Pushshift Reddit — 2009-04

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2009-04) dataset of 756,994 comments and 343,006 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 1,147 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2009-04 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 1,147 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 445,615 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

445.6K
Nodes
343K
Edges
1.73e-06
Density
102.6K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
343K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c08oa8x0.00014
c08ml3e0.0001
c0978gu9e-05
c08plkm9e-05
c08tran9e-05
c08va2x9e-05
c090c9e9e-05
c08y6a39e-05
c08zygf9e-05
c08z6ko8e-05
Content metrics

756,994 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.117 ± 20.64
min -7.5Kmax 9.6K
gilded0.0% true
true 0.0%false 100.0%
7.1
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.6
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likepeopledonthinkknowtimegoodwayrightwantgoinguseactuallydoesnworkthingneedpointyearsgotdidnthingsbettersurenewprettygodsaidredditmoneylotdaybelieveyesfindisnworldreadlooklittleprobablymaybethoughtbadyeahlongwrongmeanguygreat
Topic clusters

Topic 0

language
mac
windows
use
run
software
key
linux

Topic 1

god
religion
atheist
belief
christian
religious
evidence
believe

Topic 2

april
fool
fools
joke
day
prank
funny
reddit

Topic 3

car
vehicle
suv
drive
bus
driver
hummer
truck

Topic 4

fuck
feel
hate
stupid
fucking
bitch
shit
retarded

Topic 5

pay
money
tax
bank
dollar
taxis
company
card

Topic 6

game
play
pirate
halo
console
buy
sale
publisher

Topic 7

funny
joke
laugh
prank
humor
hilarious
sense
humour

Topic 8

reddit
digg
subreddit
comment
link
spam
slashdot
twitter

Topic 9

bacon
eat
taste
fat
food
juice
burger
custard

Topic 10

drug
smoke
marijuana
prohibition
cigarette
legalization
smoking
pot

Topic 11

custom
style
preference
link
page
reddit
layout
firefox
Show all 43 topics

Topic 12

day
date
time
remind
remember
year
tomorrow
hour

Topic 13

obama
bush
stevens
president
vote
case
election
misconduct

Topic 14

people
book
feel
think
time
friend
read
like

Topic 15

think
know
ask
brain
idea
question
problem
mean

Topic 16

song
band
guitar
album
solo
music
play
chord

Topic 17

math
physics
mathematic
college
school
mathematician
university
student

Topic 18

cop
police
crime
officer
prison
criminal
guy
murder

Topic 19

yes
hope
yeah
right
true
sure
definitely
yep

Topic 20

look
hair
skin
like
wear
face
forehead
attractive

Topic 21

rand
economic
property
capitalism
socialist
philosophy
capitalist
atlas

Topic 22

movie
pixar
film
disney
dreamworks
animation
story
character

Topic 23

porn
folder
hide
file
encrypt
stash
directory
icon

Topic 24

israel
iran
nuclear
israeli
jews
palestinian
palestinians
weapon

Topic 25

downvote
upvote
upvoted
karma
comment
submission
reddit
downmod

Topic 26

turtle
pigeon
eat
bird
jealous
turtles
eating
worm

Topic 27

pic
photo
camera
picture
pixel
photoshop
look
screen

Topic 28

awesome
good
wow
haha
pho
amazing
pretty
nice

Topic 29

gay
woman
gender
sexual
sex
male
man
straight

Topic 30

point
datum
vector
span
zero
dimension
basis
use

Topic 31

thank
tip
thanks
info
wonder
sir
appreciate
ahhh

Topic 32

video
watch
gif
documentary
canada
rating
animate
station

Topic 33

pant
woo
goo
ooooooooo
yiff
hur
nom
ugly

Topic 34

condom
sex
child
pregnancy
pregnant
teen
distribute
kid

Topic 35

vote
poll
yes
ballot
later
way
survey
online

Topic 36

book
read
write
article
redundant
bookshelf
reading
wood

Topic 37

seat
sit
disabled
crutch
subway
leg
seating
priority

Topic 38

panda
dog
old
baby
year
pet
cute
kung

Topic 39

fusion
energy
wind
nasa
mars
shuttle
astronaut
power

Topic 40

ball
stick
ticket
case
tour
live
swift
taylor

Topic 41

happen
stand
need
friend
tell
suppose
necessary
plot

Topic 42

seed
crop
plant
grow
produce
organic
food
corn
Top hashtags
#157
#223
#t22
#312
#04006
#66
#askreddit5
#edit5
#44
#54
#default4
#do4
#finalized4
#subreddit4
#vml4
#03
#73
#new3
#0000002
#112

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 732.4K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2009-04
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
756,994
Nodes
445,615
Edges
343,006
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2009-04 (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, 93.1 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 — 2009-04 [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 — 2009-04. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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