About r/foodhacks
Community guide
r/foodhacks (#141, about 5.8 million) collects clever food tricks—not full recipes as the hack itself. Catalogue description was empty; rules say a recipe alone is not a food hack, titles should be descriptive, ads/channel promo and blogspam are forbidden, and presentation hacks must be labeled.
What counts as a hack
Concise technique or presentation tricks. Infographics/quick references are explicitly allowed. Short-term reposts of the same hack are discouraged. Sample activity is low (4.5 ppd).
Practical pointers
Descriptive titles; no product/channel ads; no user harassment. Related list empty—no neighbour comparisons invented.
SubMouse Editorial
It sits just behind r/anime_irl (#140) and ahead of r/femalefashionadvice (#142) in our ranking.
What sets r/foodhacks apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.8 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here. Growth has more or less levelled off (0.01% since Oct 29, 2026), which is common for very mature communities.
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/foodhacks climbed from 5,843,842 to 5,844,625 subscribers (+783, +0.01%). That is about 196 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (2 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/foodhacks talks about
Across 36 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “started”, “chicken”, “finally”, “baking” and “cooking”. Other frequent themes are leaving, uncovered, fridge, overnight, skin and crispy. Recurring phrases include “started leaving”, “leaving chicken”, “chicken uncovered” and “fridge overnight”. By format, 61% are text posts, 31% are images and 6% are links.
Popular post flairs: :orly:Question/Advice :orly: (10), :cake: Flavor :cake: (6), Something Else :snoo_shrug: (3), :cake: Cooking Method :cake: (2), :illuminati: Nutrition :illuminati: (2), Hack Request (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/foodhacks gets about 4.5 new posts a day. The public archive holds 46,963 posts and 655,786 comments in total, about 14.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (10 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (3). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/foodhacks
The moderators of r/foodhacks list 10 rules. In short:
- Titles should be descriptive.
- Image posts should be concise.
- A recipe itself does not constitute a food hack.
- Don't repost hacks in the short term.
- Product/Channel advertisement of any kind is not allowed.
- List posts are discouraged.
- Clearly label any hacks regarding presentation.
- Infographic and other quick reference ARE ALLOWED.
- User harassment is forbidden.
- Blogspam/Self-promotion is strictly forbidden
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/foodhacks 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/foodhacks have?
r/foodhacks has 5,844,625 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #141 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 783 members between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
Is r/foodhacks still active?
Yes. r/foodhacks gets about 4.5 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 46,963 posts and 655,786 comments.
What is the best time to post in r/foodhacks?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/foodhacks?
r/foodhacks is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention started, chicken, finally, baking and cooking. Most posts are text posts (61%).
Is r/foodhacks SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/foodhacks as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/foodhacks?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/foodhacks accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Titles should be descriptive.”; “Image posts should be concise.”; “A recipe itself does not constitute a food hack.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/foodhacks?
Communities with similar topics include r/grilling (2.6M), r/DiWHY (3.9M), r/recipes (3.6M), r/food (24.6M) and r/EatCheapAndHealthy (11.5M).
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/foodhacks.