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).

Collected 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 (collected 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

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r/EatCheapAndHealthy

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

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/food	r/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 rule titles and activity samples collected for both. 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-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.