Best Served Hot: November 9–15, 2025

Hello and welcome!

I’m Rachel Cunliffe, a food blog designer at cre8d design and data scientist, and this is your weekly, actionable look behind the scenes of the world’s most successful food blogs.

Every Sunday, you get exclusive trend analysis and clear-cut insights. This week, we dive into the data covering publish times (8-11 PM ET is the sweet spot!), permalink structures, the use of RSS tracking codes, and how top blogs are addressing AI use through policies and statements.

Have a burning question about the food blog industry? Let me know and I’ll look at analyzing the data for a future issue.

If you find this analysis valuable, please help keep this project sustainable by sharing this Substack with your food blogging friends.

Thank you!

P.S. By “top food blogs”, I mean tracking 2,083 recipe-focused sites this week running Raptive ads, not lifestyle, cocktail-only, or aggregator sites.