Pushshift Reddit — 2009-07

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2009-07) dataset of 1,043,399 comments and 483,183 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 1,463 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2009-07 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 1,463 subreddits.. Suitable for Reddit comment tree analysis, reply network structure, community detection, sentiment analysis, engagement research, longitudinal Reddit growth studies.

#Comment tree#Monthly snapshot#Pushshift#Subreddit

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The full graph has 624,116 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

624.1K
Nodes
483.2K
Edges
1.24e-06
Density
140.9K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
483.2K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c0bb1kd0.00013
c0b0xtv8e-05
c0bb0qr8e-05
c0aui218e-05
c0bcp8m8e-05
c0bff5m7e-05
c0b4cmj6e-05
c0b0q486e-05
c0b21s16e-05
c0avlm36e-05
Content metrics

1,043,399 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.256 ± 17.67
min -172max 6.4K
gilded0.0% true
true 0.0%false 100.0%
7.2
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.7
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likepeopledonthinkknowtimegoodwayrightwantgoinguseactuallyworkdoesnneedthinggotdidnthingsbetternewyearspointsurefindprettysaidredditdaylotisnreadprobablyworldgodbadmoneybestgreatlooklifelovefreelittlebelievethoughtguymeanlong
Topic clusters

Topic 0

money
government
insurance
health
pay
people
market
oil

Topic 1

god
religion
believe
atheist
christian
religious
bible
people

Topic 2

reddit
comment
upvote
downvote
link
post
spam
subreddit

Topic 3

linux
windows
mono
software
patent
use
application
run

Topic 4

game
play
lan
blizzard
starcraft
pirate
buy
player

Topic 5

book
write
read
think
novel
writer
writing
know

Topic 6

beer
eat
drink
weight
cook
drunk
food
fat

Topic 7

cheat
relationship
sex
love
feel
girl
wedding
want

Topic 8

look
hand
like
cute
dog
shirt
cool
wear

Topic 9

song
nickelback
music
album
soundtrack
listen
beat
band

Topic 10

movie
watch
robot
video
film
episode
season
plot

Topic 11

fuck
fucking
stupid
shit
idiot
bad
bitch
hate
Show all 29 topics

Topic 12

obama
republicans
bush
republican
democrats
vote
palin
senator

Topic 13

article
time
remind
try
minute
check
citation
digit

Topic 14

car
drive
bike
speed
lane
mph
traffic
road

Topic 15

room
bed
friend
night
roommate
door
pee
sleep

Topic 16

israel
jews
gaza
israeli
palestinians
palestinian
iran
jewish

Topic 17

anxiety
drug
sleep
medication
pill
disorder
help
panic

Topic 18

joke
funny
laugh
comic
hilarious
lol
pun
actually

Topic 19

penis
girl
guy
pierce
man
dick
lip
nipple

Topic 20

canada
canadian
day
happy
ottawa
canadians
french
flag

Topic 21

nice
good
awesome
whoa
pretty
hoo
happy
wow

Topic 22

constitution
law
torture
president
bush
government
osama
zelaya

Topic 23

firefox
tab
chrome
browser
bar
safari
extension
opera

Topic 24

team
win
yard
coach
ball
football
player
game

Topic 25

thank
sir
share
great
helpful
good
point
mms

Topic 26

light
shape
surf
roll
paper
wall
room
come

Topic 27

rope
test
string
language
lisp
array
code
function

Topic 28

que
mai
para
care
era
con
los
del
Top hashtags
#141
#223
#323
#t17
#410
#55
#74
#comment4
#113
#63
#93
#122
#202
#82
#catpath2
#comic2
#download2
#ep222
#ff75002
#israel_and_the_lobby2
Top emoji
𝓸7
𝓭5
𝓪4
𝓲4
𝔂4
𝓮3
𝓱3
𝓵3
𝓻3
𝓼3
𝓽3
𝔀3
𐖠1
𝐞1
𝐢1

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 1M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2009-07
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
1,043,399
Nodes
624,116
Edges
483,183
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2009-07 (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, 129.5 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 — 2009-07 [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 — 2009-07. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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