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r/dessert↗

Mmmm... desserts!

Post recipes, pictures, or discuss your favorite desserts. Have any great recommendations for bakeries/sweet shoppes/amazing ice cream parlors that you just have to make a trip to in your lifetime? Put 'em here! Yum :)

170k subscribers393 posts / mo in Sep 2026316 authors / mosince 2010

r/dessert has 170k members (+36% over the last 12 months). It gets about 393 posts a month from 316 people. Top topics: Homemade Brownies, Ice Cream Varieties and Homemade Chocolate Cakes.

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Size and growth

How r/dessert has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+36%in 12 months · +4.7% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 2026170k
Growing170k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+44%vs Sep 2025 · −14% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026393
BusierPeaked at 642 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/dessert

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Homemade Brownies1.2%
  2. Ice Cream Varieties0.8%
  3. Homemade Chocolate Cakes0.8%
  4. Fruit & Chocolate Tarts0.7%
  5. Cream Puffs & Pastries0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Food Network
  2. smitten kitchen
  3. Food52
  4. Scientifically Sweet
  5. Sugar Spun Run

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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