Pushshift Reddit — 2008-07

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2008-07) dataset of 390,922 comments and 172,692 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 548 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2008-07 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 548 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 226,475 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

226.5K
Nodes
172.7K
Edges
3.37e-06
Density
53.8K
Components
0.0%
Reciprocity
172.7K
Bridges
Most central nodes
c04o3u10.00013
c04po1d0.0001
c04rhl30.0001
c04uv8x0.0001
c04l2329e-05
c04mrqc9e-05
c04on9b9e-05
c04jq1y9e-05
c04q3fi9e-05
c04k3zl8e-05
Content metrics

390,922 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 3.985 ± 12.06
min -159max 699
gilded0.0% true
true 0.0%false 100.0%
7.3
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.8
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likepeopledonthinkknowtimegoodwayrightwantgoingusedoesnactuallyworkthingthingsneedbetterpointnewyearsworlddidnsaidgotsurereadgovernmentlotprettymoneyisnlookredditbelievebadprobablymeandayyesmaybelittleproblemgreatlongfindfactlifearticle
Topic clusters

Topic 0

reddit
comment
post
karma
article
read
link
downvote

Topic 1

police
cop
gun
officer
arrest
kill
law
crime

Topic 2

code
language
lisp
programming
python
write
functional
program

Topic 3

religion
atheist
religious
belief
god
believe
church
people

Topic 4

vista
linux
ubuntu
windows
microsoft
driver
nvidia
laptop

Topic 5

money
pay
dollar
bank
credit
buy
inflation
mortgage

Topic 6

band
song
sound
music
rock
album
guitar
listen

Topic 7

california
californian
californians
austin
seed
texas
live
monsanto

Topic 8

kid
parent
child
feel
dead
die
pain
think

Topic 9

wait
ball
time
bet
referee
football
check
happen

Topic 10

thank
know
agree
congratulation
response
interesting
sure
glad

Topic 11

beer
drink
taste
eat
guinness
food
wine
bottle
Show all 55 topics

Topic 12

game
diablo
play
blizzard
wow
chrono
rpg
nintendo

Topic 13

muslim
dog
muslims
outrage
islamic
islam
outraged
community

Topic 14

funny
laugh
joke
garfield
hilarious
episode
comedy
humor

Topic 15

iran
war
nuclear
iraq
iranian
attack
iaea
israel

Topic 16

phone
cell
iphone
cellphone
apple
plan
service
people

Topic 17

israel
jews
israeli
palestinians
jewish
jew
arab
arabs

Topic 18

fuck
bitch
gay
suck
fucking
asshole
map
bad

Topic 19

flash
site
browser
text
html
menu
firefox
tab

Topic 20

yes
good
happy
yeah
nope
nice
love
sure

Topic 21

movie
film
propaganda
pixar
message
disney
hollywood
bond

Topic 22

think
sorry
mean
idea
assume
thought
glad
visually

Topic 23

school
degree
score
major
course
college
exam
test

Topic 24

week
day
work
hour
employee
schedule
company
shift

Topic 25

constitution
power
commerce
clause
court
congress
welfare
general

Topic 26

picture
pic
photo
photoshop
image
camera
pixel
border

Topic 27

old
age
brain
sleep
year
score
wife
hooker

Topic 28

coffee
starbucks
cup
starbuck
shop
espresso
latte
store

Topic 29

mushroom
experience
lsd
trip
drug
hallucinogen
psilocybin
psychedelic

Topic 30

car
pedal
bike
drive
shoe
foot
ride
prius

Topic 31

star
photon
quantum
particle
hole
spin
light
object

Topic 32

concrete
scratch
nail
wake
pump
disc
recycle
hit

Topic 33

obama
vote
marriage
candidate
barack
gravel
fisa
change

Topic 34

mail
daily
newspaper
tabloid
telegraph
british
paper
story

Topic 35

mccain
clark
john
military
wesley
obama
vietnam
kerry

Topic 36

canada
canadian
canadians
day
happy
ndp
celebrate
america

Topic 37

hiv
allergy
hookworm
virus
worm
cell
infect
infection

Topic 38

fascism
wing
fascist
right
conservative
political
fascistic
liberal

Topic 39

hot
eye
girl
pink
look
cute
mustache
cat

Topic 40

evolution
theory
darwin
selection
dog
fact
mutation
change

Topic 41

vote
election
inaccuracy
party
elect
voter
evil
ballot

Topic 42

click
theme
button
icon
mouse
layer
right
look

Topic 43

zimbabwe
mugabe
africa
south
country
african
mandela
pipeline

Topic 44

government
libertarian
capitalism
state
right
freedom
system
corporation

Topic 45

believe
forget
change
poland
book
wrong
think
movie

Topic 46

train
stop
car
cart
station
passenger
accelerate
carriage

Topic 47

cock
suck
penis
vagina
sex
boob
nipple
breast

Topic 48

video
youtube
block
click
watch
link
minute
sound

Topic 49

nuclear
coal
plant
plane
ship
solar
electricity
missile

Topic 50

smoke
smoking
weed
pot
smoker
quit
lung
tobacco

Topic 51

upmodded
modde
website
page
search
basement
word
reference

Topic 52

news
cnn
fox
celebrity
medium
sensationalist
reddit
monger

Topic 53

internet
rogers
dns
isp
free
connection
roger
wow

Topic 54

consciousness
possibility
reduction
physics
universe
causal
proof
claim
Top hashtags
#165
#227
#318
#include17
#haskell9
#58
#46
#74
#84
#94
#comment3
#i3
#102
#252
#62
#82172
#computable_and_uncomputable_sets2
#it2
#linux2
#post2

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 380K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2008-07
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
390,922
Nodes
226,475
Edges
172,692
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2008-07 (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, 49.1 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 — 2008-07 [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 — 2008-07. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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