About r/WeAreTheMusicMakers
WATMM is a place for music makers to discuss the active process of making music.
The community at a glance
r/WeAreTheMusicMakers is a Subreddit for Music Lovers with roughly 3.8M members. It has been around since 2008. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 5th largest community in the Music topic page.
Roughly 31K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Music, Struggling, and Making. Product recommendations often mention music distributor, vsts, and midi keyboard.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 25K members
- 2014: 26K members
- 2015: 16K members
- 2016: 24K members
- 2017: 80K members
- 2018: 324K members
- 2019: 349K members
- 2020: 710K members
- 2023: 1.2M members
- 2024: 864K members
- 2025: 187K members
- 2026: 24K members
Past year (monthly)
- Aug: 0 members
- Sep: 0 members
- Oct: 0 members
- Nov: 5K members
- Dec: 5K members
- Jan: 5K members
- Feb: 5K members
- Mar: 4K members
- Apr: 3K members
- May: 3K members
- Jun: 3K members
- Jul: 1K members
Topics
- Music103 posts in the past month#1103Music
- Struggling51 posts in the past month#251Struggling
- Making40 posts in the past month#340Making
- Production21 posts in the past month#421Production
- Vocal11 posts in the past month#511Vocal
Flair
- Weekly Thread3 posts in the past month
- /r/WATMM Weekly Feedback Thread
- /r/WATMM Weekly Motivation Thread
- /r/WATMM Weekly Promotion Thread
#13Weekly Thread/r/WATMM Weekly Feedback Thread · /r/WATMM Weekly Motivation Thread · /r/WATMM Weekly Promotion Thread
Product recommendations
- music distributor7 posts in the past month
- What is the best music distributor right now?
- What’s music distributor is the best?
- What is the best distributor for indie artist?
#17music distributorWhat is the best music distributor right now? · What’s music distributor is the best? · What is the best distributor for indie artist? - vsts6 posts in the past month
- Best Jazz VSTs for Samples
- Best free or low cost plugins that enhance and amplify vocals?
- Best vsts for rnb?
#26vstsBest Jazz VSTs for Samples · Best free or low cost plugins that enhance and amplify vocals? · Best vsts for rnb? - midi keyboard3 posts in the past month
- Midi Keyboard recs?
- Looking to sell my Launchpad and buy a MIDI keyboard, any recs?
- Recs on a reasonable quality midi keyboard for $300 or less?
#33midi keyboardMidi Keyboard recs? · Looking to sell my Launchpad and buy a MIDI keyboard, any recs? · Recs on a reasonable quality midi keyboard for $300 or less? - daw2 posts in the past month
- What is the Best DAW for a Rock Band?
- Best DAW FOR 4GB RAM LAPTOP (basic Pentium processor) ?
#42dawWhat is the Best DAW for a Rock Band? · Best DAW FOR 4GB RAM LAPTOP (basic Pentium processor) ?
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/WeAreTheMusicMakers for?
- Best for Music Lovers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/WeAreTheMusicMakers free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/WeAreTheMusicMakers have?
- Roughly 3.8M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/WeAreTheMusicMakers on?
- r/WeAreTheMusicMakers runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/WeAreTheMusicMakers cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/WeAreTheMusicMakers is organized under Music Lovers.
- How do I join r/WeAreTheMusicMakers?
- You can join r/WeAreTheMusicMakers by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Music communities like?
- One of the larger topic areas on the site, covering music production, instruments, genres, and the business of the industry. Discord hosts communities for producers, beatmakers, and musicians at every level, Reddit has massive communities for genre-specific discussion, and dedicated platforms serve niche interests from jazz theory to synth collecting.
Monthly Stats
- 7
- Views /mo (-46%)
- 7
- Visitors /mo (-46%)
- 0
- Referrals /mo
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