r/restaurants
ActiveRestaurants: Where should I be eating?
Members
5,830
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 24, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
December 3, 2008
Total posts
11.6K
archived
Total comments
14.2K
archived
Is r/restaurants dead? Active community.
r/restaurants is posting regularly — the latest post was today. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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How many members does r/restaurants have?
r/restaurants had 5,830 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/restaurants dead?
No. r/restaurants is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/restaurants created?
r/restaurants was created on December 3, 2008.
Can I take over r/restaurants?
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Activity checked October 24, 2026from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive. Member counts come from the archive's most recent crawl and may lag Reddit. DeadSubs is not affiliated with Reddit Inc.