Daily recipes and inspiration to keep you cooking and eating well
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1.3M
Following
765
Total Posts
Engagement Rate
0.5%
Avg Likes
6,566
Avg Comments
Bbcfood has built an audience of 1.3M followers on Instagram over 6,850 posts as a Food account.
Compared with 148 other Food accounts with over 1M followers in the InstME index, Bbcfood's 0.5% engagement rate is below the median of 1%.
The comment-to-like ratio works out to one comment per 73 likes, pointing to an audience that mostly engages through likes.
Video posts from Bbcfood average 132.2K views.
Recent posting activity averages about one post per week.
The account follows just 765 others against 1.3M followers — a ratio typical of established creators and brands.
| Metric | Bbcfood | Cohort median |
|---|---|---|
| Engagement rate | 0.5% | 1% |
| Average likes | 6,566 | 18,542 |
| Average comments | 90 | 291 |
| Posts per week | 1.54 | 0.73 |
Median values from 148 Food accounts with over 1M followers in the InstME index, refreshed Jul 11, 2026.
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Data last updated: Mar 26, 2026
Bbcfood has 1,325,448 followers on Instagram (1.3M) as of Mar 26, 2026.
Bbcfood's engagement rate is 0.5%, calculated from average likes and comments per post relative to followers. That is below the median of 1% for Food accounts with over 1M followers in the InstME index.
Posts by Bbcfood average 6,566 likes and 90 comments.
Bbcfood posts about 2 times per week on average.
Bbcfood is registered as a business account on Instagram and is verified.
6,850
90
Avg Views
132,211
Posts / Week
1.54
Growth Score
10 / 100
Engagement
2.3%
