r/folkmusic
ActiveFolk Music
A sub dedicated to the sharing of contents realted to Folk Music! Folk music includes traditional and folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Folk music is, by definition, Music associated with a people's folklore or music performed by custom over a long period of time.
Members
4,910
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 14, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2010
November 14, 2010
Total posts
7.8K
archived
Total comments
6.5K
archived
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r/folkmusic had 4,910 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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r/folkmusic was created on November 14, 2010.
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