Food and recipe subreddits
We found 178 active food and recipe subreddits: communities with at least one new post a day on average in September 2026, ranked by members. The largest is r/food with 24.6M members. It is also the busiest, with 3,848 posts last month. In 32 of the 144 we could measure, a brand-new account's post usually stays up: they remove 17% or fewer of posts from accounts under a week old.
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- r/food24.6M members
- r/homecooking+206% members in 12 months
- r/JapaneseFood16% of new-account posts removed
- r/GirlDinner100% of posts get a reply
All active food and recipe subreddits, by members
| # | Subreddit | Members | Posts / month | Member growth, 12 mo | Median author age | Women | Posts with a reply | New-account posts removed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | r/food↗The internet's number one place for original food images and more! | 24.6M | 3,848 | +1% | 29 | 30% | 75% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 2 | r/EatCheapAndHealthy↗Eating healthy on a cheap budget | 11.5M | 379 | +1% | 31 | 55% | 65% | 100% | No |
| 3 | r/FoodPorn↗Simple, attractive & visual. Nothing suggestive or inappropriate, this is a safe for work subreddit. | 8.61M | 1,004 | +1% | 29 | 34% | 82% | 75% | Yes |
| 4 | r/Cooking↗Cooking | 6.32M | 2,455 | +7% | 32 | 46% | 88% | 99% | No |
| 5 | r/foodhacks↗Food hacks is a place to share quick and simple tips on making food that has more flavor, more nutritional value, or both! | 5.84M | 173 | +2% | 34 | 49% | 65% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 6 | r/MealPrepSunday↗/r/MealPrepSunday is a subreddit dedicated to meal prepping. This is a space to discuss all things about meal prepping. Whether you're looking to prep to save time, money, or to get in those gains, th | 5.77M | 415 | +2% | 30 | 48% | 87% | 35% | Yes |
| 7 | r/slowcooking↗r/Slowcooking is a food-related subreddit for sharing ideas, recipes or pictures in which a "Crock-Pot®" style slow cooker was used. Slow cooking is an ideal method for cooking less expensive portions | 4.75M | 195 | +1% | 33 | 43% | 68% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 8 | r/recipes↗Improve and share your cooking repertoire with recipes from reddit's community. | 3.56M | 266 | +2% | 30 | 49% | 93% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 9 | r/HealthyFood↗This subreddit is for sharing and civil discussion of specified food, akin to /r/food but for food which may have a more healthful composition. The focus should be solely on the specified food itself. | 3.54M | 57 | +1% | 29 | 58% | 94% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 10 | r/budgetfood↗Food on a Budget | 3M | 82 | +3% | 34 | 60% | 100% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 11 | r/StupidFood↗A place to lambast idiotic methods of serving food, or any other epicurean inanity worthy of ridicule. | 2.84M | 708 | +8% | 33 | 28% | 100% | 71% | Yes |
| 12 | r/shittyfoodporn↗Come for the Shitty Food. Stay because you're too sick to leave. | 2.6M | 1,064 | +4% | 30 | 33% | 93% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 13 | r/cookingforbeginners↗Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you! Learn how to co | 2.16M | 401 | +6% | 33 | 52% | 93% | 64% | No |
| 14 | r/Pizza↗The home of pizza on reddit. An educational community devoted to the art of pizza making. | 1.94M | 1,439 | +4% | 33 | 21% | 76% | 79% | Yes |
| 15 | r/ramen↗A subreddit for any and all ramen lovers! | 1.58M | 419 | +5% | 30 | 35% | 77% | 67% | Yes |
| 16 | r/burgers↗A community for discussion about burgers. Share recipes, photos, or questions about burgers. A burger is a sandwich which consists of two buns and a ground patty of protein, most commonly beef. | 1.45M | 592 | +5% | 35 | 17% | 85% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 17 | r/JapaneseFood↗new-account friendly*Quality* photography, discussion, videos and recipes related to Japanese cuisine. Recipes and your homemade dishes are especially welcome. | 1.41M | 670 | +6% | 32 | 44% | 77% | 16% | Yes |
| 18 | r/mexicanfood↗Mexican Food - Comida Mexicana - The place to discuss and share Mexican Food. Traditional to modern, homemade to restaurant kitchen, Mexico and worldwide, English or español, everything interesting an | 1.38M | 462 | +4% | 36 | 34% | 81% | 22% | Yes |
| 19 | r/AskCulinary↗A place to get that "one right answer" to your cooking questions! | 1.29M | 416 | +8% | 31 | 43% | 89% | 74% | No |
| 20 | r/pasta↗new-account friendlyFor lovers of pasta. Homemade pasta, pasta making, pasta dishes, favourite non-chain restaurants, recipes, news and more. From Italian Food to different types of Asian Noodles. No Risotto , G | 1.28M | 532 | +4% | 33 | 43% | 100% | 13% | Yes |
| 21 | r/KoreanFood↗Foods of the entire Korean diaspora to the Korean peninsula. | 1.24M | 597 | +5% | 31 | 55% | 79% | 19% | Yes |
| 22 | r/spicy↗reddit spicy: recipes and discussions about spicy food | 1.2M | 483 | +3% | 32 | 21% | 80% | 32% | Yes |
| 23 | r/IndianFood↗Indian Food is your step by step guide to simple and delicious home cooking. From regional Indian cuisine to popular dishes from around the globe, our community's focus is to make cooking easy. Come j | 1.17M | 446 | +3% | 30 | 45% | 51% | 99% | No |
| 24 | r/chinesefood↗To honor Chinese food in all its glory | 1.16M | 573 | +5% | 34 | 42% | 55% | 80% | Yes |
| 25 | r/steak↗Show us your steaks! | 1.14M | 1,162 | +2% | 34 | 18% | 78% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 26 | r/Cheese↗Cheese is life. | 1.12M | 371 | +5% | 34 | 41% | 75% | 88% | Yes |
| 27 | r/easyrecipes↗A community for sharing and finding your tastiest, easy recipes! Individuals of all skill levels, tastes, and talents are welcome! | 993K | 97 | +3% | 39 | 67% | 56% | 91% | No |
| 28 | r/Cheap_Meals↗A community made to discuss a cheaper way to make (or buy) your meals at home. Rules: 1. No Spam. 2. Nothing NSFW. 3. Posts must include a recipe, not just a link to personal blog. 4. Si | 881K | 88 | +1% | 32 | 53% | 24% | 81% | Yes |
| 29 | r/seriouseats↗Serious Eats is the source for all things delicious. From meticulously tested recipes and objective equipment reviews to explainers and features about food science, food issues, and different cuisine | 849K | 44 | +4% | 34 | 36% | 87% | 82% | Yes |
| 30 | r/EatCheapAndVegan↗Eat Cheap as a vegan. | 841K | 91 | +4% | 32 | 67% | 92% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
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| # | Subreddit | Members | Posts / month | Member growth, 12 mo | Median author age | Women | Posts with a reply | New-account posts removed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | r/castiron↗Cast Iron Cookware | 745K | 977 | +9% | 34 | 25% | 93% | 36% | Yes |
| 32 | r/drunkencookery↗DrunkenCoookery: Just like yo' mama used to beat it. | 714K | 148 | +6% | 32 | 34% | 82% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 33 | r/filipinofood↗new-account friendlyA community that celebrates the wonderful food of and inspired by the Philippines! | 647K | 1,078 | +8% | 28 | 56% | 70% | 6% | Yes |
| 34 | r/instantpot↗A place for Instant Pot owners to discuss, debate, divulge, digress and digest. | 603K | 101 | +6% | 35 | 48% | 88% | 70% | Yes |
| 35 | r/sushi↗Welcome to r/sushi, a community for sushi enthusiasts! Whether you're a seasoned chef, a home cook, or simply a sushi lover, this is the place to share your creations, experiences, and knowledge. Disc | 601K | 511 | +7% | 31 | 36% | 72% | 63% | Yes |
| 36 | r/WhatShouldICook↗Post a picture or list of what's in your fridge, and other redditors will suggest meals to make | 586K | 82 | +9% | 37 | 61% | 80% | 32% | Yes |
| 37 | r/eatsandwiches↗A family friendly sandwich sub! | 577K | 244 | +6% | 33 | 29% | 85% | – | Yes |
| 38 | r/tonightsdinner↗Let's eat! | 565K | 874 | +2% | 33 | 49% | 64% | 49% | Yes |
| 39 | r/Old_Recipes↗Old recipes are interesting and sometimes amazing. Please share yours here. | 554K | 212 | +8% | 37 | 68% | 90% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 40 | r/grilledcheese↗Welcome to the home of humanity's greatest invention: the almighty grilled cheese sandwich. Give us your brilliant photos, recipes, and grilled cheese experiences. If it's awesome, post it. | 528K | 142 | +5% | 30 | 33% | 81% | 89% | No |
| 41 | r/ididnthaveeggs↗Reviews by people who don't follow a recipe and then complain that it sucks. | 528K | 91 | +16% | 34 | 61% | 99% | 29% | Yes |
| 42 | r/CulinaryPlating↗The best looking food on reddit! | 508K | 46 | +4% | 31 | 33% | 100% | 19% | Yes |
| 43 | r/Sandwiches↗THE subreddit for sandwiches of all kinds: hot, cold, toasted, pressed, stacked, and excessive. | 455K | 602 | +14% | 35 | 26% | 79% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 44 | r/FridgeDetective↗new-account friendlyA subreddit where you post a picture of what is in your refrigerator and people deduce things about you and your life based on your fridge. | 455K | 1,210 | +33% | 33 | 51% | 89% | 7% | Yes |
| 45 | r/sousvide↗Welcome to SousVide: The subreddit for everything cooked in a temperature controlled water-bath. Join the discussion, improve the community! | 429K | 107 | +6% | 35 | 16% | 93% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 46 | r/cookingtonight↗Never know what to make for dinner? Neither do we. Let's see what you are cooking tonight and give each other ideas | 407K | 176 | +19% | 33 | 44% | 66% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 47 | r/UK_Food↗A place to talk about anything to do with food within the UK. From anything from your Nan's casserole to that 5* meal you had last week! Post recipes, ask questions and give general recommendations h | 406K | 731 | +24% | 35 | 32% | 87% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 48 | r/airfryer↗Recipes for Air Fryer! All Video and food image posts require a full recipe in the comments. | 395K | 257 | +24% | 36 | 41% | 89% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 49 | r/mealprep↗Help with meal plans, meal prep, advice, submit your plans and meals | 389K | 384 | +66% | 32 | 61% | 71% | 71% | Yes |
| 50 | r/indiafood↗Food Subreddit For India | 345K | 404 | +10% | 24 | 39% | 67% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 51 | r/TopSecretRecipes↗Top Secret Recipes is a place to find recipes so you can make your favorite restaurant food at home! We're like the wikileaks of food! All recipes are welcome as long as it keep with the spi | 344K | 132 | +17% | 33 | 45% | 63% | 17% | Yes |
| 52 | r/streeteats↗A place to share pictures and experiences about street food from around the world | 342K | 126 | +8% | 34 | 26% | 56% | – | Yes |
| 53 | r/kitchencels↗we need to cook | 334K | 2,188 | +142% | 24 | 34% | 100% | 92% | Yes |
| 54 | r/fermentation↗new-account friendlyWelcome to r/fermentation! This community is devoted to the craft, science, and culture of fermentation. From sauerkraut and sourdough to kombucha, kimchi, yogurt, and beyond, we explore the traditio | 329K | 535 | +16% | 33 | 35% | 89% | 12% | Yes |
| 55 | r/PutAnEggOnIt↗🥚Nope | 325K | 61 | +3% | 30 | 41% | 80% | 23% | Yes |
| 56 | r/Freefood↗We love anything to do with free food! Free, discounted, and cheap food links and ideas are welcome here, though anything to do with free food can be posted! Other relevant subs include /r/freebies, | 313K | 575 | +7% | 27 | 53% | 43% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 57 | r/stonerfood↗new-account friendlyfood for stoners that like to get creative with munchies | 311K | 1,133 | +18% | 33 | 37% | 81% | 7% | Yes |
| 58 | r/glutenfree↗gluten-free | 295K | 939 | +16% | 33 | 71% | 85% | 22% | Yes |
| 59 | r/FoodVideoPorn↗Food that looks great | 289K | 43 | +3% | 35 | 19% | 99% | 27% | Yes |
| 60 | r/OnionLovers↗Onions are a staple of the world over, one of the most versatile foods on the planet and extremely healthy for you. Come, celebrate the wonderful onion. (Also allies of garlic.) | 282K | 390 | +28% | 33 | 38% | 89% | 35% | No |
| 61 | r/BreakfastFood↗Post your breakfast photos here :) | 282K | 247 | +2% | 33 | 40% | 63% | 57% | Yes |
| 62 | r/homecooking↗Welcome! A place to share your home-cooked meals, recipes, kitchen wins (and losses), and cooking questions. | 278K | 701 | +206% | 35 | 58% | 62% | 47% | Yes |
| 63 | r/soup↗A subreddit dedicated to the best form of food known to humanity - soup! This group is for soup enthusiasts who want to share photos, recipes, tips, questions, and best practices. Whether you are her | 277K | 426 | +28% | 36 | 64% | 82% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 64 | r/GrandmasPantry↗Expired food, drinks, condiments, & more. Found something ancient hiding in a pantry, freezer, or basement? Post it here! | 271K | 165 | +49% | 38 | 53% | 94% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 65 | r/TipOfMyFork↗Want to know what your food is called? Are you searching for the name of that delicious snack from the nineties? What ingredient did your grandma use in her special recipe? Find your food and drinks b | 270K | 137 | +16% | 33 | 49% | 100% | 19% | Yes |
| 66 | r/hotsauce↗The Spiciest and Sauciest Place on Reddit... | 265K | 393 | +12% | 35 | 14% | 77% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 67 | r/meat↗[Meat + Heat + Eat = Human] This is the reddit that celebrates the greatest discovery ever made in the history of Earth: The formula that made us Human 2.5 million years ago. | 259K | 307 | +19% | 36 | 15% | 81% | 99% | Yes |
| 68 | r/mediterraneandiet↗The Mediterranean Diet is based on the traditional foods that people used to eat in countries such as Italy and Greece. r/mediterraneandiet is a place to learn about the Mediterranean way of eating as | 254K | 129 | +32% | 36 | 69% | 91% | 19% | Yes |
| 69 | r/SalsaSnobs↗A spicy sub for lovers of Salsa, Guacamole, & Pico de Gallo. Whether you want to learn, teach or simply need a recipe. Also Moles (The sauce. Not the animal), Birria Sauce , Queso or spicy food tha | 246K | 96 | +13% | 35 | 30% | 100% | 47% | Yes |
| 70 | r/RedditInTheKitchen↗Share your mastery in the kitchen, your favorite recipes, or show off what’s in your fridge. Show us your fanciest dishes, your comfiest meals, your cleanup routine, or even your beloved kitchen acces | 238K | 106 | +2% | 27 | 31% | 46% | 90% | Yes |
| 71 | r/Canning↗A place to discuss safe, scientifically verified canning recipes and practices, along with other forms of home food preservation. We encourage an inclusive and respectful environment. Everyone is welc | 216K | 682 | +13% | 35 | 60% | 97% | 98% | Yes |
| 72 | r/PHFoodPorn↗new-account friendlyWe like good food and we cannot lie, good food we can't deny. Just PH Foodies sharing their food adventures! 😋 Welcome to PHFoodPorn – a vibrant community where food enthusiasts gather to celebrate t | 209K | 1,649 | +40% | 29 | 58% | 50% | 4% | Yes |
| 73 | r/IndianFoodPhotos↗new-account friendlyImages of Indian food and cooking. You may post photos of food you have made or eaten, or photos other people have taken if you credit the source. Recipes are not required, but are very much apprec | 207K | 2,966 | +41% | 24 | 37% | 66% | 8% | Yes |
| 74 | r/gororoba↗Um subreddit sobre fazer comida e comer comida. Seja ela caseira, comprada, bonita ou feia. Só não vale produtos prontos industrializados. Versão brasileira do r/food | 206K | 1,060 | +56% | 26 | 27% | 81% | 37% | Yes |
| 75 | r/ItalianFood↗A big friendly table full of Italian recipes, culinary tips, discussion, and photos! | 202K | 215 | +18% | 34 | 32% | 79% | 48% | Yes |
| 76 | r/Healthy_Recipes↗Healthy Food Recipes | 197K | 112 | +26% | 30 | 63% | 98% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 77 | r/GirlDinner↗A ✨️food✨️ focused sub dedicated to the chaotic, last-minute, hodgepodge plates you scavenged together and proudly called Girl Dinner. | 195K | 680 | +200% | 31 | 82% | 100% | 30% | No |
| 78 | r/UKfood↗This is a place for British people (and anyone else!) to talk about food and drink in the UK e.g. British seasonal food, restaurants, where the best deals are, recipes. | 194K | 660 | +27% | 36 | 32% | 86% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 79 | r/PoutineCrimes↗new-account friendlyA place to post Poutine Crimes from around the world. If it has fries, gravy and cheese and can be loosely defined as poutine and is a crime, post it here! ----- Un endroit pour afficher les crimes po | 184K | 225 | +16% | 33 | 30% | 100% | 16% | No |
| 80 | r/RateMyPlate↗Post pictures of your food and a short descriptor here. Other people will rate it! "Roast a toast, or even a roast! The reddit for food critique" | 180K | 1,236 | +45% | 33 | 40% | 75% | 20% | Yes |
| 81 | r/CharcuterieBoard↗A place to share and discuss the best ways to make charcuterie boards and plates. Whether a hardcore meat curer or someone who likes to have wheat thins and artichoke heart pate, you are welcome here | 180K | 96 | +57% | 34 | 75% | 81% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 82 | r/WeirdEggs↗A home for the rejected and really fucked up eggs. | 179K | 140 | +47% | 32 | 50% | 78% | 63% | Yes |
| 83 | r/CannedSardines↗new-account friendlyA subreddit for tinned seafood enthusiasts. | 176K | 660 | +31% | 35 | 38% | 81% | 16% | Yes |
| 84 | r/Breakfast↗Breakfast | 176K | 915 | +42% | 34 | 47% | 61% | 22% | Yes |
| 85 | r/EatItYouFuckinCoward↗A sub dedicated to the utter muppets online that create utter foodlike monstrosities, but are too scared of death and/or diarrhoea to taste their own ‘creations’. | 168K | 85 | +4% | 35 | 23% | 83% | 43% | Yes |
| 86 | r/dinner↗new-account friendlyWelcome to r/dinner! Feel free to post what you had for dinner. You are welcome to post anything you ate, can be breakfast for dinner, something homemade, food from dining out. There are no limits! | 166K | 368 | +43% | 34 | 54% | 100% | 8% | Yes |
| 87 | r/foodbutforbabies↗It's like r/food, but for the Tiny Tyrants! Post your baby's meals, be it processed Mac 'n Cheese or organic bento (only the food, no babies please). We need ideas! Please report rude comments/food s | 162K | 484 | +35% | 33 | 94% | 73% | 39% | Yes |
| 88 | r/PressureCooking↗Pressure Cooking! | 160K | 36 | +2% | 36 | 37% | – | – | Yes |
| 89 | r/MalaysianFood↗/r/MalaysianFood is a food subreddit dedicated to all Malaysian food and to connect all Malaysian food lovers. Photos, discussions, videos, history, recipes, memes, news & blogs about Malaysian cuisin | 159K | 271 | +13% | 29 | 29% | 84% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 90 | r/52weeksofcooking↗Each week, we give you an ingredient, technique, cuisine, or inspiration. Each week, you cook a dish in that theme and share the results. Each week, your culinary repertoire gets a little bigger. | 157K | 796 | +16% | 31 | 61% | 71% | 17% | Yes |
| 91 | r/eggs↗Eggs. icon credit to u/Flamesgreen1 | 157K | 378 | +45% | 35 | 40% | 71% | 18% | Yes |
| 92 | r/Wings↗All wings welcome. From spicy to sweet, bone-in to boneless, this is your home for wing obsession. | 155K | 342 | +22% | 35 | 14% | 85% | 55% | Yes |
| 93 | r/tacos↗THE subreddit for Tacos…Tortillas, fillings, salsa, and strong opinions! 🌮 | 155K | 298 | +23% | 35 | 21% | 79% | 83% | Yes |
| 94 | r/salads↗For all salad fans and now without the spam! Cooked, chopped, hot, cold, meaty, vegetarian, green, pasta, olive, shrimp, broccoli salads and more. Recipes and tips. | 155K | 132 | +41% | 36 | 80% | 98% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 95 | r/snacking↗new-account friendly Discuss your favorite snacks, snacking tips or tricks, and anything else snack related! | 154K | 874 | +52% | 35 | 54% | 73% | 12% | Yes |
| 96 | r/whatsinyourcart↗new-account friendlyA place to share either a photo of your shopping cart or basket right before checking out, or an image of your grocery haul. Receipts are encouraged to be posted as the last image or comment, but are | 153K | 257 | +58% | 33 | 56% | 79% | 15% | Yes |
| 97 | r/hotdogs↗THE subreddit for Hot Dogs: snapped, steamed, grilled, dragged through the garden, or drowned in chili. 🌭 | 150K | 585 | +32% | 37 | 16% | 83% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 98 | r/Bento↗Bento is like taking a "little bit of home" with you wherever you are. This is a wholesome, welcoming group for bento enthusiasts! | 147K | 123 | +7% | 29 | 74% | 67% | – | Yes |
| 99 | r/cheeseburgers↗A burger without cheese is like a hug without a squeeze. -Bosverd Vegans/Vegetarians welcome to window shop! | 141K | 152 | +31% | 36 | 18% | 79% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 100 | r/cookingvideos↗A place for anyone to post videos of their recipe or a recipe that they've found that was really enjoyable. Also a place to figure out different cooking techniques. | 140K | 122 | +15% | 31 | 28% | 74% | 95% | Yes |
| 101 | r/frozendinners↗new-account friendlyFrozen Dinner comparisons Buy the meal, Follow the instructions, Post the photographic results and comment with others! A community who enjoys Frozen Dinner comparison pictures and find value in see | 140K | 236 | +30% | 34 | 42% | 93% | 13% | Yes |
| 102 | r/NYTCooking↗A subreddit to discuss and share NYT Cooking recipes, ask questions and post your results! Use flair to show if you’ve made one of the subs fan favorite recipes! | 140K | 195 | +19% | 38 | 82% | 86% | – | Yes |
| 103 | r/bingingwithbabish↗A subreddit to show and discuss the "Binging with Babish" video series. | 138K | 37 | +3% | 28 | 27% | 79% | – | Yes |
| 104 | r/depressionmeals↗new-account friendlyPost food or drink that hopefully makes you feel a little better. | 136K | 441 | +11% | 28 | 51% | 78% | 7% | Yes |
| 105 | r/InstantRamen↗new-account friendlyFor sharing and discussing types of instant ramen and how to prepare it. | 136K | 533 | +27% | 31 | 48% | 79% | 14% | Yes |
| 106 | r/LowCalFoodFinds↗Share ur low cal food finds&creations from the store! | 134K | 176 | +33% | 31 | 70% | 85% | – | Yes |
| 107 | r/RecipeInspiration↗Join Recipe Inspiration community for great collection of recipes across the internet. Get inspired by new or old recipe ideas for all kind of diets (vegan, vegetarian, paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free, | 131K | 198 | +26% | 38 | 60% | 60% | 20% | Yes |
| 108 | r/dehydrating↗Welcome to r/dehydrating! A community for anyone interested in food dehydration — from beginners to seasoned preservers. Share tips, tools, recipes, photos, and questions about dehydrating fruits, veg | 130K | 69 | +8% | 36 | 44% | 79% | – | Yes |
| 109 | r/Butchery↗For the discussion of butchery. | 128K | 180 | +6% | 35 | 17% | 79% | 24% | Yes |
| 110 | r/LowCalorieCooking↗One of Reddit's most-visited communities for maximizing flavour & volume while minimizing calories. Share low-cal recipes, food swaps, and kitchen tips. Enjoy eating MORE while reaching your health go | 127K | 88 | +22% | 30 | 73% | 63% | 26% | Yes |
| 111 | r/SchnitzelVerbrechen↗Tunke auf die Panier? Nudeln als Beilage? Diese und andere Schnitzelverbrechen sollen hier gesammelt werden. For our international visitors: We are collecting Schnitzel crimes. If you want to know h | 126K | 111 | +9% | 29 | 18% | 97% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 112 | r/cheesemaking↗new-account friendlyA place for people to discuss the world of cheese making. --- Not seeing your post? Message the moderators so we can get it fixed for you. | 125K | 140 | +14% | 33 | 39% | 88% | 13% | Yes |
| 113 | r/asianeats↗recipes and ideas for the lovers of all food asian | 122K | 95 | +23% | 32 | 49% | 76% | 26% | Yes |
| 114 | r/DinnerIdeas↗A place for the people of reddit to discuss their favorite recipes. Include recipe lists as well as price. | 122K | 107 | +43% | 41 | 75% | 64% | 83% | Yes |
| 115 | r/HealthyEatingnow↗Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it's about feeling great, having more energy, improving your | 120K | 62 | +170% | 31 | 69% | 35% | 26% | Yes |
| 116 | r/oldrecipes↗A place to share your old recipes | 119K | 106 | +43% | 48 | 78% | 65% | 46% | Yes |
| 117 | r/Charcuterie↗Charcuterie is the branch of cooking devoted to prepared cured dried meat products such as salami, bacon, ham, sausage, terrines, galantines, ballotines, pâtés, confit, and any other fine cured meats | 118K | 49 | +12% | 34 | 20% | 93% | – | Yes |
| 118 | r/doener↗new-account friendlyDöner Kebab is one of the most famous dishes of the Turkish cuisine and is enjoying huge popularity in Germany and other european countries. Posts about similiar dishes from the Turkish, Greek or Ar | 118K | 187 | +17% | 29 | 13% | 92% | 15% | Yes |
| 119 | r/macandcheese↗new-account friendlyThe sub is open again | 118K | 130 | +36% | 33 | 53% | 93% | 14% | Yes |
| 120 | r/decentfoodporn↗new-account friendlyToo shitty for /r/food and r/foodporn, but better than /r/shittyfoodporn. Refugees from /r/foodporn welcome. | 118K | 305 | +24% | 33 | 48% | 51% | 11% | Yes |
| 121 | r/poutine↗new-account friendlyFrites + fromage en grains qui couine + sauce = le combo parfait. La poutine est québécoise. Tu peux te commander une poutine. Tu peux ne pas te commander une poutine. On t’aime pareil. — Fries + sque | 115K | 266 | +25% | 33 | 27% | 91% | 6% | Yes |
| 122 | r/Seafood↗Seafood lovers! | 115K | 278 | +26% | 36 | 26% | 77% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 123 | r/fryup↗new-account friendlyWelcome to Reddit's original home of fry-ups, celebrating greasy greatness around the globe. Whether it's a full English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh, it belongs here. Non-standardised creations are welc | 114K | 408 | +30% | 36 | 23% | 97% | 10% | Yes |
| 124 | r/chocolate↗A community for people who like chocolate | 112K | 260 | +52% | 33 | 55% | 82% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 125 | r/carbonsteel↗Carbon steel cookware community | 112K | 242 | +17% | 35 | 14% | 89% | 74% | Yes |
| 126 | r/Pickles↗Pickles: the world is a giant pickle | 111K | 367 | +38% | 36 | 40% | 83% | 23% | Yes |
| 127 | r/CookbookLovers↗We love cookbooks! Whether traditionally published, created by websites, blasted from the past, created by groups, generated by celebrities, or can't quite be categorized, post here if you have somet | 111K | 408 | +53% | 37 | 74% | 81% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 128 | r/Oatmeal↗The community for all oatmeal and food pertaining to oats :) | 110K | 233 | +51% | 32 | 72% | 78% | 100% | Yes |
| 129 | r/iamveryculinary↗This is the sub for links to the most pretentious food snobbery and gastronomic hair-splitting you can find on the Internet. | 109K | 90 | +16% | 34 | 41% | 100% | – | Yes |
| 130 | r/VeryGoodRecipes↗A place for home foods Homeward bound foods only! Pictures, recipes, anything. | 108K | 55 | +861% | 40 | 40% | 97% | – | Yes |
| 131 | r/foodquestions↗new-account friendlyA place to ask questions about food (i.e cooking, baking, preparing etc.) | 107K | 2,227 | +1518% | 39 | 54% | 86% | 12% | Yes |
| 132 | r/povertykitchen↗new-account friendlyPoverty Kitchen is a sub intended to help Redditors facing difficult financial times by offering shopping tips, recipes and cooking skills and kitchen management tips. | 106K | 92 | +62% | 43 | 76% | 75% | 12% | No |
| 133 | r/CookingForOne↗Cooking For the Single Life | 104K | 50 | +97% | 35 | 54% | 92% | 48% | No |
| 134 | r/SnacksIndia↗Discover and discuss the diverse world of Indian snacks! From crunchy chaat and spicy namkeen to sweet treats and regional specialties, this is the place to share your favorite munchies from every co | 104K | 1,754 | +181% | 23 | 35% | 78% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 135 | r/badfoodporn↗A place where people can share bad pictures of food, specifically amateur food pictures from social media. | 104K | 49 | +15% | 32 | 36% | 81% | 49% | Yes |
| 136 | r/chinesecooking↗A dedicated place to learn, share and celebrate the diversity of Chinese cuisine. Banner designed by Freepik | 103K | 358 | +37% | 35 | 41% | 64% | 24% | Yes |
| 137 | r/AskFoodHistorians↗We welcome posts related to any period of history in any region of the world. Topics can include but are not limited to: history of recipes, menus, ingredients, cooks, cookbooks, kitchens, kitchen too | 102K | 49 | +18% | 39 | 46% | 83% | – | No |
| 138 | r/junkfoodfinds↗Welcome to all things Junk Food! This includes pictures of limited edition finds & Collections, international junk food hauls, healthier variants (but still junk food), and Soft Drinks. Feel free to p | 102K | 289 | +34% | 34 | 44% | 82% | 18% | Yes |
| 139 | r/pickling↗Fridge pickles, fermented pickles, pickled vegetables and eggs and fruits and seeds and so on. Questions and photos and recipes are all welcome. | 102K | 118 | +43% | 36 | 34% | 85% | – | Yes |
| 140 | r/foodscam↗foodscam has gone temporarily private in protest of a recent Reddit policy change that will kill third-party mobile apps due to excessive API pricing, and because of Reddit's recent poor management an | 100K | 30 | +5% | 31 | 38% | – | – | Yes |
| 141 | r/StainlessSteelCooking↗Welcome to r/stainlesssteelcooking, the place to share tips, tricks, and experiences for mastering the art of cooking with stainless steel. Though stainless steel cookware can be tricky to get the han | 96K | 160 | +80% | 36 | 18% | 84% | – | Yes |
| 142 | r/PangetPeroMasarap↗new-account friendlyPara sa mga Hipon ng Food World. | 95K | 236 | +33% | 27 | 54% | 100% | 9% | Yes |
| 143 | r/glutenfreerecipes↗A gluten-free community for sharing recipes and/or looking for recipes for meals, drinks, snacks, desserts, and more! | 94K | 35 | +12% | 33 | 74% | 97% | – | Yes |
| 144 | r/Bacon↗Bacon is the only food that goes great with absolutely everything. | 94K | 98 | +38% | 39 | 23% | 90% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 145 | r/SingaporeEats↗Singapore Eats is a community dedicated to food culture in Singapore. Whether it's hawker center fare or Michelin star restaurants, whether you're searching for local recipes or healthy eating tips, a | 93K | 422 | +39% | 31 | 37% | 83% | 77% | Yes |
| 146 | r/AmateurFoodPorn↗Is your photo not good enough for foodporn viewers and food not shitty enough for shittyfoodporn? Post your home made meals here so like-minded people can salivate and beg for your recipe. | 93K | 345 | +411% | 30 | 58% | 77% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 147 | r/foodscience↗A professional place to discuss questions regarding food science and technology, as well as the greater food industry. Join our Discord channel for more in depth discussions. Link: https://discord.g | 93K | 225 | +38% | 31 | 40% | 77% | 71% | Yes |
| 148 | r/culinary↗Culinary News, Recipies, Techniques | 93K | 126 | +89% | 37 | 40% | 73% | 23% | Yes |
| 149 | r/Adultlunchables↗new-account friendlyA community dedicated to making unique and updated versions of Lunchables for adults. | 93K | 101 | +71% | 33 | 90% | 64% | 0% | Yes |
| 150 | r/cookware↗This sub is dedicated to all things cookware related but mostly non disposable pots and pans! Disposable non-stick cookware is thereby not appreciated and are subject to removal if praised one-sidedly | 92K | 325 | +34% | 36 | 29% | 89% | 37% | Yes |
| 151 | r/cajunfood↗new-account friendlySouth Louisiana is extremely vast and diverse in terms of culture and food, and the food of the Acadians or “Cajuns” is a flavorful explosion of diverse ingredients brought by many different cultures. | 91K | 163 | +41% | 39 | 27% | 93% | 13% | Yes |
| 152 | r/chips↗new-account friendlyWelcome to r/Chips A comfortable place, for comforting foods. | 90K | 429 | +52% | 35 | 30% | 82% | 11% | Yes |
| 153 | r/LeCreuset↗Unofficial subreddit for Le Creuset aficionados || Add your flair to reflect your country & the color of your collection from the top right ... drop down menu! | 90K | 548 | +28% | 34 | 71% | 93% | 56% | Yes |
| 154 | r/CalorieEstimates↗new-account friendlyPost a picture of any food for estimates on calorie counts. Recommend: Including location (as in store bought, restaurant, backyard grilled, etc), a comparison for size (i.e., coins/playing cards), an | 90K | 1,115 | +22% | 27 | 58% | 67% | 10% | Yes |
| 155 | r/CookingCircleJerk↗Because there is never too much garlic and your mom is a terrible cook | 89K | 30 | +22% | 35 | 44% | 88% | 38% | No |
| 156 | r/vegetarianfoodporn↗Who says vegetarians eat bad? Share your favorite pictures (with recipes in the comments) of your favorite vegetarian meals and snacks for not only hungry vegetarians, but anyone interested in trying | 89K | 102 | +31% | 32 | 60% | 67% | – | Yes |
| 157 | r/fruit↗A juicy little spot to chat about every fruit under the sun—from apples to durian, weird berries to tropical delights. If it grows on a tree, vine, or bush and makes your taste buds dance, it belongs | 88K | 431 | +62% | 33 | 50% | 74% | 91% | Yes |
| 158 | r/isthissafetoeat↗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 t | 87K | 255 | +181% | 34 | 40% | 94% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 159 | r/EasyPeasyRecipes↗In this community you will find easy recipes : Dessert. Healthy food. Fast food.Homemade. Enjoy with us. | 87K | 69 | +250% | 36 | 42% | 50% | – | Yes |
| 160 | r/ShittyRestrictionFood↗Restrictive eating can be rough, but at least it forces the ingenuity out of us. This sub is for laughing/commiserating about the experience of eating things that're low calorie, and uhhhhh... "creati | 87K | 426 | +29% | 24 | 84% | 83% | 29% | Yes |
| 161 | r/lowspooncooking↗Cooking subreddit for spoonies, neurodivergent ppl, disabled ppl, chronically ill ppl etc. | 84K | 94 | – | 38 | 90% | 86% | – | Yes |
| 162 | r/noscrapleftbehind↗Recipes, tips, and tricks to prevent food waste. Based on the book No Scrap Left Behind: My Life Without Food Waste | 83K | 51 | +34% | 37 | 75% | 91% | – | Yes |
| 163 | r/PeanutButter↗A subreddit for peanut butter, in all its evolution disproving awesomeness. And for all things peanuts and nut-buttery, from the most delicious American peanut butter on a piece of white bread to sav | 81K | 160 | +39% | 35 | 46% | 86% | 44% | Yes |
| 164 | r/forgottenfoods↗forgottenfoods | 80K | 382 | +159% | 36 | 52% | 81% | – | Yes |
| 165 | r/TastyFood↗The best place on reddit to see and talk about damn tasty food. | 76K | 41 | +117% | 32 | 46% | 87% | – | Yes |
| 166 | r/safe_food↗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, | 76K | 137 | +21% | 24 | 86% | 71% | 51% | Yes |
| 167 | r/hellofresh↗new-account friendlyGet cooking. This community is about sharing your experiences and meals. Most of our users have been long time subscribers and offer excellent advice, tips and tricks. This community is not a | 75K | 196 | +9% | 32 | 67% | 85% | 15% | Yes |
| 168 | r/TrueChefKnives↗new-account friendlyA place to show off your chef knives. Questions are welcomed. A work in progress, will be updated over time. Check out the growing wiki. | 75K | 847 | +38% | 35 | 11% | 91% | 11% | Yes |
| 169 | r/FoodPH↗new-account friendlyAll about food in the Philippines | 74K | 1,329 | +240% | 29 | 55% | 57% | 1% | No |
| 170 | r/RealGirlDinner↗This sub is for REAL girl dinner. Women AND men are welcomed, it's all about food here ✨️ | 74K | 148 | +709% | 33 | 93% | 100% | 44% | Yes |
| 171 | r/foodsafety↗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 off | 73K | 678 | +10% | 28 | 52% | 90% | 59% | Yes |
| 172 | r/Poopfromabutt↗***THIS IS NOT A MEDICAL ADVICE SUB*** Food, products, or objects that look like poop from a butt. | 71K | 103 | +12% | 32 | 37% | 81% | 26% | Yes |
| 173 | r/TodayIAte↗A subreddit for sharing food you've eaten today! | 71K | 422 | +31% | 33 | 41% | 73% | 17% | Yes |
| 174 | r/FoodCrimes↗A place to witness culinary chaos. From cursed recipes to crimes against taste buds, share and shudder at the meals that should’ve never been made. If it’s something so chaotic, strange, or unappetizi | 71K | 74 | +76% | 35 | 37% | 100% | Min. age/karma | No |
| 175 | r/jerky↗Jerky central. | 71K | 99 | +25% | 35 | 14% | 88% | 36% | Yes |
| 176 | r/CastIronCooking↗Cast iron cooking and recipes | 71K | 37 | +26% | 39 | 23% | 72% | – | Yes |
| 177 | r/pho↗Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, linguine-shaped rice noodles called bánh phở, a few herbs, and meat. It is a popular street food in Vietnam and the specialty of a number of restau | 69K | 64 | +32% | 33 | 35% | 77% | 19% | No |
| 178 | r/melts↗Everything you need to know about melts! | 69K | 45 | +35% | 31 | 34% | 74% | – | Yes |
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How this list is built
Subreddits are grouped into topics by what their posts are about; this list holds the food and recipe group. We include subreddits that are safe for work and had at least 30 new posts in September 2026, about one a day.
Members is Reddit's subscriber count; growth compares it with a year earlier. Posts with a reply is the share of posts that got at least one comment over the last three months. Median author age and women are estimated from what authors say about themselves, and shown only when enough of them did. New-account posts removed is the share of posts from accounts younger than 7 days that were removed; communities at or below 17% are marked new-account friendly. Min. age/karma means the subreddit asks for a minimum account age or karma before you can post.
The list is rebuilt every month from public Reddit posts and comments. Data and CSV are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.
Food and recipe subreddits: common questions
What is the biggest food and recipe subreddit?
r/food, with 24.6M members in September 2026. Next are r/EatCheapAndHealthy (11.5M) and r/FoodPorn (8.61M).
Which food and recipe subreddits are the most active?
By posts in September 2026: r/food (3,848 posts), r/IndianFoodPhotos (2,966 posts) and r/Cooking (2,455 posts).
Which food and recipe subreddits can a new account post in?
r/JapaneseFood (16% of new-account posts removed), r/pasta (13% of new-account posts removed) and r/filipinofood (6% of new-account posts removed). They ask for no minimum karma or account age, and most posts from accounts under a week old stay up.
How often is this list updated?
Every month, when we rebuild our subreddit data. This version uses data for September 2026. Member counts come from Reddit; activity, removals and who writes come from public Reddit posts and comments.
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