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Welcome to r/dehydrating! A community for anyone interested in food dehydration — from beginners to seasoned preservers. Share tips, tools, recipes, photos, and questions about dehydrating fruits, vegetables, meats, herbs, and more. Whether you’re prepping, snacking, or preserving the harvest, you’re in the right place! Please note, this community is NOT about being dehydrated due to lack of water intake.

130k subscribers69 posts / mo in Sep 202660 authors / mosince 2012

r/dehydrating has 130k members (+8.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 69 posts a month from 60 people. Top topics: Beef Jerky Making, Jerky Recipes and Pepper Gardeners.

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Size and growth

How r/dehydrating has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.0%in 12 months · +1.7% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026130k
Growing130k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−10%vs Sep 2025 · +11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202669
QuieterPeaked at 110 in Sep 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/dehydrating

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Beef Jerky Making8.5%
  2. Jerky Recipes2.7%
  3. Pepper Gardeners2.3%
  4. Italian Deli Delights0.9%
  5. Watermelon Salad0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ManualsLib
  2. Walmart
  3. WebstaurantStore

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research