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Best Baking Subreddits (October 2026)

Most baking talk on Reddit happens in a few big places, but the smaller communities are where the specialists are. We checked the communities Reddit returns for “baking” and “bread”, kept the public, safe-for-work ones with at least 25,000 members that are still posting, and ranked the 11 that remain by size. Together they have 6.8M members.

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How the baking communities compare

Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 92% of all members on this list, so most of the baking conversation happens in a handful of places. r/Baking is both the biggest and the busiest, with about 117 new posts a day. Per member, the liveliest is r/Bread: 11 posts a day from 33.8K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/Baking grew fastest recently (+0.19%, +8.9K members since Oct 19). The oldest is r/Baking, founded in 2009, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.

The 11 biggest baking subreddits

  1. r/Baking 4,673,357 members · ~117 posts/day · +8.9K since Oct 19 · since 2009

    For all your baking needs! Recipes, pictures, ideas, questions and all things baking related. Cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, muffins, scones, breads, rolls, biscuits, cheesecakes, snack bars, etc are all welcome!

  2. r/Breadit 1,313,946 members · ~54 posts/day · +2.2K since Oct 19 · since 2010

    Breadit is a community for anything related to making homemade bread!

  3. A
    r/AskBaking ↗ 279,341 members · ~19 posts/day · since 2016

    Welcome to /r/AskBaking! This subreddit is devoted to the discussion of questions related to baking, the process, and requests for help on your results! Please read the rules; posts will be deleted if they do not follow our rules.

  4. V
    r/VeganBaking ↗ 116,295 members · ~5.0 posts/day · since 2012

    For all your Vegan Baking needs!

  5. 5
    r/52weeksofbaking ↗ 100,059 members · ~9.7 posts/day · since 2011

    Welcome to 52 weeks of theme-based baking! This is a great way for beginners to learn, and for experienced bakers to expand their skill set and explore their creativity.

  6. B
    r/BakingNoobs ↗ 80,933 members · ~16 posts/day · since 2018

    A baking sub for actual beginners, share your efforts, your disasters, ask for advice, and for the love of all that's unholy, NO MACARONS!

  7. C
    r/Cakes ↗ 51,497 members · ~13 posts/day · since 2009

    All about baking cakes

  8. B
    r/BreadMachines ↗ 49,020 members · ~4.9 posts/day · since 2011

    Bread machines, we love them!

  9. B
    r/bakingfail ↗ 43,163 members · ~3.6 posts/day · since 2013

    For those times when you see that multilayered crepe cake and think "I can do that" then wonder why you have an oozing alien bubbling from the garbage can.

  10. B
    r/bakingrecipes ↗ 40,983 members · ~4.3 posts/day · since 2012

    Baking Recipes

  11. B
    r/Bread ↗ 33,752 members · ~11 posts/day · since 2009

    The bread subreddit.

Choosing where to post

If you have a question, start in r/AskBaking: it is set up for exactly that, and with about 19 new posts a day there are plenty of people around to answer. Asking the same thing in r/Baking often gets it removed or lost among the 117 daily posts. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/Breadit lists 9, against 4 in r/Baking, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.

Big subreddits give a post the widest audience, but they also bury it quickly; the mid-sized communities on this list are usually friendlier for questions and first posts. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.

Frequently asked questions

Which baking subreddit has the most members?

r/Baking is the largest, with 4,673,357 members, followed by r/Breadit (1.3M) and r/AskBaking (279.3K).

Where are the most new baking posts?

By new posts per day, r/Baking leads with about 117, ahead of r/Breadit (54). Counts are averages over the last seven days.

Which baking subreddit is best for questions?

r/AskBaking is the one built around questions and advice, with about 19 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.

How many baking communities are on this list?

We list 11 active, safe-for-work baking communities with at least 25,000 members each, 6.8M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.

What is the oldest baking subreddit?

r/Bread, created on Feb 11, 2009.

Are these baking subreddits safe for work?

Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.

Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Oct 30, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.