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r/music
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- Last successful update
- Updated 2026-10-14 05:50 UTC · 4d ago
- Most-mentioned analysis range
- Most-discussed range 2026-09-14 → 2026-10-13
Trend windows
- Current seven-day window
- Current window 2026-10-07 → 2026-10-13
- Comparison seven-day window
- Comparison 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-06
- Analyzed records behind the comparison
- 21,238 current vs 1,868 comparison analyzed posts/comments
Editorial overview
Trending in r/music
The strongest rising or new signals by prevalence change: how much more often each entity appears in the current seven-day window compared with the previous seven, normalized by analyzed activity. A signal needs at least 5 distinct posts or comments in the current window. “New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit.
- #1
love
EMOTIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 378 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #2
radiohead
MUSICAL_ARTISTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 98 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #3
taylor swift
MUSICAL_ARTISTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 119 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #4
sad
EMOTIONNew- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 62 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #5
thom
MUSICAL_ARTISTNew- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 56 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #6
tour
LIVE_PERFORMANCERising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 75 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Window: 2026-10-07 → 2026-10-13 compared with 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-06 (complete UTC days).
Categories by trend strength
Category strength is the sum of its three strongest eligible rising/new signals, in percentage points. Ordered strongest first.
EMOTION
+1.0 pp
from 610 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: love, sad, hate
MUSICAL_ARTIST
+1.0 pp
from 273 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: radiohead, taylor swift, thom
LIVE_PERFORMANCE
+0.4 pp
from 113 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: tour, touring, live version
EVENT_DATE
+0.3 pp
from 84 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: today, this year, next year
NATIONALITY
+0.3 pp
from 63 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: nz, new zealand, england
MEDIA_FORMAT
+0.2 pp
from 95 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: gif, single
GEOGRAPHIC_LOCATION
+0.2 pp
from 79 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: europe, us, toronto
DOCUMENTARY_TITLE
+0.2 pp
from 48 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: documentary, film
TIME_PERIOD
+0.2 pp
from 53 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: early 2000s, 80, before
PRICE
+0.2 pp
from 40 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: million, 50 cent, fee
STREAMING_PLATFORM
+0.2 pp
from 56 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: youtube
AWARD_NAME
+0.2 pp
from 34 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: grammy, grammys, aoty
SONG_TITLE
+0.1 pp
from 29 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: creep, i do nt care anymore, against all odd
LANGUAGE
+0.1 pp
from 36 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: english, japanese, fr
FAN_COMMUNITY
+0.1 pp
from 44 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: swiftie, cult, hater
VENUE
+0.1 pp
from 23 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: club, hollywood bowl
WEBSITE
+0.1 pp
from 20 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: wikipedia, bandcamp
MUSIC_SOFTWARE
+0.1 pp
from 19 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: napster, winamp
COPYRIGHT_ORGANIZATION
+0.1 pp
from 14 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: apple, interscope
MUSIC_FESTIVAL
+0.1 pp
from 14 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: furnace fest
COLLABORATION
+0.1 pp
from 14 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: compilation, corporate sponsor
MUSIC_THEORY_TERM
+0.1 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: songwriting
RATING
+0.1 pp
from 12 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: 10/10, number one
REMIX
+0.0 pp
from 9 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: sampled
MERCHANDISE
+0.0 pp
from 7 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: food
MUSIC_PUBLICATION
+0.0 pp
from 7 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: rolling stone
SOCIAL_MEDIA_PLATFORM
+0.0 pp
from 7 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: facebook
TICKET_PLATFORM
+0.0 pp
from 7 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: ticketmaster
SOUNDTRACK
+0.0 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: tarzan soundtrack
ALBUM_TITLE
+0.0 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: in the air tonight
MUSIC_VIDEO
+0.0 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: plastic hearts
RECORD_LABEL
+0.0 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: abbey road
All signals for r/music are reported for the same exact windows; strength is a presentation aid, not a stored metric.
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Exact published metrics for r/music. Rising and Falling compare the current seven-day window 2026-10-07 → 2026-10-13 with the previous seven days 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-06 ( complete UTC days; 21,238 current vs 1,868 comparison analyzed records). Signals appear only with at least 5 distinct posts or comments behind them — the current window for Rising, the comparison window for Falling; the CSV export still contains the complete published metric set. Most discussed uses the current analysis lookback (2026-09-14 → 2026-10-13) — frequency, never trending.
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“New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit. All signals are automatically extracted and may be wrong; they are directional product signals, not causal claims.
thom
MUSICAL_ARTISTNew- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 56 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 60 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
thom yorke
MUSICAL_ARTISTNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 36 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 38 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Entities are extracted automatically and may be wrong. Trend signals are directional product signals, not causal claims. See the methodology for the exact definitions.