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Best Meal Prep Subreddits (November 2026)

Most meal prep talk on Reddit happens in a few big places, but the smaller communities are where the specialists are. We checked the communities Reddit returns for “meal prep” and “mealprep”, kept the public, safe-for-work ones with at least 25,000 members that are still posting, and ranked the 5 that remain by size. Together they have 7.3M members.

How the meal prep communities compare

Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 96% of all members on this list, so most of the meal prep conversation happens in a handful of places. The oldest is r/fitmeals, founded in 2011, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.

The 5 biggest meal prep subreddits

  1. r/MealPrepSunday 5,770,028 members · +1.6K since Oct 26 · since 2015

    /r/MealPrepSunday is a subreddit dedicated to meal prepping. This is a space to discuss all things about meal prepping. Whether you're looking to prep to save time, money, or to get in those gains, this is the place to ask questi…

  2. M
    r/MeatlessMealPrep ↗ 809,814 members · since 2016

    A place for redditors who meal prep to post their vegan or vegetarian meal prep creations.

  3. F
    r/fitmeals ↗ 419,533 members · since 2011

    Your online kitchen for fitness enthusiasts, people looking to eat healthier, and the like.

  4. M
    r/mealprep ↗ 205,976 members · since 2014

    Help with meal plans, meal prep, advice, submit your plans and meals

  5. K
    r/KetoMealPrep ↗ 49,316 members · since 2017

    All things related to and involving low-carb/keto meal prep.

Choosing where to post

A simple rule of thumb: ask questions in the specialised communities and share your best finds in the big ones, where they can reach the most people. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.

Frequently asked questions

What is the biggest meal prep subreddit?

r/MealPrepSunday is the largest, with 5,770,028 members, followed by r/MeatlessMealPrep (809.8K) and r/fitmeals (419.5K).

How many meal prep subreddits are there?

We list 5 active, safe-for-work meal prep communities with at least 25,000 members each, 7.3M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.

What is the oldest meal prep subreddit?

r/fitmeals, created on Mar 7, 2011.

Are these meal prep subreddits safe for work?

Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.

Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Nov 6, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.