Pushshift Reddit — 2009-06

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2009-06) dataset of 905,351 comments and 415,296 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 1,303 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2009-06 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 1,303 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 536,285 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

536.3K
Nodes
415.3K
Edges
1.44e-06
Density
121K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
415.3K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c0a8xn40.00017
c0a047k0.00012
c0aa5sg0.00011
c0ad5ap8e-05
c0a07ab7e-05
c09z55h7e-05
c0a5sya7e-05
c0a2l3y7e-05
c0aebis7e-05
c09yu2r6e-05
Content metrics

905,351 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 4.071 ± 16.53
min -2.9Kmax 3K
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
likepeopledonthinkknowtimegoodwayrightwantlifeusegoingdoesnactuallythingworkpointthingsneedbettergotsureyearsnewsaiddidnprettyredditisnlotprobablybelievefinddaylooklittlewrongyesgamereadbadworldmeanpersonabortiongreatthoughtmanmaybe
Topic clusters

Topic 0

abortion
pro
life
murder
baby
woman
choice
fetus

Topic 1

god
christian
religion
atheist
christians
church
believe
religious

Topic 2

music
band
song
listen
album
sound
video
hear

Topic 3

game
play
psp
card
player
console
buy
fun

Topic 4

pay
money
work
government
job
loan
market
bank

Topic 5

eat
freezer
bread
food
bacon
fat
diet
energy

Topic 6

reddit
downvote
comment
upvote
post
upvoted
blog
subreddit

Topic 7

girl
kiss
sex
guy
fap
penis
birthday
look

Topic 8

linux
windows
use
run
ubuntu
window
desktop
work

Topic 9

drug
feel
smoke
addict
know
like
year
help

Topic 10

china
korea
north
war
country
chinese
kim
south

Topic 11

fuck
bitch
stupid
troll
douche
asshole
idiot
fucking
Show all 35 topics

Topic 12

language
code
python
ruby
java
programming
use
learn

Topic 13

movie
film
episode
watch
season
horror
prequel
raimi

Topic 14

google
bing
search
internet
link
page
image
engine

Topic 15

israel
jews
israeli
palestinian
aid
jewish
arab
agreement

Topic 16

spam
inbox
email
gmail
filter
day
mail
address

Topic 17

look
picture
good
paint
nice
roller
awesome
cool

Topic 18

plane
fly
crash
flight
pilot
aircraft
air
passenger

Topic 19

car
drive
lane
traffic
speed
bike
turn
road

Topic 20

obama
bush
wing
party
liberal
republican
right
republicans

Topic 21

joke
funny
laugh
accent
pun
meme
hilarious
humor

Topic 22

guess
count
che
come
con
und
luck
una

Topic 23

singularity
intelligence
human
universe
technology
happen
computer
brain

Topic 24

thank
welcome
post
appreciate
know
response
share
link

Topic 25

time
year
day
hour
long
second
leave
short

Topic 26

bruno
cohen
rapper
rap
ass
sasha
face
stag

Topic 27

yes
yeah
sure
agree
right
totally
absolutely
actually

Topic 28

gun
shoot
chest
bullet
ship
handgun
range
fire

Topic 29

disagree
argument
evidence
agree
rational
opinion
catch
counter

Topic 30

flash
browser
firefox
html
adobe
video
element
platform

Topic 31

terrorism
terrorist
violence
definition
political
civilian
terror
act

Topic 32

cat
dog
kitten
pet
litter
kitty
animal
food

Topic 33

sorry
wrong
mistake
confuse
thy
sarcasm
apology
spelling

Topic 34

think
inspire
thought
miss
mean
psychic
break
mind
Top hashtags
#138
#230
#t24
#319
#49
#69
#267
#97
#106
#246
#225
#55
#85
#hl5
#114
#164
#74
#reddit4
#173
#203

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 875.9K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2009-06
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
905,351
Nodes
536,285
Edges
415,296
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2009-06 (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, 111.2 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 — 2009-06 [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 — 2009-06. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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