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r/bakingfail↗

Because baking can be difficult!

For those times when you see that multilayered crepe cake and think "I can do that" then wonder why you have an oozing alien bubbling from the garbage can.

75k subscribers78 posts / mo in Sep 202668 authors / mosince 2013

r/bakingfail has 75k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 78 posts a month from 68 people. Top topics: Birthday Cakes, Cake Troubleshooting and Cookie Troubleshooting.

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Size and growth

How r/bakingfail has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+37%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 202675k
Growing75k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+9.9%vs Sep 2025 · +29% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202678
BusierPeaked at 101 in Dec 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/bakingfail

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Birthday Cakes3.8%
  2. Cake Troubleshooting3.4%
  3. Cookie Troubleshooting3.1%
  4. Macaron Troubleshooting1.5%
  5. Cheesecake Recipes & Tips1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. King Arthur Baking
  2. Simple Page
  3. smitten kitchen
  4. JoyFoodSunshine
  5. Simple Page

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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