# Unappealing Meal Blogs The Amateur Food Tumblr Features Captions Like "Varieties of Blob" By Leslie Chen | Published 2012-02-08 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amateur-food-tumblr References: [amateurfoodporn.tumblr](http://amateurfoodporn.tumblr.com/) & [amateurfoodporn.tumblr](http://amateurfoodporn.tumblr.com/page/2) I'm sure you've been guilty of loving a meal so much that you just had to show everyone on your [Facebook](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tumblr-campaign) and [Twitter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/food-waste-campaigns); the Amateur Food [Tumblr](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tumblr-tips) illustrates its distaste for these images which it so lovingly calls "blobs" and "piles." The tumblr sums up its feelings about these amateur food photos with these words: "There has not been one single amateur picture of food on a social media site that does not look like a pile of grey-beige recycled meatloaf." The Amateur Food Tumblr then proceeds to provide examples of these pictures, with everything from falling apart burritos to questionable-looking soups. Although not all amateur photographers of food capture their meals in these less-than-appealing ways, the Amateur Food Tumblr seems to be on to something. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.1/10 - Popularity: 63% | Activity: 51% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Humor](https://www.trendhunter.com/humor) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Anti-foodporn Movement:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a platform or app that celebrates visually unappealing meals and promotes authenticity in food photography. - **Authentic Food Representations:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a service that offers professional food photography for social media, focusing on capturing real and honest meal moments. - **Humor in Food Sharing:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a meme generator specifically for food photos, encouraging users to embrace the humor in imperfectly presented meals. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Food Photography Services:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a photography agency that specializes in capturing and marketing visually unappealing yet authentic food photos for social media campaigns. - **Social Media Platforms:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build a new social media platform that caters to a community of users who prefer sharing and engaging with unpolished and humorous food photos. - **Food Blogging Tools:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop an editing tool or app that enhances the visual appeal of amateur food photos, while still maintaining their genuine and relatable qualities. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Film-Themed Cookbooks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scrounging-cookbook.md) - [Unconventional Foodie Magazines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/food-magazine.md) - [Imperfect Cooking Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/effortiseverything.md) - [Unique Artistic Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amusebouche.md) - [Unsightly Oatmeal Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/quaker-deliciously-ugly-campaign.md) - [Food-Inspired Street Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dish-pics.md) - [AI-Powered Food Journals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eat-n-log.md) - [Honest Mealtime Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/guaranteed-to-be-eaten-by-kids.md) - [Food-Focused Social Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodfocused-social-platform.md)