r/whiskey
r/whiskey is a Food & Cooking community on Reddit with 291,562 members, ranking #133 of 2,151 in Food & Cooking. Hi and welcome to r/whiskey! A place where we discuss, review, and read articles about whiskey. Any style goes, including Bourbon, Scotch, Rye, Wheat, Canadian, Irish, White Dogs, and everything in between. Please consult the guides and rules before posting
How big is r/whiskey?
Created in 2009, r/whiskey has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Food & Cooking it ranks #133 of 2,151 communities we track — the top 6.2% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 141× 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 84 times the size of r/whiskey. 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/whiskey on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 291,562 |
|---|---|
| Category | Food & Cooking |
| Rank in category | #133 of 2,151 |
| Created | 2009 |
| Category median size | 2,063 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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