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Struggle Meals

Struggle Meals is for the full spectrum of broke and chaotic eating. Post your wacky food crimes under “Technically Edible” or your genuine budget lifesavers under “Certified Struggle.” Girl dinner, boy dinner, situational dinner. Paper plates encouraged. Judgment free zone.

61k subscribers389 posts / mo in Sep 2026243 authors / mosince 2018

r/strugglemeals has 61k members (+1289% over the last 12 months). It gets about 389 posts a month from 243 people. Top topics: Recent Meals, Tuna Salads & Melts and Homemade Noodles.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+1289%in 12 months · +23% in 3 months · +3.8% in 1 month
Oct 202660k
Growing60k subscribers
Data since Jan 2019Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

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+2493%vs Sep 2025 · −4.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026389
BusierPeaked at 493 in Mar 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Recent Meals2.1%
  2. Tuna Salads & Melts1.8%
  3. Homemade Noodles1.7%
  4. Broke Meal Prep1.7%
  5. Beans and Rice1.4%

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