Meal Prepping
r/MealPrepSunday
Meal Preppers
- Last successful update
- Updated 2026-10-09 04:14 UTC · 1w ago
- Most-mentioned analysis range
- Most-discussed range 2026-09-09 → 2026-10-09
Trend windows
- Current seven-day window
- Current window 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-08
- Comparison seven-day window
- Comparison 2026-09-25 → 2026-10-01
- Analyzed records behind the comparison
- 508 current vs 418 comparison analyzed posts/comments
Editorial overview
Trending in r/MealPrepSunday
The strongest rising or new signals by prevalence change: how much more often each entity appears in the current seven-day window compared with the previous seven, normalized by analyzed activity. A signal needs at least 5 distinct posts or comments in the current window. “New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit.
- #1
microwave
KITCHEN_APPLIANCERising- Prevalence change
- +6.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 37 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #2
air fryer
KITCHEN_TOOLRising- Prevalence change
- +2.9 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 16 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #3
toaster oven
KITCHEN_TOOLNew- Prevalence change
- +2.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 14 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #4
oven
KITCHEN_TOOLRising- Prevalence change
- +2.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 14 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #5
foil
MATERIALNew- Prevalence change
- +2.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #6
freezer
KITCHEN_APPLIANCERising- Prevalence change
- +1.9 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 17 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Window: 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-08 compared with 2026-09-25 → 2026-10-01 (complete UTC days).
Categories by trend strength
Category strength is the sum of its three strongest eligible rising/new signals, in percentage points. Ordered strongest first.
KITCHEN_APPLIANCE
+8.2 pp
from 54 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: microwave, freezer
KITCHEN_TOOL
+8.0 pp
from 44 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: air fryer, toaster oven, oven
CUISINE
+2.3 pp
from 14 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: cottage cheese, ranch
OCCASION
+2.2 pp
from 16 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: sunday, weekend
MATERIAL
+2.0 pp
from 10 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: foil
TIME_DURATION
+1.8 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: 30 second, few day
GROCERY_CATEGORY
+1.5 pp
from 9 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: burritos
MEAL_TYPE
+1.2 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: burrito
TEMPERATURE
+0.3 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: cold
INGREDIENT
+0.0 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: garlic
All signals for r/MealPrepSunday are reported for the same exact windows; strength is a presentation aid, not a stored metric.
Signal explorer
Explore the data
Exact published metrics for r/MealPrepSunday. Rising and Falling compare the current seven-day window 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-08 with the previous seven days 2026-09-25 → 2026-10-01 ( complete UTC days; 508 current vs 418 comparison analyzed records). Signals appear only with at least 5 distinct posts or comments behind them — the current window for Rising, the comparison window for Falling; the CSV export still contains the complete published metric set. Most discussed uses the current analysis lookback (2026-09-09 → 2026-10-09) — frequency, never trending.
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“New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit. All signals are automatically extracted and may be wrong; they are directional product signals, not causal claims.
cold
TEMPERATURERising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 5 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
Entities are extracted automatically and may be wrong. Trend signals are directional product signals, not causal claims. See the methodology for the exact definitions.