Pushshift Reddit — 2008-10

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2008-10) dataset of 303,507 comments and 230,724 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains directed reply graph, 698 subreddits, content metrics: score, controversiality, gilded. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2008-10 — full comment text, reply graph, and engagement metrics across 698 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 303,507 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

303.5K
Nodes
230.7K
Edges
2.50e-06
Density
72.8K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
230.7K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c05xn1u0.00024
c05oe5c0.00014
c05yim00.0001
c05syfi0.0001
c05w5f10.0001
c05sdrr9e-05
c05zqzi9e-05
c05nsey8e-05
c05vtzf7e-05
c05x0xd7e-05
Content metrics

535,809 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 3.923 ± 12.58
min -407max 1.2K
7.1
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.6
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likepeopledonthinkknowtimegoodwayrightgoingwantdoesnmoneypalinactuallymccainvoteusesurethingneeddidnsaidthingsbetterpointobamayearsworkgodgotreadnewisnredditworldgovernmentlotbelieveyeslookprettybadmeanletlifemaybeprobablythoughtproblem
Topic clusters

Topic 0

mccain
vote
obama
palin
bush
election
president
think

Topic 1

reddit
link
comment
post
like
time
movie
funny

Topic 2

money
market
bank
pay
credit
loan
people
bailout

Topic 3

look
fuck
like
guy
man
face
feel
good

Topic 4

linux
use
user
work
software
run
windows
app

Topic 5

god
atheist
people
religion
believe
church
belief
atheism

Topic 6

bacon
eat
smoke
food
cook
beer
like
meat

Topic 7

abortion
life
rape
pro
human
child
baby
woman
Top hashtags
#137
#231
#316
#44
#54
#64
#__best_act_ever4
#73
#83
#history3
#102
#1042
#112
#92
#abusers_moved_to_different_locations2
#criticism2
#descartes2
#economy2
#ig20082
#reddit2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 519.2K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2008-10
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
535,809
Nodes
303,507
Edges
230,724
Nodes are
comment
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2008-10 (2000s)
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, 64.4 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 — 2008-10 [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 — 2008-10. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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