r/Cheap_Meals
r/Cheap_Meals is a Food & Cooking community on Reddit with 878,712 members, ranking #48 of 2,151 in Food & Cooking. 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. Simple food preference discussions ARE allowed, just keep in mind there is a specific theme to the Subreddit. 5. Don’t be racist, sexist, ableist, transphobic, uncivil, etc.
How big is r/Cheap_Meals?
Created in 2009, r/Cheap_Meals has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Food & Cooking it ranks #48 of 2,151 communities we track — the top 2.2% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 426× the median Food & Cooking subreddit, which has 2,063 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Food & Cooking community we track is r/food with 24,528,486 members — roughly 28 times the size of r/Cheap_Meals. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2009 sits in the early wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/Cheap_Meals on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 878,712 |
|---|---|
| Category | Food & Cooking |
| Rank in category | #48 of 2,151 |
| Created | 2009 |
| Category median size | 2,063 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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