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Enhancing food with wood smoke flavor

A place to discuss techniques, tips, recipes, and pictures of smoking meats, vegetables, fruits, or anything else consumable.

1.1M subscribers1,378 posts / mo in Sep 20261,093 authors / mosince 2008

r/smoking has 1.1M members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,378 posts a month from 1,093 people. Top topics: Brisket Smoking Adventures, Smoking Ribs and Smokers & Grilling Advice.

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Size and growth

How r/smoking has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+12%in 12 months · +2.2% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 20261.1M
Growing1.1M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/smoking

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−33%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.4k
QuieterPeaked at 2.9k in Jul 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/smoking

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Brisket Smoking Adventures1.5%
  2. Smoking Ribs1.5%
  3. Smokers & Grilling Advice1.1%
  4. BBQ Ribs1.0%
  5. First Brisket Experiences1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. AmazingRibs.com
  2. Simple Page
  3. Hey Grill, Hey
  4. Meat Church
  5. ThermoWorks

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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