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Cooking For the Single Life

105k subscribers50 posts / mo in Sep 202638 authors / mosince 2011

r/CookingForOne has 105k members (+97% over the last 12 months). It gets about 50 posts a month from 38 people. Top topics: Homemade Noodles, Roast Chicken & Potatoes and Steak and Potatoes.

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Size and growth

How r/CookingForOne has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+97%in 12 months · +4.1% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 2026104k
Growing104k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−14%vs Sep 2025 · −39% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202650
QuieterPeaked at 239 in Jan 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/CookingForOne

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Homemade Noodles1.2%
  2. Roast Chicken & Potatoes1.1%
  3. Steak and Potatoes1.0%
  4. Homemade Pasta & Sauce0.9%
  5. Pork Chop Dishes0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Tineye

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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