Pushshift Reddit — 2009-10

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2009-10) dataset of 1,703,313 comments and 790,076 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 1,902 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2009-10 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 1,902 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 1,026,379 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

1M
Nodes
790.1K
Edges
7.50e-07
Density
236.3K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
790.1K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c0er6q40.0001
c0ea7h88e-05
c0ee8zf8e-05
c0f18a36e-05
c0erc8g6e-05
c0e7hg56e-05
c0dx9905e-05
c0f2xfo5e-05
c0e7i3e5e-05
c0ebbc45e-05
Content metrics

1,703,313 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.098 ± 18.75
min -272max 5.2K
gildedμ 0 ± 0.003
min 0max 3
7.0
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.5
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likepeopledonthinktimeknowgoodwaywantrightgoingworkactuallyusedoesnthingthingsneedyearsgotbettersurepointlotmoneyprettydidnfindsaidlifeprobablydaynewisnlooklittleyesgreatreadlongbestproblemguyworldfeelmaybecarebadtrymakes
Topic clusters

Topic 0

people
health
insurance
government
money
pay
care
like

Topic 1

gun
people
know
think
like
want
woman
child

Topic 2

song
like
music
band
fuck
watch
listen
funny

Topic 3

software
use
language
reddit
patent
comment
like
work

Topic 4

god
believe
church
think
exist
time
know
atheist

Topic 5

look
colour
like
good
picture
great
camera
green

Topic 6

cat
smoke
food
eat
water
like
beer
weed

Topic 7

game
play
player
like
time
team
good
ball
Top hashtags
#154
#t43
#228
#313
#include11
#v9
#67
#0000005
#45
#54
#comment4
#the4
#73
#after_assassination_attempt3
#132
#82
#92
#clip2179942
#conventional_trident2
#features2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 1.6M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2009-10
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
1,703,313
Nodes
1,026,379
Edges
790,076
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2009-10 (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, 199.6 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 — 2009-10 [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 — 2009-10. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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