About r/ramen
Community guide
r/ramen is #665 in our SFW Top 1000 (about 1.6 million subscribers). A recent sample averaged 12 posts a day (~63% image, ~22% gallery, ~7% text). Its public rules include: Posts must have flair; Be respectful; Posts must be about ramen; Limit self promotion; No Low-effort Posts.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort memes/empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Restaurant, Homemade, Instant, Question.
Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 0 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/weddingplanning (#664) and ahead of r/niceguys (#666) in our ranking.
What sets r/ramen apart
r/ramen is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 63% 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 (09:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/ramen went up from 1,584,313 to 1,585,155 subscribers (+842, +0.05%). That is about 77 new members per day. The chart shows 3 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/ramen this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Ichiran, Minato City, Tokyou/senorchris912 · Nov 1 · gallery
- Ramen in Taito Cityu/Kwanza_Bot93 · Nov 2 · image
- Dinner :)u/The-Director1119 · Nov 2 · image
- Tonkotsu Ramenu/Traditional_Class363 · Nov 1 · image
- Shoyu Ramen - Umami, Pittsburghu/BissySitch · Nov 3 · image
- Ramen Shion. Takadanobaba.u/J-markhor · Nov 5 · gallery
- Japanese ramen loaded with green onions, chashu pork, and a soft-boiled egg!u/Mobaroid · Nov 6 · image
- Home made miso ramenu/slanger686 · Nov 6 · image
- First Tonkotsuu/Over-Economist9282 · Nov 6 · gallery
- Do you cut your eggs in half or nah?u/Atticus248 · Nov 3 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/ramen, from 2018 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- I found a list of my late grandfathers favourite ramen places in Tokyo (he passed over 20 years ago). I’m going to find whichever ones are still there by asking strangers for directions, and will kee…u/tsundere_trott · Feb 3, 2018 · 13,642 points · 232 comments · image
- I'm a simple man. I like seared meat, salty broth and cold beeru/6_5Grendel · Dec 24, 2020 · image
- I made tonkotsu ramen from scratch! Took me several tries to get that bone white broth but I finally did it :)u/SecureYogurtcloset27 · Feb 28, 2021 · video
- I survived a kitchen explosion, and now I'm more determined than ever to become a ramen chef.u/Stranger-Ping · Apr 9, 2025 · gallery
- I made the noodles extra long to makeup for the loss of life caused by extra cholesterolu/Quiet-Lab1802 · Apr 6, 2026 · image
- Are These Flavors Only Available In Jail/Prison?u/thankyoubutimokay · Mar 12, 2025 · gallery
- My kids first job and fist time cooking ramen for me. At Ramen Kagetsuarashi in Okinawa, JapanDec 5, 2020 · image
- Anyone else get fancy with their instant ramen?u/Just_Classic4273 · Feb 9, 2025 · image
- Took advice from here on my soy eggs, and look how good they came outu/sasha_cyanide · Jan 11, 2025 · gallery
- Any Ghibli fans in this sub? Ham ramen from Ponyo made entirely from scratchu/AnimeKitchen · Sep 5, 2020 · image
What r/ramen talks about
Across 90 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “shoyu”, “tonkotsu”, “tokyo”, “homemade” and “sapporo”. Other frequent themes are bowl, shio, noodles, night, menya and miso. Recurring phrases include “iekei tokyo”, “tokyo sugamo”, “clam shio” and “menya sugo”. By format, 63% are images, 22% are galleries and 7% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Restaurant (58), Homemade (24), Instant (4), Question (4).
Activity and best time to post
r/ramen gets about 12 new posts a day. The public archive holds 82,120 posts and 565,221 comments in total, about 6.9 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (18 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (8). Posting peaks around 09:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/ramen
The moderators of r/ramen list 6 rules. In short:
- Posts must have flair
- Be respectful
- Posts must be about ramen
- Limit self promotion
- No Low-effort Posts
- No images of Instant Noodle Packages
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ramen 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/ramen?
r/ramen has 1,585,155 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #665 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 842 members between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How active is r/ramen?
Moderately: r/ramen gets about 12 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 82,120 posts and 565,221 comments. In a sample of 90 recent posts we counted 71 different authors.
When is r/ramen most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 09:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/ramen about?
r/ramen is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention shoyu, tonkotsu, tokyo, homemade and sapporo. Most posts are images (63%).
Is r/ramen safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ramen as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/ramen?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ramen accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must have flair”; “Be respectful”; “Posts must be about ramen”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
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/ramen.