| Rank | Board name and description | Posts | Members |
| 1 | Sputnik Music Various intrument playing talk | 16029406 | 121998 |
| 2 | PAHardcore Hardcore, metal and punk music forums | 7163799 | 243319 |
| 3 | Ultimate Metal Metal Music message boards | 7159436 | 105303 |
| 4 | Wacken Wacken heavy metal open air discussion forums | 4296577 | 49806 |
| 5 | Pulso Rock Music message boards based in Puerto Rico (in spanish) | 3409985 | 29197 |
| 6 | SMN Forums Message board about metal music | 2837186 | 29131 |
| 7 | Van halen forums Eddie Van Halen fans community | 1653722 | 20450 |
| 8 | Musiker board Music community (in German) | 1630950 | 43125 |
| 9 | Iron Maiden - discontinued Iron Maiden fans community | 1461858 | 24790 |
| 10 | Guitar tabs Guitar Tab Universe | 1290284 | 251338 |
| 11 | Megadeth Megadeth fans community | 1255312 | 59569 |
| 12 | The Noise Board Boston rock scene forum | 963258 | 4302 |
| 13 | Metal Flirt Metal music fans forum (in German) | 906095 | 143841 |
| 14 | Roth Army David Lee Roth discussion board | 900181 | 24082 |
| 15 | Metallica BB Metallica fans message board | 224446 | 23627 |
| 16 | Linkin Park Linkin Park band message boards | 181383 | 74647 |
| 17 | BraveBoard Metal music discussion board | 71917 | 7541 |