r/musictheory peaks Tuesdays 8pm-10pm UTC
r/musictheory was created on January 16, 2009, making it 17 years and 5 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 703,664 members, this is a mid-size community that has built a substantial following and typically sees consistent daily activity.
r/musictheory is steadily growing, with 5,760 new members in the last 30 days.
r/musictheory shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 39.6 upvotes per post across its 703,664 members. The community is moderately discussion-oriented, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.33.
Posts on r/musictheory receive an average of 12.9 comments, indicating a community with a healthy balance between content appreciation and active discussion. Members regularly engage with posts through both upvotes and comments.
Based on an analysis of 83 top posts from the past week, Tuesday is the most active day with 15 posts reaching the top, while Thursday sees the least activity with 7 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 8pm UTC (10 posts), 1pm UTC (6 posts), and 11pm UTC (6 posts). The quietest hours are 7am UTC, 5am UTC, and 2am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (11), Tuesday (15), Wednesday (11), Thursday (7), Friday (14), Saturday (12), Sunday (13) posts reaching the top.
r/musictheory currently has 703,664 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 5,760 members (0.83%), averaging 186 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/musictheory in the top 4% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/musictheory has gained 16,226 subscribers (2.36%). Since tracking began 678 days ago, the community has added 129,348 total subscribers.
r/musictheory is steadily growing, with 5,760 new members in the last 30 days.
r/musictheory has 703,664 subscribers as of June 2026.
The best time to post on r/musictheory is Tuesdays 8pm-10pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/musictheory is steadily growing, with 5,760 new members in the last 30 days.
r/musictheory was created on January 16, 2009, making it 17 years old.
r/musictheory is a Reddit community with 703,664 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "/r/musictheory is a community for the discussion of music theory and related topics. Since they are not well-covered in other subreddits, questions and discussions about Ear-Training/Solfege and..." The best time to post on r/musictheory is Tuesdays 8pm-10pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 39.6 upvotes and 12.9 comments. The subreddit is adding approximately 186 new members each day. Founded 17 years ago, r/musictheory is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,360 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-06-17 16:40:09