r/seriouseats
r/seriouseats is a Food & Cooking community on Reddit with 843,141 members, ranking #52 of 2,151 in Food & Cooking. 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 cuisines all around the world, seriouseats.com offers readers everything they need to know to cook well and eat magnificently.
How big is r/seriouseats?
Created in 2014, r/seriouseats has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Food & Cooking it ranks #52 of 2,151 communities we track — the top 2.4% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 409× 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 29 times the size of r/seriouseats. 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/seriouseats on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 843,141 |
|---|---|
| Category | Food & Cooking |
| Rank in category | #52 of 2,151 |
| Created | 2014 |
| Category median size | 2,063 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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