Important Announcement
For those who have not yet noticed, we have some news to share today – our dearest, beloved subreddit, r/HipHopHeads, has officially hit the milestone of 3 million subscribers 🥳🎉
We couldn't be more thrilled and proud to be part of this fantastic community. It's all thanks to each and every one of you who has joined us, contributed and made this place what it is today. Whether you're an OG member or just joined recently, your presence here has shaped HipHopHeads into the vibrant and diverse hub for all things hip-hop that it is now.
We've seen engaging discussions, endless recommendations, stupid ass funny comments, and some of the spiciest debates around hip-hop. From the classics to the latest releases, we've shared the love for the culture, the music, and the artists who keep it alive.
Most importantly, we want to take a moment to acknowledge you – the heart and soul of this subreddit. Your passion, knowledge, and enthusiasm for hip-hop are what have made HipHopHeads the special place it is today. It's not just a number; it's a testament to your dedication and love for the genre.
Yearly Stats
Here are some of the data points from the past 12 months:
- 928k users subscribed to HipHopHeads, up 700k from this time last year.
- We did, however, see a 12.6% decrease in visitors from the previous year and now sit at a cool 1.3 million unique users on average each month.
- 124 million individual page views were logged.
- Most users browse the subreddit from their phones:
- About 35% from the official iOS Reddit app.
- About 12% from the official Android Reddit app.
- Another roughly 30% from their mobile browser.
- Then there are us Old Reddit truthers, who make up about 5%, along with the rest being on New Reddit, both on desktop.
Welcome Improvements
With our loosening of the discussion thread rule many months ago, we've seen some good posts that are engaging, thought-provoking, and lead to solid debates about artists, verses, and anything else within the genre. We'd like to send our appreciation to those who post quality discussion threads, especially those that require answers that are more than just listing off a musician or song. These threads spark some interesting discourse on the sub and are a welcome improvement. However, please make sure that same thread hasn't been posted within the last year. Here's a link to our handy, somewhat outdated spreadsheet for double-checking if a similar post has been made within the last 12 months.
Album of the Year write-ups are now in full-swing! Don't forget to read some and comment your thoughts, but avoid being a dick about whether the writing was PhD level or only really commenting to say how much you hate the album being written about. The authors of these wrote them on their own time, for an album they think is one of the best of the year, and it's dope that they want to participate in this with all of us. If you didn't catch a spot for a write-up this year, hit up u/CaptainGordan to see if you can possibly be squeezed in, and don't forget to sign up next year when that comes around as well! Thank you Gordan for organizing another successful AOTY write-up season. 🫡
Top Ten Tuesdays are back in action! Big shoutout to u/flyestshit for the work he has put into this, along with other mods who have helped out. Click here for results and our current schedule in a nice, handy Google Sheet. Along with Top Ten Tuesday, our weekly Listening Club is back, thanks to u/darkfar, so put some respec on his name.
If you have any other suggestions for what could be implemented in addition to our usual weekly recurring threads, comment on this post or message us in mod mail. We're always open to new ideas and want to improve the sub in any way we feasibly can.
Some Concerns
With those stats laid out, we'd like to acknowledge something that has clearly affected most subreddits on this site. With the rise of generative artificial intelligence models like GPT-3.5, Bard, Claude-2, and now GPT-4, we regularly identify many AI-generated comments on a daily basis. These comments are very generic in nature, saying stuff like "Fire track, this Kanye West guy really is improving so much 🙌🔥" or "Great song, u/Alive-Ad-94824, the beat knocks and the raps were on point! Keep it real!"
When we see these comments, we do our best to verify that they are not real people, then remove the comments and ban them as necessary. If you see comments that are generally very broad and sound like the user either didn't listen to the music or is otherwise obviously computer-generated, please report them so the mods can address it accordingly.
Also, it should go without saying that racism and other hate speech are not allowed on this subreddit by any means. If you see someone being openly or suggestively racist, homophobic, sexist, etc., report them immediately so we can take care of it. Don't engage in stupid shit-throwing and fight fire with fire, just hit that mf report button and let us deal with the pleas in mod mail.
And, as always, please read the rules of the sub before posting threads. Self-promoting your latest SoundCloud upload on 30 different subreddits at once does indeed count as spam, and you will be banned. Don't repost songs. Don't post when your favorite artist tweets out "Album Soon!!" unless provided with a tracklist, concrete release date, or cover art. Things like those might not always get you banned, but repeat offenders will get temporary bans, leading to a permanent ban from the subreddit if continued further.
Finally, we'd like to address music leaks. We may be modifying how we handle leaked tracks and albums here in the near future. While Reddit admins have not officially warned us, we have seen numerous leak threads get removed directly from Reddit's legal team, and we can't risk the subreddit being shut down due to piracy. In addition to that, under no circumstances is it okay to post links to direct download sites for music, leaked or otherwise, whether in posts or comments. Don't ask for DMs of download links for music you can't find on YouTube or whatever, and telling others to DM you for links explicitly evades piracy rules. The ethics and views about leaked music and piracy, in general, are definitely debatable, but that's not really important since we don't own Reddit and don't make the rules surrounding this.
Final Words
So, here's to 3 million subscribers and counting! Let's keep the discussions flowing, the releases fresh, and that shit knocking in your mom's handed-down 2003 Camry.
Remember to stay respectful, keep things civil, and continue supporting the artists you love, old and new. And, of course, keep the quality posts coming – we can't wait to see what the future holds for the subreddit.
Thank you for being a part of this community. Many call it the best subreddit on the site, which has been confirmed by our unbiased third-party auditor, who is not affiliated with the sub.
Yours truly,
The HipHopHeads Moderator Team
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