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low calorie meals & recipes

What is "safe food?" Safe food is a common term used by those with food anxiety or disordered eating habits. This subreddit was created as a place for those of us with such issues to talk about food, share recipes and support one another. We believe learning to prepare your own meals/snacks is one of the cornerstones of improving your relationship with food.

76k subscribers137 posts / mo in Sep 202664 authors / mosince 2018

r/safe_food has 76k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 137 posts a month from 64 people. Top topics: Low Calorie Snacks, Low Calorie Stir Fry and BreakfastCalories.

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Size and growth

How r/safe_food has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+21%in 12 months · +6.6% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 202676k
Growing76k subscribers
Data since Jan 2019Live · through Oct 2026
r/safe_food

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+76%vs Sep 2025 · +58% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026137
BusierPeaked at 271 in Sep 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/safe_food

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Low Calorie Snacks1.6%
  2. Low Calorie Stir Fry1.4%
  3. BreakfastCalories1.2%
  4. Lunch Calorie Count1.0%
  5. Calorie Counting Snacks1.0%

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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