About r/chinesefood
In its own words:
To honor Chinese food in all its glory
Community guide
r/chinesefood (#916, about 1.2 million) celebrates Chinese cuisine—cooked plates, restaurant eats, questions—with a distinctive 70-character minimum title rule.
What belongs
Chinese food posts (about 16 posts/day; I Cooked / I Ate flairs). Rules include basic posting standards and a 70-character minimum for titles.
Versus food and KoreanFood
General food is cuisine-agnostic; KoreanFood is a different regional lane. chinesefood is specifically Chinese cooking and eating.
Practical pointers
Write descriptive titles (≥70 characters per the rule).
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 10, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 730 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/whatcouldgoright (#915) and ahead of r/EscapefromTarkov (#917) in our ranking.
What sets r/chinesefood apart
r/chinesefood is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 42% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (03:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/chinesefood grew from 1,154,543 to 1,160,101 subscribers (+5.6K, +0.48%). That is about 126 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/chinesefood talks about
Across 83 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “chinese”, “pork”, “chicken”, “rice” and “food”. Other frequent themes are homemade, fried, tofu, belly, mein and recipe. Recurring phrases include “pork belly”, “fried rice”, “noodle soup” and “mapo tofu”. By format, 42% are images, 33% are galleries and 18% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: I Cooked (31), I Ate (30), Questions (22).
Activity and best time to post
r/chinesefood gets about 16 new posts a day. The public archive holds 28,898 posts and 213,404 comments in total, about 7.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (17 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (7). Posting peaks around 03:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/chinesefood
The moderators of r/chinesefood list 2 rules. In short:
- Basic Post Rules
- 70 Character Minimum for Post Titles
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/chinesefood 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 members does r/chinesefood have?
r/chinesefood has 1,160,101 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #916 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,558 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/chinesefood?
r/chinesefood was created on Oct 10, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 2, 2010.
How active is r/chinesefood?
Moderately: r/chinesefood gets about 16 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 28,898 posts and 213,404 comments. In a sample of 83 recent posts we counted 70 different authors.
When is r/chinesefood most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 03:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/chinesefood about?
The community describes itself as: “To honor Chinese food in all its glory” Recent post titles often mention chinese, pork, chicken, rice and food. Most posts are images (42%).
Is r/chinesefood safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/chinesefood as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/chinesefood?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/chinesefood accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 2 posted rules, starting with: “Basic Post Rules”; “70 Character Minimum for Post Titles”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/chinesefood?
Communities with similar topics include r/food (24.6M), r/KoreanFood (1.2M), r/IndianFood (1.2M), r/budgetfood (3M) and r/StupidFood (2.8M).
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/chinesefood.