r/AskCulinary vs r/Cooking
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AskCulinary Q&A vs Cooking discussion room
r/AskCulinary’s public description is a place to get that one right answer to cooking questions. r/Cooking’s directory title is Cooking; a longer public description was n/a in our snapshot.
In our directory, Cooking is larger (about 6.3M, rank #125) than AskCulinary (about 1.3M, rank #821). Activity samples show Cooking posting more often (~77 posts/day vs ~14). Both samples are text-forward; AskCulinary also includes some links. AskCulinary’s sample flairs include technique, ingredient, recipe troubleshooting, food science, equipment and weekly discussion. Our directory lists AskCulinary → Cooking among related communities. SubMouse already compares Cooking with Baking and slowcooking; this pair is specifically culinary Q&A versus general cooking.
Rule titles: AskCulinary avoids food-safety dump questions, brand wars, recipe requests and brainstorming and requires top-level answers; Cooking wants on-topic posts with recipes, bans memes/trolling and limits promotion.
- Choose r/AskCulinary for precise technique/ingredient questions that expect a direct answer.
- Choose r/Cooking for broader cooking discussion and recipe sharing under its on-topic rules.
- Both sit outside the current Top 100 cut; cooking-vs-baking and slowcooking-vs-cooking are separate curated pages.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
r/AskCulinary
AskCulinary
A place to get that "one right answer" to your cooking questions!
- Members
- 1.3M
- 7-day growth
- +958
- Posts/day
- 14.3
- Directory rank
- #821
- Created
- Dec 15, 2011
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 77%, links 23%
Topics: Cooking
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Please avoid questions about Food Safety
- Avoid Brand Comparisons and Recommendations
- Please include enough information
- Avoid recipe requests
- Avoid brainstorming
- Avoid deliberate attempts to offend or pick a fight
- Top level comments MUST answer the question.
- Comment Etiquette
- Avoid questions about culinary careers
- Avoid Self-Promotion
- Avoid Open-ended Discussion
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r/Cooking
Cooking
No public description in our directory.
- Members
- 6.3M
- 7-day growth
- +5.1K
- Posts/day
- 77.2
- Directory rank
- #125
- Created
- Jan 25, 2008
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Cooking
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- On topic
- Include recipes
- No Memes or Trolling
- Limit Promotion/Self-Promotion
- Be respectful
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Supported differences
| Aspect | r/AskCulinary | r/Cooking |
|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
A place to get that "one right answer" to your cooking questions! |
n/a |
| Size r/Cooking is larger in our directory (about 4.9×). |
1.3M members |
6.3M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
14.3/day |
77.2/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
text posts 77%, links 23% |
text posts 100% |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
Please avoid questions about Food Safety; Avoid Brand Comparisons and Recommendations; Please include enough information; Avoid recipe requests; Avoid brainstorming |
On topic; Include recipes; No Memes or Trolling; Limit Promotion/Self-Promotion; Be respectful |
What they share
- Shared SubMouse topics: Cooking
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rules and posting patterns we can verify
AskCulinary short titles include: please avoid questions about food safety; avoid brand comparisons and recommendations; please include enough information; avoid recipe requests; avoid brainstorming; avoid deliberate attempts to offend; top-level comments must answer the question; comment etiquette; avoid culinary-career questions. Our sample flairs include technique, ingredient, recipe troubleshooting, food science, equipment and weekly discussion.
Cooking: on topic; include recipes; no memes or trolling; limit promotion/self-promotion; be respectful. Our sample is essentially all text. Public description: n/a in our snapshot.
Where this comparison comes from
Public titles, descriptions (where present) and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Directory related-link from AskCulinary → Cooking. Short titles only. Related curated pages: cooking-vs-baking, slowcooking-vs-cooking.
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-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.