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r/WhatShouldICook

583.4K members. The best post we have captured here reached 830 upvotes, which works out to 1 per 1,000 members.

1peak upvotes per 1,000 members
583.4Kmembers
830best post
1.2Kmost comments
300posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

36% 32% 22%
Text 36% Image 32% Question 22% Gallery 6% Link 4%

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

What to do with 12 cans of sliced white potatoes?

↑ 830 💬 915 image 2026

My bulk order of 10 kg vanilla cookies arrived. What should I make with this?

↑ 673 💬 191 image 2026

What to make with Cream of Mushroom soup that isn’t COM Soup?

↑ 576 💬 1.2K image 2026

I have an ENDLESS supply of fresh bay leaves. What should i cook that ISNT soup

↑ 435 💬 281 image 2026

Husband bought a giant box of Lemon Frosted Cheerios

↑ 382 💬 82 image 2026

My dad brought me two zucchinis the size of newborns, what should I make with them?

↑ 380 💬 281 image 2026

My neighbors have quails and have me 34 quail eggs…what to do?

↑ 364 💬 177 image 2026

I want to make cornbread but my boyfriend doesn't like these. Is there a way to improve the recipe?

↑ 310 💬 1.1K image 2026

What to make in these?!

↑ 302 💬 240 image 2026

Our restaurant was incorrectly delivered a bunch of cream cheese frosting. How can I use it within 4 months?

↑ 290 💬 227 image 2026

Communities its size

Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.

r/WhatShouldICook, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

How many members does r/WhatShouldICook have?
r/WhatShouldICook has about 583.4K members. ViralHunt has tracked 300 of its posts; the biggest reached 830 upvotes, which is 1 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/WhatShouldICook?
"What to do with 12 cans of sliced white potatoes?" reached 830 upvotes and 915 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/WhatShouldICook.
What subreddits are similar to r/WhatShouldICook?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/ProgressiveHQ, r/Snorkblot, r/Yosemite, r/DailyShow, r/StarWarsBattlefront.
What kind of posts do best on r/WhatShouldICook?
Of the posts we hold, 36% are text posts and 32% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/WhatShouldICook?
Across 300 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Saturday at 14:00 UTC (226 avg upvotes), Wednesday at 16:00 UTC (217 avg upvotes), Wednesday at 19:00 UTC (140 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/WhatShouldICook?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/WhatShouldICook has 161 upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 55 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/WhatShouldICook, not everything the community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong. Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed. See how we measure.