Pushshift Reddit — 2009-02

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2009-02) dataset of 646,978 comments and 287,037 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 972 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2009-02 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 972 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 373,905 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

373.9K
Nodes
287K
Edges
2.05e-06
Density
86.9K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
287K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c07k9l70.00018
c07v40l0.00012
c07u7kr0.00012
c07uy9g0.00012
c07idg70.0001
c07l04k0.0001
c07rueq0.0001
c07omtc0.0001
c07j3ka9e-05
c07ibg39e-05
Content metrics

646,978 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 3.977 ± 13.78
min -288max 1.6K
gilded0.0% true
true 0.0%false 100.0%
7.2
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.8
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likepeopledonthinkknowtimegoodwayrightwantgoingusemoneydoesnactuallythingsneedthingworkyearsdidnbetterpointgotlotworldredditsuresaidgovernmentisnnewprettyreadfindlookprobablylifebelievebadletmeanisraellittlemaybedayproblemyesgreatgod
Topic clusters

Topic 0

linux
work
use
iphone
windows
like
programming
code

Topic 1

game
watch
play
video
music
song
like
good

Topic 2

god
religion
people
atheist
believe
universe
think
know

Topic 3

money
bank
government
pay
company
people
bonus
economy

Topic 4

israel
israeli
iran
hamas
gaza
jews
war
rocket

Topic 5

look
wear
girl
like
awesome
nice
hot
cool

Topic 6

obama
bush
iraq
president
republican
rush
budget
people

Topic 7

bacon
eat
taste
meat
drink
cheese
try
tea

Topic 8

smoke
drug
pot
marijuana
bong
weed
phelps
smoking

Topic 9

jury
nullification
gun
law
police
cop
crime
case

Topic 10

reddit
downvote
comment
article
post
delete
upvoted
twitter

Topic 11

fuck
comment
stupid
troll
dumb
shit
idiot
like
Top hashtags
#151
#224
#t19
#312
#dldetails8
#116
#45
#54
#haskell4
#include4
#s4
#comment3
#davos3
#demographics3
#iphone3
#m3
#102
#122
#542
#62

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 625.9K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2009-02
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
646,978
Nodes
373,905
Edges
287,037
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2009-02 (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, 78.8 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 — 2009-02 [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 — 2009-02. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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