Reports

Best Served Hot: August 30–September 5, 2026

Hello! I’m Rachel Cunliffe, food blog designer + statistician at cre8d design. Every Sunday, Best Served Hot provides exclusive trend analysis…

3 hrs ago • Rachel Cunliffe

Back next week!

We’ve got influenza A here (it’s peak flu season in New Zealand), and so sadly there won’t be an issue released this week.

Aug 9 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: August 2–8, 2026

Hello! I’m coming across more people leaving or considering leaving Substack as subscription fatigue is becoming a thing, and are moving back to…

Aug 2 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: July 26–August 1, 2026

Jul 26 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: July 19-25, 2026

Hello! Peach rose to be the third most popular recipe ingredient being blogged about this week, after chicken and pasta.

Jul 19 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: July 12-18, 2026

Charting This Week

Jul 12 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: July 5–11, 2026

Hello! For those in the US, I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Jul 5 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: June 28–July 4, 2026

Hello! It’s that time of year: 4th of July has appeared on the category charts for the first time, in 14th place, along with American in 18th.

Jun 28 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: 21–27 June, 2026

It’s the start of summer for most top food bloggers (unless, like Nagi of Recipe Tin Eats, and me, it’s winter!) and summer-related terms are top in…

Jun 21 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: June 14–20, 2026

Hello, This week, 708 new posts were published by the top 521 food blogs.

Jun 14 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: June 7–13, 2026

749 new posts were published by the top 526 food blogs this week.

Jun 7 • Rachel Cunliffe

Best Served Hot: May 31–June 6, 2026

Hello! Thank you for all the helpful feedback about how to make these issues better!

May 31 • Rachel Cunliffe

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