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r/cooking subreddit stats

Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.

Updated . Reporting period: Sep 25, 2026–Oct 25, 2026 (UTC).

From September 25, 2026 to October 25, 2026, 39,602 users on r/cooking made 2,370 posts and 120,659 comments, or about 77 posts/day and 3,932 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 50.9 comments per post; 2.9% of posts and 2.3% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 32.2/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 6.5% of posts and 16.5% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 19:00 (1.4x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.86x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
2,370
Posts/day
77
Comments/month
120,659
Comments/day
3,932
Posts with links
2.9%
Comments with links
2.3%
Comments per post
50.9
Unique posters
39,602
Health Score
32.2/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
6.5%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
16.5%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
19:00 (1.4x avg)
Based on average activity per hour in UTC.
Most active day
Thursday (1.2x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.86x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

Daily activity in r/cooking

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