r/cookingforbeginners

r/cookingforbeginners is the 9th largest of the 21 communities we track in Food & Cooking, with 2.1M members. That is about 9% the size of the niche's biggest community, r/food. Across Nichory's full directory of 363 communities it ranks 135th by member count.

At around 12 years old it is a long-established community. Older subreddits usually have settled rules, active moderation and high trust — but also years of archived posts, so a question that has been asked before will be sent to the search bar. Bring a specific angle.

Its Nichory signal score is 10/10 — our blend of audience size and how fast the community has grown per year. Scores this high mean an active audience that is worth writing for properly.

Our rules analysis flags this community as prohibiting self-promotion. Posting a link to your own product here is the fastest way to get removed or banned. Treat it as a place to build a reputation by answering questions well — your profile does the selling for you.

Collected from the community's published rules page. Titles only — open the full rules for the detail, and note they can change at any time.

• 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.
• "If in doubt, throw it out"
• No AMAs without permission.
• No AI