Best Served Hot: April 19–25, 2026

happy sunday!

I’ve just released a new chart featuring the food blogs with the largest recipe collections. Tasty.co takes the top spot, and the average top food blog now hosts approximately 1,000 recipes!

Spring flavors are dominating other charts this week. Lemon and strawberry have surged into the top ten ingredients, while chicken remains the most popular protein. “Easy” continues to be the top-performing descriptor, joined by newcomers like quick, cheesy, and no-bake. Spring and summer have both climbed into the top ten categories as readers pivot toward warmer weather.

kidfriendly.meals was the week’s big winner on Instagram with +15K followers. alidaryder saw massive growth at +22.4%, with mamagourmand and fantabulosity_blog also posting strong gains.

The data suggests brevity is essential right now. The most successful titles average just five words, and the peak posting window is between 8 PM and 11 PM Eastern. Because only 33% of blogs were active this week, staying on your publishing schedule is an easy way to stand out.

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Methodology: Top food blogs are defined as those running Raptive ads with a Moz Domain Authority of 40+ and 100K+ combined followers on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and Facebook. Lifestyle, cocktail-only, and aggregator sites are excluded. This week we’re tracking 585 sites.

Cover: National Garlic Day, April 19