r/cookingforbeginners
r/cookingforbeginners is a Food & Cooking community on Reddit with 2,136,800 members, ranking #22 of 2,151 in Food & Cooking. 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 cook simple recipes for yourself and find it isn't as hard as you think it is. Post your questions about cooking and links to easy recipes and basic techniques. Come to learn or to teach. Join us on Disc
How big is r/cookingforbeginners?
Created in 2014, r/cookingforbeginners has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Food & Cooking it ranks #22 of 2,151 communities we track — the top 1% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 1,036× 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 11 times the size of r/cookingforbeginners. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2014 sits in the middle 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/cookingforbeginners on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 2,136,800 |
|---|---|
| Category | Food & Cooking |
| Rank in category | #22 of 2,151 |
| Created | 2014 |
| Category median size | 2,063 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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