About r/IndianFood
Community guide
r/IndianFood (#910, about 1.2 million) is a recipe and discussion room for Indian cuisine—veg and non-veg flairs appear in samples—even though the catalogue description field is empty in our snapshot.
What belongs
Indian food talk and recipes (about 14 posts/day). Collected rules: posts must be Indian food; recipe posts need both ingredients and instructions.
Versus food and spicy
General food and spicy-heat rooms are broader. IndianFood wants cuisine specificity and complete recipe posts.
Practical pointers
When sharing a recipe, include ingredients and steps together.
SubMouse Editorial
It sits just behind r/xboxinsiders (#909) and ahead of r/Kanye (#911) in our ranking.
What sets r/IndianFood apart
r/IndianFood is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 85% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (13:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (16:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/IndianFood went up from 1,170,089 to 1,170,438 subscribers (+349, +0.03%). That is about 87 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (2 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/IndianFood talks about
We read the titles of 104 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “indian”, “food”, “love”, “chicken” and “dishes”. Other frequent themes are recipes, india, cooking, recipe, homemade and dish. Recurring phrases include “indian food”, “south indian”, “honest feedback” and “food lovers”. By format, 85% are text posts and 15% are links.
Popular post flairs: discussion (23), question (22), recipe (8), veg (6), nonveg (2), video (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/IndianFood gets about 14 new posts a day. The public archive holds 42,668 posts and 393,114 comments in total, about 9.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (27 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (11). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 16:00 UTC.
Rules of r/IndianFood
The moderators of r/IndianFood list 2 rules. In short:
- Not an Indian food
- Posted recipe must include both ingredients and instructions.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/IndianFood 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 big is r/IndianFood?
r/IndianFood has 1,170,438 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #910 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 349 members between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How active is r/IndianFood?
Moderately: r/IndianFood gets about 14 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 42,668 posts and 393,114 comments. In a sample of 104 recent posts we counted 86 different authors.
When is r/IndianFood most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 16:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/IndianFood about?
r/IndianFood is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention indian, food, love, chicken and dishes. Most posts are text posts (85%).
Is r/IndianFood safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/IndianFood as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/IndianFood?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/IndianFood accepts text posts only, with galleries and polls enabled. It has 2 posted rules, starting with: “Not an Indian food”; “Posted recipe must include both ingredients and instructions.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/IndianFood?
Communities with similar topics include r/indiasocial (1.8M), r/IndianStockMarket (1.4M), r/chinesefood (1.2M), r/budgetfood (3M) and r/food (24.6M).
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/IndianFood.