About r/Breadit
In its own words:
Breadit is a community for anything related to making homemade bread!
The community was created on Dec 19, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,150 subscribers (+0.16%). Among the 11 communities on our baking list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/Breadit apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.4 comments per post, against 16.2 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 40.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 96% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.77% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 99% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 5.6× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Breadit climbed from 1,303,857 to 1,313,946 subscribers (+10.1K, +0.77%). That is about 252 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Breadit talks about
Looking at the titles of 373 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “bread”, “sourdough”, “loaf”, “focaccia” and “making”. Other frequent themes are dough, rolls, baking, help, recipe and cinnamon. Recurring phrases include “sourdough loaf”, “cinnamon rolls”, “milk bread” and “sourdough starter”. By format, 58% are galleries, 26% are images and 10% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/Breadit gets about 53 new posts a day. The public archive holds 248,318 posts and 1,601,409 comments in total, about 6.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (65 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (37). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Breadit
The moderators of r/Breadit list 9 rules. In short:
- Must be bread or baking-related
- Check the FAQs
- Follow reddiquette
- No SPAM, bots, trolls, or personal attacks
- No bigotry/discrimination
- No advertising posts
- No NSFW Content
- No photos of children
- Recipe/crumb pic not required
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Breadit 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 many subscribers does r/Breadit have?
r/Breadit has 1,313,946 subscribers, which makes it the #808 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,089 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/Breadit?
r/Breadit was created on Dec 19, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/Breadit?
Very active: r/Breadit gets about 53 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 248,318 posts and 1,601,409 comments. In a sample of 373 recent posts we counted 320 different authors.
When is r/Breadit most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Breadit about?
The community describes itself as: “Breadit is a community for anything related to making homemade bread!” Recent post titles often mention bread, sourdough, loaf, focaccia and making. Most posts are galleries (58%).
Is r/Breadit safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Breadit as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Breadit?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Breadit accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Must be bread or baking-related”; “Check the FAQs”; “Follow reddiquette”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Breadit?
Communities with similar topics include r/Baking (4.7M), r/drawing (5.8M) and r/food (24.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026). 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/Breadit.