r/food
How much gets removed or deleted, when it is active, and who posts most
In a sample of the most recent 300 posts and 300 comments in r/food, 17% of posts and 15% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 1% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 16% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (23 Aug 2026 → 25 Aug 2026)
Moderation in r/food
17%of the last 300 posts in r/food were removed by mods or Reddit
- removed by mods43 (14%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters7 (2%)
- deleted by author5 (2%)
- still up245 (82%)
Comments: 15% of the last 300 were removed. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.
When r/food is active (UTC)
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Common words in r/food
Top contributors
- u/Low-Series-526012 (11p / 1c)
- u/food-ModTeam11 (0p / 11c)
- u/OldLavishness1049 (1p / 8c)
- u/Stukwan9 (8p / 1c)
- u/qasimwaleed037 (7p / 0c)
- u/External-Log-9996 (6p / 0c)
- u/Hour-Bee93965 (1p / 4c)
- u/SecondsWellSpent5 (5p / 0c)
- u/AdinMan204 (4p / 0c)
- u/callmestinkingwind4 (1p / 3c)
- u/kazamm4 (0p / 4c)
- u/mheusler14 (4p / 0c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 3.5k[Homemade] Chicken schnitzel with creamy garlic pasta
- 1.7kCheeseburgers [Homemade]
- 1.7k[Homemade] Strawberry cake
- 1.6k[Homemade] Peruvian chicken w/ Verde and White sauce.
- 1.2k[I ate] Fresh Raw Oysters (For 2 People)
- 644[I ate] a sandwich from an Italian deli
- 544[homemade] pretzel bites 🥨
- 474[homemade] Chicago dogs.
- 443[Homemade] Chicago dogs!
- 400Mashed potatoes with beef and mushroom gravy next to Brussels sprouts [homemade]
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.