Pushshift Reddit — 2009-05

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2009-05) dataset of 501,150 comments and 386,262 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains directed reply graph, 1,207 subreddits, content metrics: score, controversiality, gilded. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2009-05 — full comment text, reply graph, and engagement metrics across 1,207 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 501,150 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

501.1K
Nodes
386.3K
Edges
1.54e-06
Density
114.9K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
386.3K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c09nia90.00024
c09euth0.00013
c09fxd40.00011
c09amqk0.0001
c09fxl80.0001
c09bmrs0.0001
c09g8v29e-05
c09obti8e-05
c09ne4k8e-05
c09xneb8e-05
Content metrics

841,609 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.089 ± 14.61
min -133max 1.9K
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
likepeopledonthinkknowtimegoodwaywantrightgoingactuallydoesnthingthingsuseworkpointneedbettersaidgodgotdidnfindsurelotreddityearsprettylooklifeisnreadprobablynewmeanbelievelittlebadguyworldmaybedaywrongthoughtyespersonmangreat
Topic clusters

Topic 0

god
torture
religion
believe
atheist
people
faith
belief

Topic 1

reddit
comment
post
link
firefox
read
downvote
edit

Topic 2

flu
swine
virus
people
die
vaccine
pandemic
obesity

Topic 3

linux
sql
windows
use
file
server
oracle
database

Topic 4

gun
cop
car
police
crime
bike
law
drive

Topic 5

diamond
yes
good
awesome
look
yeah
head
buffalo

Topic 6

game
play
pirate
music
buy
download
like
mario

Topic 7

eat
bacon
vegetarian
meat
fish
cheese
pizza
butter

Topic 8

movie
episode
watch
film
season
character
like
wolverine

Topic 9

obama
party
republicans
republican
bush
conservative
vote
president

Topic 10

government
money
libertarian
people
market
pay
tax
social

Topic 11

fuck
spell
fucking
idiot
spelling
shit
wtf
talk
Show all 27 topics

Topic 12

song
album
sound
music
video
hear
band
track

Topic 13

child
sexual
adult
relationship
sex
age
attract
abuse

Topic 14

code
language
python
programmer
string
programming
work
project

Topic 15

time
happen
work
hour
weekend
year
week
try

Topic 16

joke
laugh
funny
hilarious
wonder
funniest
humor
think

Topic 17

think
point
believe
care
surprised
guess
surprising
mean

Topic 18

canada
chinese
white
racist
canadian
racism
black
korean

Topic 19

woman
marriage
pay
man
marry
child
gap
work

Topic 20

thank
check
goodness
amen
awesome
bless
welcome
share

Topic 21

girl
guy
date
woman
ask
relationship
know
friend

Topic 22

pic
camera
picture
eye
photo
lens
image
shot

Topic 23

dick
boob
breast
penis
pretty
chick
hot
bra

Topic 24

school
bully
kid
student
fight
suspend
punch
high

Topic 25

israel
israeli
iran
jewish
jews
palestinians
citizen
state

Topic 26

fall
furniture
planet
hole
look
night
sun
sky
Top hashtags
#138
#224
#t23
#521
#312
#48
#127
#its7
#comic4
#143
#163
#83
#etymology3
#hl3
#222
#72
#a2
#askreddit2
#cement_kiln_emissions2
#comments2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 815.9K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2009-05
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
841,609
Nodes
501,150
Edges
386,262
Nodes are
comment
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2009-05 (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, 104.7 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 — 2009-05 [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 — 2009-05. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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