Pushshift Reddit — 2010-11

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2010-11) dataset of 4,487,798 comments and 2,060,836 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 4,131 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2010-11 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 4,131 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#Reply network#Subreddit

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The full graph has 2,674,407 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

2.7M
Nodes
2.1M
Edges
2.88e-07
Density
613.6K
Components
0
Assortativity
0.0%
Reciprocity
2.1M
Bridges
Most central nodes
c16j6y56e-05
c14xg7w6e-05
c1607r34e-05
c158f4b4e-05
c14cj9z4e-05
c147xkd4e-05
c16lv8c4e-05
c14d2dc3e-05
c147u9d3e-05
c16lwk53e-05
Content metrics

4,487,798 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.038 ± 19.05
min -1.8Kmax 3K
controversiality0.0% true
true 0.0%false 100.0%
gilded0.0% true
true 0.0%false 100.0%
6.5
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.0
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likedonpeoplethinkknowtimegoodwaywantrightgoinggotthingactuallyneedthingsprettydidnusebetterdoesnworksurelotlookfindlovegreatyearsnewsaidpointprobablyredditlifefeeldayguytrymeanbestyearisnbadlittlemaybemanyesgameread
Topic clusters

Topic 0

costume
eat
halloween
candy
like
look
drink
beer

Topic 1

game
play
team
portal
like
player
good
time

Topic 2

friend
woman
relationship
sex
know
like
think
people

Topic 3

use
link
computer
work
chrome
phone
post
code

Topic 4

thank
awesome
fun
good
cool
nice
wow
great

Topic 5

government
war
country
obama
people
party
vote
liberal

Topic 6

movie
watch
film
video
limbo
dream
episode
good

Topic 7

reddit
upvote
downvote
post
comment
karma
upvoted
people

Topic 8

god
religion
belief
believe
atheist
religious
people
bible

Topic 9

fuck
fucking
shit
stupid
suck
cry
retarded
like

Topic 10

song
music
sound
metal
like
album
mix
play

Topic 11

funny
laugh
joke
comic
love
pun
hilarious
think
Top hashtags
#323250
#141
#t33
#219
#linux10
#p6
#75
#comment4
#173
#33
#43
#83
#i3
#s3
#102
#152
#52
#762
#993097966_sqqay2
#characteristics2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 4.3M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2010-11
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
4,487,798
Nodes
2,674,407
Edges
2,060,836
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2010-11 (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, 499.2 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 — 2010-11 [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 — 2010-11. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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