Baking vs cooking: who are their regulars?
We compared the regulars of r/Baking with the regulars of r/Cooking: gender, age, where else they hang out and what they're into.
Key findings
r/Baking has way more women
r/Baking 80% · r/Cooking 51%
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r/Cooking is way more into Bill Simmons
r/Baking 1% · r/Cooking 12% · 11×
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r/Cooking is way more into Golf
r/Baking 1% · r/Cooking 9% · 7.6×
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r/Cooking hangs out way more in r/askanything
r/Baking 5% · r/Cooking 18% · 3.6×
Regulars also active in r/askanything · Card PNG
r/Cooking skews 8 years older
r/Baking 34 · r/Cooking 42
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Regulars are people with 5 or more posts or comments in a subreddit from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. Known bots are left out. Only differences that hold up at a 90% interval make the list.
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