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Food Safety: Answers and Discussion

A forum for everything related to food safety. Everything from questions about something in your fridge, to what caused something to go bad, to "Is this still good?". Disclaimer: no medical advice offered.

73k subscribers678 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)622 authors / mosince 2011

r/foodsafety has 73k members (+9.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 678 posts a month from 622 people. Top topics: Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods, SushiFishGuide and Beef Cuts & Meat.

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Size and growth

How r/foodsafety has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+9.5%in 12 months · +1.9% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 202673k
Growing73k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/foodsafety

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−30%vs Sep 2025 · +8.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026678
QuieterPeaked at 1.6k in Aug 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/foodsafety

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods7.1%
  2. SushiFishGuide4.4%
  3. Beef Cuts & Meat3.7%
  4. Mold Concerns3.6%
  5. Eating Safely3.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  2. CDC
  3. Canada
  4. Medium
  5. ScienceDirect

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