About r/mealtimevideos
In its own words:
You know when you sit down for a meal in front of the computer and you just need something new to watch for a bit while you eat? If you search /r/videos or other places, you'll find mostly short videos. But while you're eating, you don't want to be constantly fumbling around with the mouse, loading video after video. You just want to Click and Consume. Discord: https://discord.gg/AXXVVgZVSN
Community guide
r/mealtimevideos (#554, about 2.0 million) — You know when you sit down for a meal in front of the computer and you just need something new to watch for a bit while you eat? If you search /r/videos or other places, you'll find mostly short videos. Collected rules highlight Videos must be 5 to 60 minutes long.; Use the video duration in your title.; Food & family friendly only. Mark mature content., among 9 listed. Activity mix in sample: video:58, text:4. Mo.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—You know when you sit down for a meal in front of the computer and you just need something new to watch for a bit while you eat? If you search /r/videos or other places, you'll find mostly short video. Hard filters include: Videos must be 5 to 60 minutes long.; Use the video duration in your title.; Food & family friendly only. Mark mature content.; Use a descriptive title and avoid clickbait.. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
Neighbor communities called out in the public description include r/videos. Use those when your post is a better fit elsewhere; this page only paraphrases publicly listed distinctions.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: 15-30 Minutes, 10-15 Minutes, 7-10 Minutes, 30 Minutes Plus. Recent sample composition: video:58, text:4. Mo. Format-sensitive rules to read first: Use the video duration in your title.; Use a descriptive title and avoid clickbait.; Non-English videos must be subtitled and tagged.. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 23, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 125 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/CombatFootage (#553) and ahead of r/marketing (#555) in our ranking.
What sets r/mealtimevideos apart
r/mealtimevideos is far more video-driven than most big subreddits: 94% of its recent posts are videos, against a median of 4% across the Top 100. r/mealtimevideos is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.3 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.3.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/mealtimevideos climbed from 1,990,663 to 1,991,730 subscribers (+1.1K, +0.05%). That is about 24 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/mealtimevideos talks about
Across 62 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “cheaper”, “humans”, “bubble”, “spherification” and “real”. Other frequent themes are money, engineering, inside, phone, hitler and pinpoint. Recurring phrases include “bubble spherification”. By format, 94% are videos and 6% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: 15-30 Minutes (14), 10-15 Minutes (8), 7-10 Minutes (7), 30 Minutes Plus (4), 5-7 Minutes (4), Too long (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/mealtimevideos gets about 9.3 new posts a day. The public archive holds 133,193 posts and 442,198 comments in total, about 3.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (15 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (4). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.
Rules of r/mealtimevideos
The moderators of r/mealtimevideos list 9 rules. In short:
- Videos must be 5 to 60 minutes long.
- Use the video duration in your title.
- Food & family friendly only. Mark mature content.
- Use a descriptive title and avoid clickbait.
- No political candidate promotion/smearing videos.
- Be polite and respectful of others!
- Submit videos from a variety of sources.
- Non-English videos must be subtitled and tagged.
- Mark spoilers of recently released media.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/mealtimevideos 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/mealtimevideos?
r/mealtimevideos has 1,991,730 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #554 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,067 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/mealtimevideos?
r/mealtimevideos was created on Jun 23, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
How active is r/mealtimevideos?
Moderately: r/mealtimevideos gets about 9.3 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 133,193 posts and 442,198 comments. In a sample of 62 recent posts we counted 48 different authors.
When is r/mealtimevideos most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/mealtimevideos about?
The community describes itself as: “You know when you sit down for a meal in front of the computer and you just need something new to watch for a bit while you eat? If you search /r/videos or other places, you'll find mostly short videos. But while you're…” Recent post titles often mention cheaper, humans, bubble, spherification and real. Most posts are videos (94%).
Is r/mealtimevideos safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/mealtimevideos as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/mealtimevideos?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/mealtimevideos accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Videos must be 5 to 60 minutes long.”; “Use the video duration in your title.”; “Food & family friendly only. Mark mature content.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/mealtimevideos?
Communities with similar topics include r/MealPrepSunday (5.8M), r/woahdude (4.3M), r/EatCheapAndHealthy (11.5M), r/WatchPeopleDieInside (8.2M) and r/CozyPlaces (7.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/mealtimevideos.