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6.3M subscribers2,455 posts / mo in Sep 20262,183 authors / mosince 2008

r/Cooking has 6.3M members (+7.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,455 posts a month from 2,183 people. Top topics: Favorite Foods & Recipes, Cooking Basics & Recipes and Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods.

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Size and growth

How r/Cooking has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.1%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 20266.3M
Growing6.3M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Cooking

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−43%vs Sep 2025 · −16% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.5k
QuieterPeaked at 5.8k in Nov 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Cooking

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Favorite Foods & Recipes2.2%
  2. Cooking Basics & Recipes1.8%
  3. Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods1.5%
  4. Spice and Ingredient Hub1.2%
  5. Cooking Disasters & Debates1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Simple Page
  2. RecipeTin Eats
  3. Food Network
  4. smitten kitchen
  5. Kitchn

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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