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Times are tough and a little crazy! A place to discuss if things are safe to eat or not. Post a pic, add some information via a top-level comment and see what others think about your food being safe to eat or not! (Eat at your own risk!)

88k subscribers255 posts / mo in Sep 2026232 authors / mosince 2022

r/isthissafetoeat has 88k members (+181% over the last 12 months). It gets about 255 posts a month from 232 people. Top topics: Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods, Beef Cuts & Meat and Mold Concerns.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+181%in 12 months · +7.4% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 202687k
Growing87k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
r/isthissafetoeat

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+6.7%vs Sep 2025 · −3.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026255
BusierPeaked at 550 in Jan 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/isthissafetoeat

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods6.3%
  2. Beef Cuts & Meat6.0%
  3. Mold Concerns5.4%
  4. Eating Safely4.5%
  5. Cheese Mold & Storage3.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wolfram
  2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  3. CDC
  4. Michigan State University
  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