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r/Baking↗

The Baking sub-reddit

For all your baking needs! Recipes, pictures, ideas, questions and all things baking related. Cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, muffins, scones, breads, rolls, biscuits, cheesecakes, snack bars, etc are all welcome!

4.7M subscribers3,847 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)2,866 authors / mosince 2009

r/Baking has 4.7M members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,847 posts a month from 2,866 people. Top topics: Homemade Brownies, Buttercream Basics and Cake Troubleshooting.

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Size and growth

How r/Baking has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%in 12 months · +2.8% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 20264.7M
Growing4.7M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263.8k
QuieterPeaked at 7.5k in Dec 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Baking

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Homemade Brownies0.6%
  2. Buttercream Basics0.6%
  3. Cake Troubleshooting0.5%
  4. First Time Cakes0.5%
  5. Cookie Troubleshooting0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. King Arthur Baking
  2. Simple Page
  3. smitten kitchen
  4. RecipeTin Eats
  5. Sugar Spun Run

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research