About r/steak
In its own words:
Show us your steaks!
Community guide
r/steak (#931, about 1.2 million) is simple on the surface—show us your steaks—with OC-only photo rules and flairs for cook methods like reverse sear and cast iron.
What belongs
Original steak (and non-pot-roast) cook media (about 30 posts/day). Rules: OC only; no shitposts; money-shot expectations; reddiquette; no low effort; no politics; no misinformation; NSFW-profile limits.
Versus cooking and smoking
Broader cooking subs cover all dishes. steak is the beef-cut flex and method lane.
Practical pointers
Post your own photos; skip borrowed restaurant PR shots.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Sep 14, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 226 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/evangelion (#930) and ahead of r/residentevil (#932) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/steak went up from 1,140,399 to 1,141,929 subscribers (+1.5K, +0.13%). That is about 35 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/steak talks about
Across 191 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ribeye”, “strip”, “wagyu”, “reverse” and “sear”. Other frequent themes are picanha, cut, seared, halloween, cast and iron. Recurring phrases include “reverse sear”, “cast iron”, “sous vide” and “reverse seared”. By format, 62% are galleries, 33% are images and 4% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: [ Cast Iron ] (18), [ Reverse Sear ] (12), [ NY Strip ] (12), [ Ribeye ] (11), [ Grilling ] (8), [ Filet ] (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/steak gets about 30 new posts a day. The public archive holds 185,981 posts and 2,592,370 comments in total, about 13.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (37 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (18). Posting peaks around 23:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/steak
The moderators of r/steak list 9 rules. In short:
- Original content only - no stolen or borrowed photos, no other peoples' videos.
- No shitposts
- Steaks and non-pot roasts are both acceptable
- Money shots
- Observe reddiquette
- No low effort posts
- Leave your politics at the door
- NSFW profiles
- No misinformation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/steak 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/steak have?
r/steak has 1,141,929 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #931 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,530 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/steak created?
r/steak was created on Sep 14, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 26, 2008.
Is r/steak still active?
Yes. r/steak gets about 30 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 185,981 posts and 2,592,370 comments. In a sample of 191 recent posts we counted 174 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/steak?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 23:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/steak?
The community describes itself as: “Show us your steaks!” Recent post titles often mention ribeye, strip, wagyu, reverse and sear. Most posts are galleries (62%).
Is r/steak SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/steak as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/steak?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/steak accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Original content only - no stolen or borrowed photos, no other peoples' videos.”; “No shitposts”; “Steaks and non-pot roasts are both acceptable”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/steak?
Communities with similar topics include r/IASIP (1.4M), r/Nails (4.2M), r/DunderMifflin (3.7M), r/3Dmodeling (1.5M) and r/familyguy (1.2M).
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/steak.