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Creative Bento Art

Bento is like taking a "little bit of home" with you wherever you are. This is a wholesome, welcoming group for bento enthusiasts!

147k subscribers123 posts / mo in Sep 202662 authors / mosince 2008

r/Bento has 147k members (+6.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 123 posts a month from 62 people. Top topics: Homemade Lunches, Sushi & Onigiri Recipes and Japanese Meals.

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Size and growth

How r/Bento has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+6.5%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026147k
Growing147k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−8.2%vs Sep 2025 · −0.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026123
QuieterPeaked at 212 in Sep 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Bento

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Homemade Lunches1.6%
  2. Sushi & Onigiri Recipes0.9%
  3. Japanese Meals0.9%
  4. Weekday Lunches0.9%
  5. Japanese Pancakes & Snacks0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Justonecookbook
  2. Substack

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Everything else about r/Bento

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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