About r/grilling
In its own words:
Welcome to /r/Grilling, a Subreddit for all Tips, Recipes, Pictures, and anything related to Grilling! Rules: Be respectful. this is a place to discuss grilling, not grill each other. NO SPAM If you're a bot account or you're spamming your youtube channel or what not, your account will be banned immediately. We want original content only! that means something you made or bought or ate or saw, etc.
The community was created on Nov 18, 2009, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,267 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 18 communities on our cooking list it is number 4 by size.
What sets r/grilling apart
It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.35% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 88% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/grilling climbed from 2,557,473 to 2,566,315 subscribers (+8.8K, +0.35%). That is about 221 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/grilling talks about
Looking at the titles of 125 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “grill”, “chicken”, “grilled”, “weber” and “steak”. Other frequent themes are kettle, beef, pork, griddle, smoked and charcoal. Recurring phrases include “weber kettle”, “reverse seared”, “pellet grill” and “flank steak”. By format, 49% are galleries, 29% are images and 16% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/grilling gets about 19 new posts a day. The public archive holds 95,937 posts and 1,117,149 comments in total, about 11.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (33 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (12). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 15:00 UTC.
Rules of r/grilling
The moderators of r/grilling list 6 rules. In short:
- No Spam or Bots
- Be courteous/polite to each other
- Posts and comments have to be on topic
- No reposting - original content only
- No self-promotion
- No affiliate marketing links
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/grilling 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/grilling?
r/grilling has 2,566,315 subscribers, which makes it the #436 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,842 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/grilling created?
r/grilling was created on Nov 18, 2009, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Dec 11, 2009.
Is r/grilling still active?
Yes. r/grilling gets about 19 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 95,937 posts and 1,117,149 comments. In a sample of 125 recent posts we counted 115 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/grilling?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 15:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/grilling?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to /r/Grilling, a Subreddit for all Tips, Recipes, Pictures, and anything related to Grilling! Rules: Be respectful. this is a place to discuss grilling, not grill each other. NO SPAM If you're a bot account or …” Recent post titles often mention grill, chicken, grilled, weber and steak. Most posts are galleries (49%).
Is r/grilling SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/grilling as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/grilling?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/grilling accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “No Spam or Bots”; “Be courteous/polite to each other”; “Posts and comments have to be on topic”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/grilling?
Communities with similar topics include r/Cooking (6.3M), r/slowcooking (4.8M), r/LifeProTips (23.1M), r/food (24.6M) and r/oddlysatisfying (12.8M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/grilling.