r/vinyl

/r/vinyl: keep on spinning!

Founded January 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 4

For everything record related. For equipment, setup, or troubleshooting questions, please ask in the pinned Weekly Questions Thread or consult the sub Wiki.

Members

2,303,518

2.3M

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

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Comments per post

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Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+0.2%

+4.7K members · ≈28d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

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Distinct posters

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Tracking since Sep 6 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

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r/vinyl — frequently asked

How many members does r/vinyl have?

r/vinyl has 2,303,518 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 4. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/vinyl growing?

Over the last ≈28 days r/vinyl changed by +0.2% — a gain of 4.7K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".

How active is r/vinyl?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/vinyl yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.

When was r/vinyl created?

r/vinyl was founded in January 2008 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Can I promote my product in r/vinyl?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/vinyl yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.

How do I monitor r/vinyl for mentions?

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Can my AI agent read r/vinyl's stats?

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r/vinyl Subreddit Stats — 2.3M members, +0.2% in 28d