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r/Cooking had no public description in our snapshot; its rules ask posts to stay on topic and include recipes. r/cookingforbeginners is aimed at people who just moved into a first apartment or have lived on takeout, and invites questions about simple recipes and basic techniques — to learn or to teach.
In our directory, Cooking is larger (about 6.3M, rank #125) than cookingforbeginners (about 2.2M, rank #514) and posts more often (~77 posts/day vs ~15). Both samples are text-led; cookingforbeginners’ flairs are mostly Question, with some Request and Recipe. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.
Rule titles: cookingforbeginners bans gatekeeping and AI content, asks for details in every post, and keeps outside links, videos and images to a megathread; it also carries the food-safety rule “If in doubt, throw it out.”
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
No public description in our directory.
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Cooking
Rule titles (short names we collected)
Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you! Learn how to cook simple recipes fo…
Sample mix: text posts 87%, links 13%
Topics: Cooking
Rule titles (short names we collected)
| Aspect | r/Cooking | r/cookingforbeginners |
|---|---|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) | n/a | Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you! Learn how to cook simple recipes fo… |
| Size r/Cooking is larger in our directory (about 2.9×). |
6.3M members | 2.2M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) | 77.2/day | 15.1/day |
| Common post types in our sample | text posts 100% | text posts 87%, links 13% |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) | On topic; Include recipes; No Memes or Trolling; Limit Promotion/Self-Promotion; Be respectful | Be civil to each other; No self promotion, outside links, videos, or images except in the megathread; Include details in your post! Either a recipe or a topic for discussion.; No gatekeeping.; Please be constructive. |
Cooking short titles: On topic; Include recipes; No Memes or Trolling; Limit Promotion/Self-Promotion; Be respectful.
cookingforbeginners: Be civil to each other; No self promotion, outside links, videos, or images except in the megathread; Include details in your post; No gatekeeping; Please be constructive; “If in doubt, throw it out”; No AMAs without permission; No AI.
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only. Mutual related-list links. Related curated pages: askculinary-vs-cooking, cooking-vs-recipes.
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.