Pushshift Reddit — 2010-02

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2010-02) dataset of 1,236,636 comments and 957,464 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains directed reply graph, 2,259 subreddits, content metrics: score, controversiality, gilded. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2010-02 — full comment text, reply graph, and engagement metrics across 2,259 subreddits.. Suitable for longitudinal Reddit analysis, reply network structure, community detection, sentiment analysis, engagement research.

#Controversiality#Monthly snapshot#Pushshift#Reply network#Subreddit

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The full graph has 1,236,636 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

1.2M
Nodes
957.5K
Edges
6.26e-07
Density
279.2K
Components
0
Assortativity
0.0%
Reciprocity
957.5K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c0kdy0z0.00019
c0js5wl9e-05
c0js6b98e-05
c0l09dj8e-05
c0ka06r7e-05
c0js5w76e-05
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c0k905k6e-05
c0k26nu5e-05
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Content metrics

2,055,722 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.294 ± 18.84
min -1.8Kmax 2.8K
gilded0.0% true
true 0.0%false 100.0%
6.9
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.4
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likedonpeoplethinktimeknowgoodwaywantgoingrightusegotyearsactuallythingworkdoesndidnneedthingsbetterprettysurelotnewsaidfindprobablydaygreatpointlooklittlelifereadyeslongbestgamebadredditthoughttryisnworldmanguylovedifferent
Topic clusters

Topic 0

sex
woman
relationship
girl
like
know
man
porn

Topic 1

game
play
player
gun
character
team
weapon
level

Topic 2

movie
watch
scene
film
kid
scar
nightmare
episode

Topic 3

reddit
upvote
comment
downvote
post
karma
upvoted
redditor

Topic 4

music
song
album
sound
listen
band
guitar
hear

Topic 5

desktop
icon
computer
linux
windows
virus
run
use

Topic 6

cat
dog
animal
pet
egg
eat
mushroom
breed

Topic 7

god
religion
bible
christians
belief
people
believe
religious

Topic 8

thank
appreciate
want
glad
hope
good
congratulation
work

Topic 9

cheese
eat
bread
sauce
recipe
sandwich
taste
bacon

Topic 10

car
brake
drive
engine
neutral
turn
vehicle
road

Topic 11

look
barefoot
pant
foot
run
shoe
toe
wear
Show all 36 topics

Topic 12

que
los
con
para
las
dun
argentina
mexico

Topic 13

camera
picture
photo
digital
image
lens
film
leica

Topic 14

beer
drink
bottle
soda
coffee
coke
secondary
yeast

Topic 15

school
college
class
teacher
math
year
engineering
job

Topic 16

time
wait
paypal
wholesale
discount
nike
accept
hour

Topic 17

china
war
military
chinese
bomb
hitler
japan
weapon

Topic 18

old
kid
age
stair
year
holy
child
crazy

Topic 19

joke
laugh
funny
hilarious
humor
laughter
breaking
good

Topic 20

link
site
internet
page
click
website
css
thank

Topic 21

awesome
nice
cool
good
haha
right
sure
actually

Topic 22

ipad
apple
iphone
ipod
flash
app
device
computer

Topic 23

friend
work
believe
job
want
people
friendship
meet

Topic 24

weight
eat
fat
calorie
diet
exercise
gain
lose

Topic 25

think
explain
sense
thought
mean
bozarking
exactly
pbf

Topic 26

credit
card
pay
account
report
cash
bank
score

Topic 27

book
reader
ink
ebook
kindle
paper
print
pdf

Topic 28

dinosaur
raptor
million
intelligent
jurassic
dino
year
rex

Topic 29

fire
burn
dead
kill
flame
die
leave
fucker

Topic 30

video
watch
youtube
trailer
channel
vid
second
link

Topic 31

obama
republicans
democrats
republican
bush
president
democrat
bill

Topic 32

idea
ask
question
ama
answer
advertising
good
implementation

Topic 33

fish
catch
water
kayak
fishing
glass
lose
beach

Topic 34

ball
soccer
goal
dart
hit
play
football
sport

Topic 35

government
libertarian
company
private
society
socialism
market
regulation
Top hashtags
#142
#225
#t24
#48
#v7
#hl5
#4gf64
#54
#64
#posh4
#113
#33
#93
#cnnstctext3
#212
#82
#aircraft_inventory2
#cast2
#characteristics2
#etymology2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 2M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2010-02
Authors
Baumgartner, Jason; Zannettou, Savvas; Keegan, Brian; Squire, Megan; Blackburn, Jeremy
Year
2020
Source paper
The Pushshift Reddit Dataset
DOI / arXiv
10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347
License
Unknown
Records
2,055,722
Nodes
1,236,636
Edges
957,464
Nodes are
comment
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2010-02 (2010s)
Tasks
From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://files.pushshift.io/reddit/comments/ unverified
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-02, 238.0 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{baumgartner2020pushshift,
  title         = {The Pushshift Reddit Dataset},
  author        = {Baumgartner, Jason and Zannettou, Savvas and Keegan, Brian and Squire, Megan and Blackburn, Jeremy},
  year          = {2020},
  eprint        = {2001.08435},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Baumgartner, J., Zannettou, S., Keegan, B., Squire, M., & Blackburn, J. (2020). Pushshift Reddit — 2010-02 [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Baumgartner, Jason, et al. Pushshift Reddit — 2010-02. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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