Pushshift Reddit — 2010-12

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2010-12) dataset of 2,794,883 comments and 2,143,243 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains directed reply graph, 4,420 subreddits, content metrics: score, controversiality, gilded. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2010-12 — full comment text, reply graph, and engagement metrics across 4,420 subreddits.. Suitable for longitudinal Reddit analysis, reply network structure, community detection, sentiment analysis, engagement research.

#Comment tree#Pushshift#Reply network#Subreddit

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The full graph has 2,794,883 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

2.8M
Nodes
2.1M
Edges
2.74e-07
Density
651.6K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
2.1M
Bridges
Most central nodes
c18z0z20.00014
c18oi9w5e-05
c18aby55e-05
c18dyjj4e-05
c194nfl4e-05
c17v4vi4e-05
c19bklc4e-05
c1940lk3e-05
c19ce6k3e-05
c19z9dl3e-05
Content metrics

4,701,402 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.028 ± 19.83
min -775max 7.5K
gildedμ 0 ± 0.005
min 0max 10
6.6
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.0
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likedonpeoplethinkknowtimegoodwaywantgoingrightworkgotthingprettyactuallythingsusebetterdoesnsureneedlotdidnfindyearssaidloveprobablydaygreatnewgamepointfeelredditlookshitbadtrybestreadlittlelongisnlifeguythoughtmaybeyes
Topic clusters

Topic 0

game
play
like
player
team
time
good
use

Topic 1

reddit
comment
people
downvote
post
upvote
like
think

Topic 2

government
people
wikileak
information
assange
state
think
law

Topic 3

smoke
eat
good
food
drink
like
beer
vegan

Topic 4

dog
song
look
like
music
great
pit
good

Topic 5

pay
job
work
money
school
health
tip
year

Topic 6

car
lane
drive
speed
left
right
pass
driver

Topic 7

thank
think
know
question
ask
advice
answer
idea

Topic 8

god
believe
religion
atheist
faith
bible
people
science

Topic 9

feel
like
sex
relationship
child
want
dream
woman
Top hashtags
#323262
#135
#t31
#216
#313
#46
#96
#highest_recorded_blood_alcohol_level4
#showtooltip4
#v4
#63
#de3
#p3
#1s2
#52
#72
#age2
#axzz16olewoxr2
#comic2
#explanations_for_divergence2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 4.5M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2010-12
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
4,701,402
Nodes
2,794,883
Edges
2,143,243
Nodes are
comment
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2010-12 (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, 524.8 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 — 2010-12 [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 — 2010-12. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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