About r/Cheese
Community guide
r/Cheese (#947, about 1.2 million) is the cheese lovers’ room—dairy and dairy-free alike—focused on appreciation and questions, not “is this still safe to eat?” panic posts.
What belongs
Cheese talk and photos (about 15 posts/day). Rules: no self-promo; all cheeses valid including dairy-free; don’t ask if your cheese is safe to eat; frequent reposts/low-effort shitposts may be removed.
Versus cooking and charcuterie
Those span whole meals. Cheese stays on the dairy (or alt) board itself.
Practical pointers
Ask style/pairing questions; take food-safety fears to proper guidance, not this sub.
SubMouse Editorial
It sits just behind r/birdswitharms (#946) and ahead of r/raisedbynarcissists (#948) in our ranking.
What sets r/Cheese apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Cheese leans heavily on images (41% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%).
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Cheese went up from 1,119,440 to 1,120,145 subscribers (+705, +0.06%). That is about 176 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (2 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Cheese talks about
Looking at the titles of 102 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “cheeses”, “cheddar”, “images”, “run” and “types”. Other frequent themes are camembert, gouda, good, eating, eat and coming. Recurring phrases include “camembert coming”, “coming soon”, “fruit gift” and “help identifying”. By format, 41% are images, 27% are text posts and 17% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Question (12), Advice (5), Feedback (4), Help (3), Ask (3), Cheese safety post - use the megathread (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/Cheese gets about 15 new posts a day. The public archive holds 42,423 posts and 460,205 comments in total, about 10.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (22 posts) and the quietest was Friday (10). Posting peaks around 03:00 UTC and is lowest around 10:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Cheese
The moderators of r/Cheese list 4 rules. In short:
- Self-promotion is not allowed.
- All cheeses are valid, including dairy-free ones.
- Don't post to ask about whether your cheese is safe to eat.
- Frequent reposts and low-effort shitposts may be removed without warning.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Cheese and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/Cheese have?
r/Cheese has 1,120,145 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #947 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 705 members between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How active is r/Cheese?
Moderately: r/Cheese gets about 15 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 42,423 posts and 460,205 comments. In a sample of 102 recent posts we counted 83 different authors.
When is r/Cheese most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 03:00 UTC, with the fewest around 10:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Cheese about?
r/Cheese is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention cheeses, cheddar, images, run and types. Most posts are images (41%).
Is r/Cheese safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Cheese as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Cheese?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Cheese accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Self-promotion is not allowed.”; “All cheeses are valid, including dairy-free ones.”; “Don't post to ask about whether your cheese is safe to eat.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Cheese?
Communities with similar topics include r/Piracy (3.1M), r/vegan (2M), r/DecidingToBeBetter (1.4M), r/keto (4M) and r/books (27.3M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Cheese.