Best Served Hot: January 25–31, 2026

Rachel Cunliffe

Jan 25, 2026

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happy sunday!

Hello!

Can you believe that we’re already at the last week of January?

I’m constantly working on improving and updating the ranking charts and would love to hear your feedback.

If we haven’t yet met, I’m Rachel Cunliffe, food blog designer + statistician at cre8d design. Every Sunday, Best Served Hot provides exclusive trend analysis and clear-cut insights and industry news you need to know.

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Methodology: Top food blogs are defined as those running Raptive ads with 100K+ combined followers on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and Facebook. Lifestyle, cocktail-only, and aggregator sites are excluded. This week we’re tracking 997 sites.

Cover: National Croissant Day, January 30

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