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Calorie Counting for Weight Management - Strategies and Encouragement

A Sub-Reddit for people who are managing weight through control of calorie intake.

184k subscribers1,562 posts / mo in Sep 20261,096 authors / mosince 2011

r/caloriecount has 184k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,562 posts a month from 1,096 people. Top topics: Calorie Counts, Calorie Estimation and Pizza Calorie Count.

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Size and growth

How r/caloriecount has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+26%in 12 months · +6.5% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026183k
Growing183k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−12%vs Sep 2025 · +17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.6k
QuieterPeaked at 3.9k in Mar 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/caloriecount

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Calorie Counts6.7%
  2. Calorie Estimation2.9%
  3. Pizza Calorie Count2.1%
  4. Cake Calorie Count1.9%
  5. Pasta Calories & Protein1.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. WebstaurantStore
  3. MyFoodData
  4. Tdeecalculator
  5. Math, Fitness, Finance, Science

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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