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r/OaklandFood↗

Everything food related in Oakland: restaurants, food shopping, pop-ups, catering, farmers’ markets, different cuisines and definitely reviews, especially video reviews of food in Oakland. Also, food is inherently political and political discourse will not be curtailed in this sub. However, posts and comments clearly violating Reddit Rule 3, such as revealing someone’s personal or confidential information, and instigating harassment will be deleted.

32k subscribers139 posts / mo in Sep 202694 authors / mosince 2020

r/OaklandFood has 32k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 139 posts a month from 94 people. Top topics: Oakland Bay Area Food Scene, Bay Area Bakeries & Restaurants and Hamilton Restaurants.

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+22%in 12 months · +4.7% in 3 months · +1.0% in 1 month
Oct 202631k
Growing31k subscribers
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+24%vs Sep 2025 · +3.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026139
BusierPeaked at 186 in Dec 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

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  1. Oakland Bay Area Food Scene7.5%
  2. Bay Area Bakeries & Restaurants3.3%
  3. Hamilton Restaurants2.8%
  4. New Places Opening2.3%
  5. Taco Lovers2.2%

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