About r/chinesefood
In its own words:
To honor Chinese food in all its glory
Community guide
r/chinesefood (#916, about 1.2 million) celebrates Chinese cuisine—cooked plates, restaurant eats, questions—with a distinctive 70-character minimum title rule.
What belongs
Chinese food posts (about 16 posts/day; I Cooked / I Ate flairs). Rules include basic posting standards and a 70-character minimum for titles.
Versus food and KoreanFood
General food is cuisine-agnostic; KoreanFood is a different regional lane. chinesefood is specifically Chinese cooking and eating.
Practical pointers
Write descriptive titles (≥70 characters per the rule).
The community was created on Oct 10, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 668 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/Ghosts (#916) and ahead of r/EscapefromTarkov (#918) in our ranking.
What sets r/chinesefood apart
r/chinesefood is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 42% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (03:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/chinesefood grew from 1,154,543 to 1,160,769 subscribers (+6.2K, +0.54%). That is about 122 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/chinesefood this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Salt & Pepper Lobstrosityu/Glittering-Walrus228 · Nov 4 · gallery
- Szechuan Chicken or La Zi Jiu/ButterJoyKitchen · Nov 5 · gallery
- I made Hong Kong Bolo Bao / Pineapple bun ✨🍞u/pinkastrogrill · Nov 1 · gallery
- Shrimp Roe Wontonsu/coffeesong · Nov 2 · gallery
- Curry Chicken and Potatoes with homemade curry paste, Stirfry Chinese Spinach with Garlic and Thai omelette Kai Jaew.u/Big_Biscotti6281 · Nov 2 · gallery
- The Best Fried Rice I’ve Ever Had. Everything Was Perfect!u/DirectBudget1107 · Nov 4 · image
- jiaoliao/jilu cuisineu/Long_Image4145 · Nov 2 · gallery
- Braised beef shank noodle soupu/18not20_ · Nov 2 · gallery
- Lingnan cuisine ①u/Long_Image4145 · Nov 3 · gallery
- Mapo Tofu - Better Than Takeoutu/ButterJoyKitchen · Nov 3 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/chinesefood, from 2023 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- trying to impress my bf’s chinese familyu/bunnibabie · Aug 8, 2025 · image
- Spring rolls are unpredictableu/Legitimate-Lie-9208 · Sep 29, 2026 · image
- My mom always spoils me when I go homeu/Optimal-Day3300 · Jan 20, 2026 · image
- Update: Why does my canned grass jelly look like tofu?u/ShadowedSun · Aug 4, 2025 · video
- White girl tried a century egg for the first timeu/JahnBaulJeorjRichard · Nov 3, 2025 · image
- chinese bakeries are seriously underappreciatedu/StrangeAir6637 · Jul 15, 2025 · gallery
- Why is this fly by jing Sichuan chili crisp sauce so expensive? 1000000000000000000000000 charactersu/rendiao1129 · Sep 24, 2024 · image
- Been trying out different stuff from a local szechuan joint, ordered this and was wondering what you would call it? Can't decide if these guys are legit with some of their menu items sometimes.u/doodypantsmcgee · Nov 23, 2023 · image
- What is this tree bark being scraped into noodles for added flavour?u/its_a_me_garri_oh · Nov 14, 2025 · image
- Yes please... 🤤u/KULR_Mooning · Aug 29, 2025 · video
What r/chinesefood talks about
Across 83 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “chinese”, “pork”, “chicken”, “rice” and “food”. Other frequent themes are homemade, fried, tofu, belly, mein and recipe. Recurring phrases include “pork belly”, “fried rice”, “noodle soup” and “mapo tofu”. By format, 42% are images, 33% are galleries and 18% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: I Cooked (31), I Ate (30), Questions (22).
Activity and best time to post
r/chinesefood gets about 16 new posts a day. The public archive holds 28,898 posts and 213,404 comments in total, about 7.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (17 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (7). Posting peaks around 03:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/chinesefood
The moderators of r/chinesefood list 2 rules. In short:
- Basic Post Rules
- 70 Character Minimum for Post Titles
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/chinesefood 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 members does r/chinesefood have?
r/chinesefood has 1,160,769 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #917 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,226 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/chinesefood?
r/chinesefood was created on Oct 10, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 2, 2010.
How active is r/chinesefood?
Moderately: r/chinesefood gets about 16 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 28,898 posts and 213,404 comments. In a sample of 83 recent posts we counted 70 different authors.
When is r/chinesefood most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 03:00 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/chinesefood about?
The community describes itself as: “To honor Chinese food in all its glory” Recent post titles often mention chinese, pork, chicken, rice and food. Most posts are images (42%).
Is r/chinesefood safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/chinesefood as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/chinesefood?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/chinesefood accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 2 posted rules, starting with: “Basic Post Rules”; “70 Character Minimum for Post Titles”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/chinesefood?
Communities with similar topics include r/food (24.6M), r/JapaneseFood (1.4M) and r/cookingforbeginners (2.2M).
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/chinesefood.