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r/food vs r/EatCheapAndHealthy

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Food photo sharing vs cheap healthy cooking

r/food bills itself as a place for original food images. r/EatCheapAndHealthy is for eating healthy on a cheap budget, and its rules require a formatted text recipe with link or image posts.

Both have SubMouse pages (food about 24.6M, rank #24; EatCheapAndHealthy about 11.5M, rank #76). Activity samples diverge: food is image/gallery-led and busy (roughly 118 posts per day); EatCheapAndHealthy is text-led and quieter (roughly 10).

Short rule titles match those formats. food: original images only; titles must mostly describe the food; tags; no low-quality posts. EatCheapAndHealthy: link/image posts must include a formatted text recipe; Reddiquette; ECAH mantra/wiki compliance. Share a plated photo that meets food’s OC rules there; share a thrifty healthy recipe with the required text on EatCheapAndHealthy.

  • r/food: original food photos; descriptive titles.
  • r/EatCheapAndHealthy: cheap + healthy cooking; recipe text required with media (collected title).
  • Photo pride vs budget nutrition. Both have full SubMouse community pages.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/food

Food Photos on Reddit

The internets number one place for original food images and more!

Members
24.6M
7-day growth
+4.1K
Posts/day
118.1
Directory rank
#24
Created
Jan 25, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: images 61%, galleries 30%, text posts 7%

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Original Images only (OC Only)
  • Image posts: The majority of your title (over 50%) must specifically describe the food.
  • Add a [Tag] into Your Title
  • No Low-Quality Posts or Comments
  • Be Nice
  • No Abusive Circlejerks
  • Blog/Website Linking

Open r/food on SubMouse

About this community: r/food ranks #24 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 24.6 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: The internets number one place for original food images and more! Moderation themes that shape the room include: Original Images only (OC Only); Image posts: The majority of your title (over 50%) must specifically describe the food.; Add a [Tag] into Your Title; No Low-Quality Posts or Comments.

r/EatCheapAndHealthy

Eating healthy on a cheap budget

Eating healthy on a cheap budget

Members
11.5M
7-day growth
+1.6K
Posts/day
10.3
Directory rank
#76
Created
Dec 27, 2012
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • All link or image posts must include a formatted text recipe.
  • Reddiquette is enforced
  • ECAH mantra
  • WIKI index
  • Read the Mantra, and know what it means. We will ban users who do not comply.
  • Reddiquette 2.0

Open r/EatCheapAndHealthy on SubMouse

About this community: r/EatCheapAndHealthy ranks #76 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 11.5 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: Eating healthy on a cheap budget Moderation themes that shape the room include: All link or image posts must include a formatted text recipe.; Reddiquette is enforced; ECAH mantra; WIKI index.

Supported differences

Aspectr/foodr/EatCheapAndHealthy
Public focus (from each community’s public description) The internets number one place for original food images and more! Eating healthy on a cheap budget
Size
r/food is larger in our directory (about 2.1×).
 24.6M members 11.5M members
Posting activity (our sample) 118.1/day 10.3/day
Common post types in our sample images 61%, galleries 30%, text posts 7% text posts 100%
Allowed submission type (meta) Text or links Text posts
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Original Images only (OC Only); Image posts: The majority of your title (over 50%) must specifically describe the food.; Add a [Tag] into Your Title; No Low-Quality Posts or Comments; Be Nice All link or image posts must include a formatted text recipe.; Reddiquette is enforced; ECAH mantra; WIKI index; Read the Mantra, and know what it means. We will ban users who do not comply.

Rules and tone we can verify

food: Original Images only (OC Only); majority of title must describe the food; add a [Tag]; no low-quality posts/comments; be nice. EatCheapAndHealthy: all link or image posts must include a formatted text recipe; Reddiquette; ECAH mantra; wiki index; mantra compliance.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post types are shown where recent activity is available. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order.

Comparisons we prepared

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