Meal Prepping
r/MealPrepSunday
Meal Preppers
- Last successful update
- Updated 2026-08-01 07:19 UTC · 4w ago
- Most-mentioned analysis range
- Most-discussed range 2026-07-02 → 2026-08-01
Stale — last successful publication more than 30 days ago
Trend windows
- Current seven-day window
- Current window 2026-07-25 → 2026-07-31
- Comparison seven-day window
- Comparison 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-24
- Analyzed records behind the comparison
- 443 current vs 311 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
- +3.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 22 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #2
fridge
KITCHEN_APPLIANCERising- Prevalence change
- +2.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 25 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #3
meal prep
MEAL_PLAN_STRATEGYRising- Prevalence change
- +2.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 22 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #4
freezer
STORAGE_METHODRising- Prevalence change
- +2.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 14 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #5
air fryer
KITCHEN_APPLIANCERising- Prevalence change
- +2.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #6
rice
INGREDIENTRising- Prevalence change
- +1.9 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 20 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Window: 2026-07-25 → 2026-07-31 compared with 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-24 (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
+8.6 pp
from 58 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: microwave, fridge, air fryer
INGREDIENT
+4.1 pp
from 31 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: rice, lettuce, oil
STORAGE_METHOD
+3.9 pp
from 27 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: freezer, freeze
MEAL_PLAN_STRATEGY
+2.7 pp
from 22 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: meal prep
FLAVOR_PROFILE
+2.6 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: yum, tasty
TIME_DURATION
+2.2 pp
from 17 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: week, 2 day
FREQUENCY
+1.6 pp
from 10 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: sometimes, usually
BUDGET_LEVEL
+1.5 pp
from 8 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: cheap
CONTAINER_TYPE
+1.1 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: one
NUTRITIONAL_SUPPLEMENT
+1.1 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: protein powder
MATERIAL
+1.0 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: glass
NUTRIENT
+0.8 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: bean
PRESERVATION_TECHNIQUE
+0.8 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: freezing
MEAL_TYPE
+0.8 pp
from 12 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: food, dinner
DISH
+0.4 pp
from 9 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: pasta
All signals for r/MealPrepSunday are reported for the same exact windows; strength is a presentation aid, not a stored metric.
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Exact published metrics for r/MealPrepSunday. Rising and Falling compare the current seven-day window 2026-07-25 → 2026-07-31 with the previous seven days 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-24 ( complete UTC days; 443 current vs 311 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 (2026-07-02 → 2026-08-01) — 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.
2 day
TIME_DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 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.