About r/Baking
In its own words:
For all your baking needs! Recipes, pictures, ideas, questions and all things baking related. Cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, muffins, scones, breads, rolls, biscuits, cheesecakes, snack bars, etc are all welcome!
The community was created on Apr 21, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 8,890 subscribers (+0.19%). Among the 11 communities on our baking list it is the largest.
What sets r/Baking apart
r/Baking is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 7.9 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 16.2. For its size it is unusually busy: about 26.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 94% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.75% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 99% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (23:00 UTC) sees about 4.1× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Baking climbed from 4,638,629 to 4,673,357 subscribers (+34.7K, +0.75%). That is about 868 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/Baking this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- Baker has enough of AI puts new quote policy in place and I'm here for it lol What do you think?u/HistrionicSlut · Oct 25 · gallery
- A Babyshower cake with a special slice for mom to be 🩷u/ohheysarahjay · Oct 26 · gallery
- Two years ago, a close friend asked me to make a birthday cake for a "friend." This weekend, I made their wedding cake 🥹u/thefloralapron · Oct 26 · gallery
- Probably shouldn’t take these cupcakes to the work potluck tomorrow right?u/DrCleanz · Oct 28 · gallery
- Does this count as baking? Made a chess board tiramisu for my boyfriend’s birthday and have nowhere else to show it offu/lucy91202141 · Oct 24 · image
- Halloween cookie boxes. Back to bright colors this year 🎃u/Green-Cockroach-8448 · Oct 23 · gallery
- Black Velvet Cake 🖤u/Green-Cockroach-8448 · Oct 28 · gallery
- my mama’s chocolate banana bread, which she only makes once a year!u/doozyorsnoozy · Oct 23 · image
- Eight pigs. One oven. No survivorsu/neokatyan · Oct 29 · gallery
- Pumpkin Scones!u/Ok_Concentrate4461 · Oct 24 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Baking, from 2022 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- I (15) made my dad a birthday cake!u/TurnerkBallet · Feb 10, 2025 · gallery
- Every year I bake a ton of cookies for family and friends. Here’s all 2,162 now that Cookie Chaos 2024 is over!u/SmallGingerLady · Dec 16, 2024 · gallery
- I didn't know you're suppose to put decorations AFTER bakingu/Duskymoonlight · Jun 2, 2026 · gallery
- My nephew asked for a switch cake for his birthday. Apparently I misunderstood the assignment. (Just kidding, had to prank the kid first.)u/PuzzleheadedOccasion · Sep 14, 2025 · gallery
- Made myself a birthday cake for the 4th year in a rowu/Green-Cockroach-8448 · Aug 24, 2026 · gallery
- I made my friend's graduation party cake!u/Barbi0za · Jun 8, 2026 · gallery
- I took a class for this roll cake. Heartbreaking to cut into itu/AccordingDish3728 · Jun 16, 2025 · image
- recent cake by my mom heheu/Ok_Horror_2572 · Oct 3, 2025 · gallery
- I tried to bake my first pie... inadvertently created a portal into the underworldu/SirSalmonCat · Sep 13, 2024 · video
- why did it do thisu/_Meteor_Shower_ · Jan 16, 2026 · image
What r/Baking talks about
Across 669 recent posts (Oct 22–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “cake”, “chocolate”, “cookies”, “recipe” and “bread”. Other frequent themes are pumpkin, pie, cookie, cinnamon, birthday and making. Recurring phrases include “chocolate chip”, “banana bread”, “cinnamon rolls” and “chip cookies”. By format, 39% are galleries, 33% are images and 27% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Showcase (No-Recipe) (261), Baking Advice Needed (156), Recipe Included (89), General Baking Discussion (52), Seeking Recipe (38), Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. (34).
Activity and best time to post
r/Baking gets about 130 new posts a day. The public archive holds 539,601 posts and 4,241,233 comments in total, about 7.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (137 posts) and the quietest was Friday (99). Posting peaks around 23:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Baking
The moderators of r/Baking list 4 rules. In short:
- No self-promotion or other-promo (please no links to pinterest, instagram, facebook, tiktok)
- No memes
- No glorifying, praising, or promoting stand mixers (kitchen-aid or others)
- No tshirt, mug, dropshipping, etc spam.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Baking and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/Baking?
r/Baking has 4,673,357 subscribers, which makes it the #196 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 34,728 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/Baking?
r/Baking was created on Apr 21, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
How active is r/Baking?
Very active: r/Baking gets about 130 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 539,601 posts and 4,241,233 comments. In a sample of 669 recent posts we counted 602 different authors.
When is r/Baking most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 23:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Baking about?
The community describes itself as: “For all your baking needs! Recipes, pictures, ideas, questions and all things baking related. Cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, muffins, scones, breads, rolls, biscuits, cheesecakes, snack bars, etc are all welcome!” Recent post titles often mention cake, chocolate, cookies, recipe and bread. Most posts are galleries (39%).
Is r/Baking safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Baking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Baking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Baking accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “No self-promotion or other-promo (please no links to pinterest, instagram, facebook, tiktok)”; “No memes”; “No glorifying, praising, or promoting stand mixers (kitchen-aid or others)”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Baking?
Communities with similar topics include r/Breadit (1.3M), r/suggestmeabook (3.4M), r/slowcooking (4.8M), r/movies (37.7M) and r/AmItheAsshole (24.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Baking.