About r/burgers
In its own words:
A community for discussion about burgers. Share recipes, photos, or questions about burgers. A burger is a sandwich which consists of two buns and a ground patty of protein, most commonly beef. A chicken sandwich does not qualify as a burger unless the patty is ground up and not a whole filet of grilled or fried chicken, or pulled BBQ chicken.
Community guide
r/burgers (#730, about 1.5 million subscribers) — A community for discussion about burgers. Share recipes, photos, or questions about burgers. A burger is a sandwich which consists of two buns and a ground patty of protein, most commonly beef. A chicken sandwich… A recent sample averaged 17 posts a day (~66% image, ~25% gallery, ~4% video). Its public rules include: Posts Must Be Related To Burgers; Do Not Be Unnecessarily Rude or Provocative; No Advertising or Donation Requests; No Meta-Drama; No Chicken Sandwiches.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Match posts to: Posts Must Be Related To Burgers; Do Not Be Unnecessarily Rude or Provocative; No Advertising or Donation Requests; No Meta-Drama. Recent samples are image-heavy; titles should explain why the media belongs here.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Hail Corporate, Quality Post, Mod Approved.
The community was created on Nov 18, 2009, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 875 subscribers (+0.06%). Among the 20 communities on our cooking list it is number 6 by size. It sits just behind r/AskEconomics (#729) and ahead of r/freefolk (#731) in our ranking.
What sets r/burgers apart
Compared with other large communities, r/burgers leans heavily on images (66% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/burgers climbed from 1,445,814 to 1,451,577 subscribers (+5.8K, +0.40%). That is about 113 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/burgers this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- A $40 burger for my sons birthday. He said he wanted to "Shaggy it". I think he succeeded.u/TooTiredAndBored · Nov 6 · gallery
- Extra sharp cheddar and baconu/Fugg_A_I · Nov 4 · gallery
- 9:30 AM but I was feeling inspiredu/deapee · Nov 1 · image
- Culver's 🤤u/PsychologicalFood780 · Nov 2 · image
- Burger Cheese Testu/lechiengrand · Nov 2 · gallery
- Smash Burger methodu/Capable-Patience8945 · Nov 6 · gallery
- BRASH Burgers - Sea Point, Cape Townu/a7madib · Nov 3 · gallery
- Cafe crave - Claremontu/Redrumgum · Nov 3 · image
- Maillard mattersu/imainkron · Nov 3 · image
- Lost 20 pounds eating this 375 calorie cheeseburgeru/Maaaaaardy · Nov 1 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/burgers, from 2023 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- A burger from my brother's food trucku/TrippyTippyKelly · Apr 29, 2026 · image
- Last week I made 16 burgers. As promised, this week I have made 32 BURGERS. If this post gets 64 upvotes, next weekend I will make 64 BURGERS! (Burgers are given to patrons at my local food bank)u/RiotContr0l · Aug 10, 2025 · video
- Last day visiting home. Dad made me a burger.u/PeppermintLNNS · May 11, 2026 · image
- Lunch for my teenageru/Redditstorylover1100 · Feb 11, 2025 · gallery
- I told my chef I woke up late and had to skip breakfast he made me this. What do y'all think?u/Xytakis · Sep 30, 2025 · gallery
- Five Guys is overrated and overpriced!u/MettyMettmeier · Feb 28, 2024 · image
- Went to New York and had a burger from the man himselfu/NoDadSTOP · Dec 17, 2024 · gallery
- Last week I made 32 burgers. AS PROMISED, this week I made "64" BURGERS! ;) And if this post gets 128 upvotes, I don't KNOW what I'm gonna do! These burgers will be donated to patrons at my local foo…u/RiotContr0l · Aug 17, 2025 · video
- Five Guys is not as bad as their repu/BigAssMonkey · Mar 25, 2026 · image
- Dennys doesn’t fuck around! Omgu/VioEnvy · Nov 8, 2025 · gallery
What r/burgers talks about
We read the titles of 130 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “burger”, “double”, “homemade”, “cheeseburger” and “smash”. Other frequent themes are bacon, cheese, eat, passing, cranberry and sauce. Recurring phrases include “cranberry sauce”, “smash burger”, “double cheeseburger” and “bacon jam”. By format, 66% are images, 25% are galleries and 4% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Hail Corporate (10), Quality Post (2), Mod Approved (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/burgers gets about 17 new posts a day. The public archive holds 66,324 posts and 841,918 comments in total, about 12.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (30 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (10). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/burgers
The moderators of r/burgers list 5 rules. In short:
- Posts Must Be Related To Burgers
- Do Not Be Unnecessarily Rude or Provocative
- No Advertising or Donation Requests
- No Meta-Drama
- No Chicken Sandwiches
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/burgers 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/burgers have?
r/burgers has 1,451,577 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #730 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,763 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/burgers created?
r/burgers was created on Nov 18, 2009, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 1, 2011.
Is r/burgers still active?
Yes. r/burgers gets about 17 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 66,324 posts and 841,918 comments. In a sample of 130 recent posts we counted 115 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/burgers?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/burgers?
The community describes itself as: “A community for discussion about burgers. Share recipes, photos, or questions about burgers. A burger is a sandwich which consists of two buns and a ground patty of protein, most commonly beef. A chicken sandwich does n…” Recent post titles often mention burger, double, homemade, cheeseburger and smash. Most posts are images (66%).
Is r/burgers SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/burgers as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/burgers?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/burgers accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Posts Must Be Related To Burgers”; “Do Not Be Unnecessarily Rude or Provocative”; “No Advertising or Donation Requests”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/burgers?
Communities with similar topics include r/recipes (3.6M), r/pasta (1.3M), r/Cooking (6.3M), r/slowcooking (4.8M) and r/grilling (2.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/burgers.