Best of r/trance 2021 - Survey Results and Best-Of Results

This is one post out of a series celebrating our favorites of Trance in 2021. Specifically, this post has to do with the Results of the Survey, Best Album/EP, etc.. Please click here for the Top Tracks as voted by r/trance members, or click here for our December Mix Competition Information!

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the rest of the results of our survey, including Best Label and Artist Album of 2021!

Best Artists Category

• Best Artist of 2021 – Factor B
• Breakthrough Artist of 2021 – gardenstate
• Best Vocalist of 2021 – That Girl (aka Tanya Schalkwyk)

Best Live Shows

• Best Large Show of 2021 – Dreamstate Southern California 2021. Event Poster and Lineup
• Best Live Set of 2021 – XiJaro & Pitch Live at Dreamstate SoCal 2021. Re-listen to the mix with tracklist here.

Best Albums, EPs, and Releases

• Best Artist Album of 2021 – Factor B's "Theatre of the Mind"
• Best Compilation Album of 2021 – Pure Trance Volume 9

Top Tunes of 2021

• Underrated Tune of 2021 – Roger Shah & Yelow - Burasari
• Guilty Pleasure of 2021 – Armin van Buuren and Alesso - Leave A Little Love
• Most Overplayed Track of 2021 – Aly & Fila and Armin van Buuren featuring Kazi Jay - For All Time

Grab Bag Questions

• Most Helpful Community Member - /u/GuyFromNh
• Best Radio Show of 2021 – A State of Trance Radio
• Best Label of 2021 – Subculture

Miscellaneous Questions

• Where You Purchase Digital Music - Results
• How Often You Buy Music Per Week - Results
• How Often You Acquire Music Through Other Means Per Week - Results
• How Often You Listen To Trance Per Week - Results
• How Do You Listen To Trance? - Results
• Country of Residence - Results
• State of Residence if USA - Results
• Age - Results
• Gender - Results
• Are You Currently A Student? - Results
• Primary Web Browser - Results
• Primary Operating System -- Computer - Results
• Primary Operating System -- Cell Phone - Results

Survey Results

• How Do You Feel About r/Trance Overall? - Results
• How Often Do You Visit r/Trance? - Results
• How Are The Mods Doing? - Results
• Verification You Didn't Submit A Blank Form - Results

Some select comments / snippets on questions.

What do you like about r/trance?

• Community engagement (e.g., contests, discussions, and track IDs)
• The chance to connect with people who share similar views of trance.
• Finding trance gems and mix competitions

What do you dislike about r/trance?

• Hard for individual posts to gain traction.
• Can be inactive sometimes.
• Elitists stuck in the past.
• General dislike for Armin van Buuren.
• Wish there were more comments.
• Not enough new music discovery.

Thoughts on our moderators

• No complaints, but nobody is perfect!
• Moderate really well; never see anything negative on here.
• Never had a run-in with the mods.
• I'm in the Discord more, and they definitely do their job there.

Suggestions for Moderating Team

• Maybe do a weekly favorite track of the week?
• Keep doing what you are doing!

Changes you would like to see?

• Maybe a weekly new music thread?
• Possibly bring attention to new music like Bandcamp Fridays.

Any other thoughts?

• Merry Xmas and happy new year!
• Thanks to COVID, I completely missed 2021.
• I need ASOT in Utrecht ASAP.
• Fuck COVID.