r/experimentalmusic
A place to share all kinds of unique music. Interesting sounds from all time periods and genres are welcome.
How to think about r/experimentalmusic
The community is dedicated to sharing and exploring experimental music across various genres and time periods. It serves as a platform for members to discover unique sounds, from avant-garde compositions to innovative uses of technology in music production. The focus on unconventional and boundary-pushing music sets this community apart, fostering an appreciation for creativity and artistic expression in sound.
Confidence 4/5
Audience
Members typically include music enthusiasts, artists, and producers who are passionate about non-mainstream genres. The community attracts a diverse demographic, ranging from young listeners to seasoned musicians, all united by a curiosity for unique auditory experiences. The vibe is generally supportive and open-minded, with participants eager to share and discuss innovative music.
Posting culture
Content that thrives includes original compositions, experimental soundscapes, and discussions about music theory or production techniques. Posts featuring unique sounds or innovative uses of instruments are well-received, while overly commercial or mainstream content tends to be downvoted. Members frequently engage in sharing links to music platforms like YouTube and SoundCloud, with a steady posting cadence that encourages regular interaction.
Brand engagement notes
Brands looking to engage with this community should focus on authenticity and creativity rather than overt promotion. Sharing unique music projects, behind-the-scenes content, or collaborations with experimental artists can resonate well. However, blatant advertising or commercial messages are likely to be met with skepticism. Engaging with members through discussions about music trends or offering insights into the creative process can foster a positive brand perception.
Top keywords
What r/experimentalmusic talks about
Weighted by how often each term appears in posts and comments, relative to baseline frequency. The largest words are the strongest signals of community focus.
External signals
Where the community looks
Top external domains linked from posts and comments — a quick read on the sources of truth this audience trusts.
- youtu.be
- youtube.com
- v.redd.it
- open.spotify.com
- i.redd.it
- soundcloud.com
- reddit.com
- m.youtube.com
- on.soundcloud.com
- spotify.link
- forestpunk.wordpress.com
- hymnsforacidcasualties1.bandcamp.com
- jparkersound.bandcamp.com
- lpm.org
- helenaford.bandcamp.com
- szarareneta.bandcamp.com
- personalarchives.bandcamp.com
- gregthesquare.bandcamp.com
- takusugimoto.bandcamp.com
- hm333xo.bandcamp.com
Top contributors
Who shapes the conversation
The most active and most-upvoted posters and commenters in this community. Useful when planning outreach or studying a community's tastemakers.
Top posters
By post count
- u/Electronic-Ad8992
- u/[deleted]
- u/Poopigi
- u/text_text_text
- u/AutoModerator
- u/Zewen_Sensei
- u/cragar79
- u/postsender
- u/teduh
- u/forestpunk
- u/jackphd
- u/SquiggleDoo
- u/rainrainrainr
- u/Ok_Patient8873
- u/UrbanSpaceFusion
- u/Perfect__Symmetry
- u/ryuundo
- u/aWhiteStone
- u/eryting_dat_shine
- u/FullOfHelena
- u/Karl368
- u/tmfult
- u/P0kaP0ka
- u/Otherwise_Basis_6328
- u/LilBlueCrunchyThings
- u/ItsPrettyGoodtbh
- u/2heshd
- u/olejazz
- u/obalcik
- u/Reptolord
- u/sertulariae
- u/Acidcasualty1111
- u/serenajara
- u/PhilosopherNo5276
- u/mhumnn
- u/pinkelf6669
- u/tribcom
- u/birbantamant
- u/Chuka444
- u/Dangerous_Fix_5502
- u/Omphaloskeptique
- u/ApprehensiveJelly147
- u/Smisny
- u/se55ions
- u/J_loop18
- u/tahansa
- u/sparklycloudy
- u/Minimizemyself
- u/jamesparker1637
- u/muttlerpoldark
- u/Technical_Charge_699
- u/801Judas
- u/Aagentah
- u/RichMusic81
- u/Extreme_Homework7936
- u/TrundleTheGreat0814
- u/Current-Vacation-669
- u/harmonycorrupted
- u/Basic_Distribution11
- u/Rotosworld
- u/ongoingbox
- u/colequetaquas447
- u/sproos_wayne
- u/sorewound
- u/Moldy_Prose_5402
- u/feuerschwinge2
- u/armanduque666
- u/knarlmarx
- u/atmotw
- u/pbcbmf
- u/rdedmd
- u/WareNetwork2000
- u/gregthesquare
- u/Jazzlike_Ad_3895
- u/wurnotantmlb
- u/EPLS0FF
- u/abandonparasite
- u/angelwingz67
- u/blcktau
- u/Wormbrain
- u/Reasonable_Use_9246
- u/blackfondu
- u/roloyo101
- u/coldwarning
- u/rilles94
- u/False-Fisherman
- u/RealRomainGrosjean
- u/durhauz
- u/sonofaclit
- u/Ralexgg
- u/P3zzina
- u/promieniowanie
- u/bingworm
- u/rapharael
- u/TheSoulCalculator
- u/throwawaydeletealt
- u/voordom
- u/spectralyuki
- u/lhi2285
- u/cherrycasserole
By votes
- u/[deleted]
- u/SquiggleDoo
- u/text_text_text
- u/postsender
- u/Electronic-Ad8992
- u/cragar79
- u/Ok_Patient8873
- u/Poopigi
- u/Perfect__Symmetry
- u/AutoModerator
- u/roloyo101
- u/rainrainrainr
- u/Aagentah
- u/Zewen_Sensei
- u/tmfult
- u/teduh
- u/Lightfiend
- u/ryuundo
- u/pinkelf6669
- u/Extreme_Homework7936
- u/tribcom
- u/TrundleTheGreat0814
- u/jackphd
- u/Chuka444
- u/forestpunk
- u/Human_Germ
- u/coldwarning
- u/P0kaP0ka
- u/olejazz
- u/RichMusic81
- u/rilles94
- u/re_de_unsassify
- u/Current-Vacation-669
- u/eryting_dat_shine
- u/Totem_Recall
- u/False-Fisherman
- u/harmonycorrupted
- u/Emil_Zatopek1982
- u/ItsPrettyGoodtbh
- u/birbantamant
- u/lil__dizzle
- u/Rotosworld
- u/Otherwise_Basis_6328
- u/Dangerous_Fix_5502
- u/rndsepals
- u/Basic_Distribution11
- u/Omphaloskeptique
- u/sweetnobodyofficial
- u/WorthlessDirt
- u/profiloemergenze
- u/GrotesqueButcher
- u/totalmasscontrol
- u/obalcik
- u/donkeyoffduty
- u/earthsick
- u/sproos_wayne
- u/Cremasters_Hammer
- u/BrimEll
- u/ongoingbox
- u/colequetaquas447
- u/FullOfHelena
- u/RealRomainGrosjean
- u/sonofaclit
- u/LilBlueCrunchyThings
- u/Moldy_Prose_5402
- u/domandthat
- u/Mundane-Bar1607
- u/Cakeman1337
- u/ApprehensiveJelly147
- u/j3434
- u/Ralexgg
- u/sertulariae
- u/Karl368
- u/scamasutra
- u/CoalsToNewcastle
- u/P3zzina
- u/2heshd
- u/alexmcsmith
- u/MrBeh
- u/Fonjanski
- u/sorewound
- u/armanduque666
- u/Reptolord
- u/Smisny
- u/UrbanSpaceFusion
- u/mmmoonpie
- u/gurly-fries
- u/metalnxrd
- u/SpencerFahlman
- u/Marshy_mallowz
- u/hinglaj_mata1
- u/pastoholico
- u/Withered_Tulip
- u/beaker_andy
- u/durhauz
- u/bingworm
- u/moron___
- u/Tasselled_Wobbegong
- u/Grasses4Asses
- u/unresolved_m
Top commenters
By comment count
- u/[deleted]
- u/MusicMirrorMan
- u/altcntrl
- u/Fictional_Animal
- u/Adventurous_Set_5760
- u/PunkPilgrim
- u/healthandefficency
- u/moltinglarvae
- u/harmonycorrupted
- u/theoblivionhaha
- u/Telefone_529
- u/voordom
- u/Perfect__Symmetry
- u/Snoo_31935
- u/Adamant-Verve
- u/ufosareglam
- u/Aagentah
- u/jkxr33
- u/Ok-Role3827
- u/srry_didnt_hear_you
- u/BigOldBee
- u/OneMagicalMovement
- u/LostThis
- u/Aid_Le_Sultan
- u/postsender
- u/j3434
- u/TrundleTheGreat0814
- u/sertulariae
- u/Cats-and-Cubes
- u/sethlikesmen
- u/acutomanzia
- u/Helpful-Ad-4499
- u/ziggityzagstardust
- u/IsItWorseThan
- u/EnergyIsMassiveLight
- u/H4RDC0R3_P14Y3R
- u/skywriter90
- u/gigglemode
- u/softest_pretzels
- u/geneticeffects
- u/idontthrillyou
- u/eleven-fu
- u/preyingforoblivion
- u/DonkeyVampireThe3rd
- u/HoboCanadian123
- u/Loha101
- u/dxpn
- u/skinny-fisted
- u/the_beach_bois
- u/CF1420
- u/--valis--
- u/methoncrack87
- u/layquiet
- u/pizzaduster
- u/Miracle_Salad
- u/LeGoldSoviet
- u/giorgiorgiorgio
- u/2deep4u
- u/caffeineratt
- u/Thebeatmasons
- u/stevehaynes
- u/merlinmonad
- u/EventsConspire
- u/Fit_Actuary1495
- u/maniutin
- u/alexcstern
- u/turdspeed
- u/j_endsville
- u/P0kaP0ka
- u/RichMusic81
- u/Skeletime
- u/lafaebrique
- u/amellowman74
- u/TripWhitingJr
- u/ohwellthisisawkward
- u/Abaf_23
- u/TheLUSTS
- u/perpetual_void_777
- u/gregd303
- u/Monomorphos
- u/AttentionExpensive16
- u/RecordRanger
- u/zumun
- u/exitNATOopenBORDERS
- u/milanesadeternera
- u/GolemThe3rd
- u/Beautiful-Group5880
- u/AdrienJRP
- u/frgvn
- u/IM_MT_
- u/JackLondonHUN
- u/autopsis
- u/Nichtsein000
- u/BringMeCoffeeOrTea_
- u/doomnoise
- u/black90sfurniture
- u/kevinfunk77
- u/Iakobab
- u/CAPSLOCKCHAMP
- u/nagchampa420
By votes
- u/[deleted]
- u/text_text_text
- u/Omphaloskeptique
- u/hezamac1
- u/Adamant-Verve
- u/altcntrl
- u/the_beach_bois
- u/Fit_Actuary1495
- u/Telefone_529
- u/ellerguru
- u/MusicMirrorMan
- u/MarshallMarks
- u/Selfaccaptains
- u/skywriter90
- u/Aagentah
- u/bksbeat
- u/AdmiralCharleston
- u/BlueSunshin3
- u/frgvn
- u/healthandefficency
- u/lightningfries
- u/TrundleTheGreat0814
- u/voordom
- u/CF1420
- u/ohwellthisisawkward
- u/srry_didnt_hear_you
- u/loganhodson
- u/EnergyIsMassiveLight
- u/nonexistentnight
- u/MonumentUnfound
- u/idontthrillyou
- u/--valis--
- u/maniutin
- u/alexcstern
- u/serpentofnumbers
- u/IsItWorseThan
- u/oddible
- u/Fictional_Animal
- u/BigOldBee
- u/sadelf26
- u/raygun-suitcase
- u/moltinglarvae
- u/Semrix
- u/Aid_Le_Sultan
- u/FogB0y
- u/sethlikesmen
- u/Perfect__Symmetry
- u/H4RDC0R3_P14Y3R
- u/vahouzn
- u/SarutobiSasuke
- u/the_bedelgeuse
- u/methoncrack87
- u/Ok-Role3827
- u/RichMusic81
- u/BringMeCoffeeOrTea_
- u/NoirMagieGateau
- u/theoblivionhaha
- u/Flamingoflagstaff
- u/j3434
- u/blixawerk
- u/guestpass127
- u/wavier
- u/Blue_Monday
- u/Cremasters_Hammer
- u/Snoo_31935
- u/jkxr33
- u/Monomorphos
- u/IM_MT_
- u/squarek1
- u/Cats-and-Cubes
- u/ShaggyScum
- u/acutomanzia
- u/CarterAnatinus
- u/lowfour
- u/ground_clouds
- u/siadatfm
- u/JonSumner
- u/furry_hamburger_porn
- u/thouguy
- u/Cozened_Bear
- u/softest_pretzels
- u/eleven-fu
- u/PunkPilgrim
- u/AttentionExpensive16
- u/casbah24
- u/rndsepals
- u/oortcloud42069
- u/AistoB
- u/tijjj
- u/mistletoe_radio
- u/mmmoonpie
- u/keepaplace4me
- u/Chuka444
- u/jameskable
- u/SnausagePest
- u/Absurdionne
- u/jgrossnas
- u/gigglemode
- u/giorgiorgiorgio
- u/turdspeed
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FAQ
r/experimentalmusic — frequently asked questions
Quick facts about this subreddit's size, history, focus, and related communities.
How many subscribers does r/experimentalmusic have?
r/experimentalmusic has approximately 69,260 subscribers as of May 27, 2026.
When was r/experimentalmusic created?
r/experimentalmusic was created on April 23, 2010 (16 years ago).
What is r/experimentalmusic about?
The community is dedicated to sharing and exploring experimental music across various genres and time periods. It serves as a platform for members to discover unique sounds, from avant-garde compositions to innovative uses of technology in music production. The focus on unconventional and boundary-pushing music sets this community apart, fostering an appreciation for creativ…
What subreddits are similar to r/experimentalmusic?
Communities similar to r/experimentalmusic include r/noisemusic, r/ambientmusic, r/drone, r/idm, r/noiserock.
Who are the most active posters on r/experimentalmusic?
The most frequent posters on r/experimentalmusic include u/Electronic-Ad8992, u/[deleted], u/Poopigi.
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