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 30K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Music, Production, and Struggling. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests. 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: 22K members
Past year (monthly)
- Jul: 0 members
- 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: 2K members
Themes
- Advice Requests21 posts in the past month
- 18F Japanese indie electronic/experimental producer. Working on a debut album I've envisioned since I was 14, but paralyzed by self-doubt. Need some advice.
- Chorus sounds huge on monitors but falls apart on phone speakers—what am I missing?
- How do you handle the constant "not good enough" impulse?
#121Advice Requests18F Japanese indie electronic/experimental producer. Working on a debut album I've envisioned since I was 14, but paralyzed by self-doubt. Need some advice. · Chorus sounds huge on monitors but falls apart on phone speakers—what am I missing? · How do you handle the constant "not good enough" impulse? - Solution Requests8 posts in the past month
- How can I make my bedroom recordings sound like live band tracks?
- Looking for a vocalist
- Do any of you know people that I can commission for song remixes or remakes.
#28Solution RequestsHow can I make my bedroom recordings sound like live band tracks? · Looking for a vocalist · Do any of you know people that I can commission for song remixes or remakes. - Pain & Anger1 post in the past month
- URGENT -> LANDR is systematically draining blocked accounts through inactivity fees — and their own ToS lets them keep your royalties forever. Here's the full scheme.
#31Pain & AngerURGENT -> LANDR is systematically draining blocked accounts through inactivity fees — and their own ToS lets them keep your royalties forever. Here's the full scheme.
Topics
- Music225 posts in the past month
- What had the biggest impact on your growth as a musician?
- I (21F) want to learn how to make music
- shazam might be the most honest number in music right now. streams are faked i don't trust them anymore
#1225MusicWhat had the biggest impact on your growth as a musician? · I (21F) want to learn how to make music · shazam might be the most honest number in music right now. streams are faked i don't trust them anymore - Production57 posts in the past month
- Why do the live sessions on KEXP radio and the NPR 'tiny desk' sessions on Youtube often sound so much better than the offical studio recordings?
- Anyone look back on old music and realize you fell off?
- If you had to start over with only 5 plugins, what would they be?
#257ProductionWhy do the live sessions on KEXP radio and the NPR 'tiny desk' sessions on Youtube often sound so much better than the offical studio recordings? · Anyone look back on old music and realize you fell off? · If you had to start over with only 5 plugins, what would they be? - Struggling52 posts in the past month#352Struggling
- Looking For46 posts in the past month#446Looking For
- Making40 posts in the past month#540Making
Flair
- Weekly Thread17 posts in the past month
- /r/WATMM Weekly Promotion Thread
- /r/WATMM Weekly Promotion Thread
- /r/WATMM Weekly Feedback Thread
#117Weekly Thread/r/WATMM Weekly Promotion Thread · /r/WATMM Weekly Promotion Thread · /r/WATMM Weekly Feedback 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.
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