| Rank | Board name and description | Posts | Members |
| 1 | Sputnik Music Various intrument playing talk | 15250337 | 152143 |
| 2 | PAHardcore Hardcore, metal and punk music forums | 6550805 | 196090 |
| 3 | Ultimate Metal Metal Music message boards | 6101279 | 90086 |
| 4 | Wacken Wacken heavy metal open air discussion forums | 4075462 | 38604 |
| 5 | Pulso Rock Music message boards based in Puerto Rico (in spanish) | 3020751 | 27273 |
| 6 | SMN Forums Message board about metal music | 2437652 | 25705 |
| 7 | Musiker board Music community (in German) | 1630950 | 43125 |
| 8 | Van halen forums Eddie Van Halen fans community | 1477001 | 17046 |
| 9 | Iron Maiden - discontinued Iron Maiden fans community | 1461858 | 24790 |
| 10 | Guitar tabs Guitar Tab Universe | 1289907 | 250985 |
| 11 | Megadeth Megadeth fans community | 1255312 | 59569 |
| 12 | Roth Army David Lee Roth discussion board | 900181 | 24082 |
| 13 | Metal Flirt Metal music fans forum (in German) | 805980 | 112639 |
| 14 | The Noise Board Boston rock scene forum | 595451 | 3770 |
| 15 | Linkin Park Linkin Park band message boards | 425281 | 40048 |
| 16 | Metallica BB Metallica fans message board | 224446 | 23627 |
| 17 | BraveBoard Metal music discussion board | 71917 | 7541 |