SubTrends
Food

r/foods

Averages 6 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Sundays around 2 PM UTC. Mostly image posts (88%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
6 72%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
3 142%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
2 1727%
Activity Rank #22,720 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#22,720 9,186
Top 25%
Posts w/ Links The percentage of posts that link off-site. This counts true link posts plus text posts with a URL in the body. Image and video posts are not counted.
12%
Low-Reply Rate Share of posts with 0 or 1 comment. A single comment is often an automated mod reply rather than real community discussion.
82%

r/foods Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes02.557.51005101520Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Short (23 chars)
Peak Day Sunday

Upvote Distribution

How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.

2–9
86%
10–99
12%
100–999
2%
1K+
0%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 35%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 3
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 107

r/foods Most Active Times

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#1 Top 3 activity windows

Most Active by Day

Sun 2 PM
Mon 2 PM
Tue 7 AM
Wed 8 AM
Thu 12 AM
Fri 1 PM
Sat 8 AM

r/foods Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

This subreddit doesn't use post flairs.

No flaired posts were found in this month's data.

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

88%image posts

r/foods Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
food
32 (19.5%)
64
yummy
18 (11.0%)
21
delicious
10 (6.1%)
22
dinner
10 (6.1%)
21

r/foods Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtu.be131
instagram.com31

r/foods Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Food

107 upvotes 70 comments image Sep 27

Yumm!✨

36 upvotes 37 comments image Sep 29

Chicken meal 😍♥️

31 upvotes 31 comments image Sep 29

Food

22 upvotes 20 comments image Sep 13

Rate my dish 😋

17 upvotes 25 comments image Sep 28

Good food, good mood, finer things in life 😽

14 upvotes 19 comments image Sep 27

Tender dih

12 upvotes 17 comments image Sep 20

Cravings satisfied ✨

10 upvotes 12 comments image Sep 29

This Was So yummy😋

9 upvotes 3 comments image Sep 17

Delicious

9 upvotes 16 comments image Sep 25

r/foods Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

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r/PHFoodPorn 55 posts/day
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9% overlap
r/IndianFoodPhotos 98 posts/day
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8% overlap
r/AskReddit 5,050 posts/day
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8% overlap
r/MasarapBa 18 posts/day
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7% overlap

r/foods FAQ

What's the best time to post on r/foods?

Based on posting volume, r/foods is most active on Sundays around 2 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/foods?

r/foods averages 6 posts per day and ranks in the top 50% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/foods get?

Posts on r/foods average about 3 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/foods get most?

On r/foods, most posts are image posts (88%)