597	159	476,346
25	r/marilyn_manson	1,572	607	30,729

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• Members are the member counts measured in October 2026.
• Activity (commenters and posts per month) is the average of the three months ending September 2026. Posts by known bots are not counted.
• 12-month growth compares members now with members a year earlier. A subreddit is ranked by growth only if it already had at least 18,251 members a year ago (the median for subreddits with a known growth), so brand-new communities don't top the list from a base of zero. Subreddits with more monthly active users than 0.808 per member, a sign of inflated activity, are left out of the growth and activity lists.
• NSFW communities are excluded: those Reddit marks as 18+, those where most posts are NSFW, and the Adult Content topic.
• Topics follow Reddit's own community categories.
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