Pushshift Reddit — 2007-12

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2007-12) dataset of 255,439 comments and 120,465 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 29 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2007-12 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 29 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 154,933 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

154.9K
Nodes
120.5K
Edges
5.02e-06
Density
34.5K
Components
0
Assortativity
0.0%
Reciprocity
120.5K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c02rctl0.00012
c02qcuv0.00011
c02qkje0.0001
c02qnpj0.0001
c02ooha0.0001
c02l49z9e-05
c02l61q9e-05
c02lyup9e-05
c02p5pe9e-05
c02qgxh9e-05
Content metrics

255,439 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 3.864 ± 9.988
min -103max 674
7.4
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.0
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
peoplelikedonthinkknowtimegoodwayrightwantdoesnusegoingpaulactuallypointneedthingsworldthinggovernmentyearsredditdidnsaidworkbetterreadmoneyisnbelieveronsurenewlotlookgotyesfindarticlebadfactmeanproblemwrongprobablyrealgreatprettygod
Topic clusters

Topic 0

paul
ron
vote
right
people
think
support
woman

Topic 1

god
religion
believe
israel
people
belief
evolution
christian

Topic 2

money
pay
market
people
bank
free
student
year

Topic 3

code
use
lisp
language
write
implementation
hash
work

Topic 4

water
drug
drink
eat
like
cat
bottle
buy

Topic 5

reddit
post
read
article
link
story
page
comment

Topic 6

guy
good
sing
video
kid
pixel
awesome
sound

Topic 7

joke
funny
laugh
fuck
girl
party
idiot
pants

Topic 8

cop
police
officer
taser
car
crime
guy
law
Top hashtags
#161
#225
#410
#criticism6
#204
#64
#history4
#123
#33
#443
#53
#bills3
#comment3
#results3
#342
#352
#92
#c91419102
#continuea2
#defined2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 247.9K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2007-12
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
255,439
Nodes
154,933
Edges
120,465
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2007-12 (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, 29.7 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 — 2007-12 [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 — 2007-12. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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