Pushshift Reddit — 2013-02

A Reddit (Pushshift archive, 2013-02) dataset of 22,819,908 comments and 11,501,330 reply edges, collected by Jason Baumgartner via Pushshift.io Reddit API archive. Each record contains comment tree graph (nodes=comments, edges=reply relationships), 23,328 subreddits, node attributes: author, subreddit, score. Monthly slice of the Pushshift Reddit corpus for 2013-02 — comment tree graph showing reply structure, full comment text, and per-comment engagement metrics across 23,328 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 22,819,908 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

22.8M
Nodes
11.5M
Edges
2.00e-08
Density
11.3M
Components
0.00542
Assortativity
0.0%
Reciprocity
11.5M
Bridges
Most central nodes
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c87pl912e-05
c8bocrt2e-05
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Content metrics

22,819,908 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 5.88 ± 44.03
min -1.2Kmax 5.4K
controversiality0.1% true
true 0.1%false 99.9%
gildedμ 0 ± 0.017
min 0max 17
6.4
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
6.8
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likedonpeoplethinkknowtimegoodwantwaygoinggotrightneedprettythingworkuseactuallysurebettergamethingslotdoesndidnlookfeelsaidlovegreatnewdayfindbadyearsprobablylittlebestshitisntrymanyesthankspointguypostyearlifegetting
Topic clusters

Topic 0

look
wear
shirt
like
cute
makeup
hair
bra

Topic 1

team
player
fan
play
game
season
league
win

Topic 2

eat
chicken
meat
food
water
beer
taste
sauce

Topic 3

reddit
comment
upvote
subreddit
post
downvote
karma
vote

Topic 4

accent
think
english
language
speak
know
talk
british

Topic 5

song
music
guitar
sound
album
band
genre
pedal

Topic 6

laugh
joke
funny
troll
fuck
sarcasm
nigger
humor

Topic 7

government
tax
obama
war
people
president
state
democracy

Topic 8

religion
atheism
god
atheist
evidence
believe
christian
faith

Topic 9

android
phone
app
tablet
ipad
iphone
device
windows

Topic 10

thank
appreciate
check
haha
tip
awesome
confirm
info

Topic 11

game
play
mario
fun
like
zelda
puzzle
portal
Show all 39 topics

Topic 12

movie
watch
episode
film
series
netflix
story
character

Topic 13

yes
nigguh
yeah
exactly
right
true
haha
sure

Topic 14

post
link
context
write
find
edit
google
number

Topic 15

car
bike
drive
tire
bus
lane
road
traffic

Topic 16

smoke
drug
weed
placebo
smoking
mom
dad
effect

Topic 17

gun
firearm
weapon
rifle
crime
control
round
state

Topic 18

cat
dog
pet
puppy
vet
breed
know
fix

Topic 19

feel
friend
relationship
tell
talk
like
people
know

Topic 20

deposit
bank
pay
money
account
direct
cheque
fund

Topic 21

school
college
graduate
class
student
study
degree
teacher

Topic 22

woman
man
rape
gay
sex
gender
consent
male

Topic 23

feel
feeling
bad
know
like
way
cringe
girl

Topic 24

snow
tent
bee
trail
build
small
pack
rain

Topic 25

picture
camera
draw
photo
pic
print
photographer
blur

Topic 26

ticket
sell
buy
shipping
price
craigslist
order
ebay

Topic 27

mana
deck
card
regen
creature
dps
damage
additional

Topic 28

parent
guy
old
hug
kid
girl
year
awesome

Topic 29

fuck
nigga
bitch
sick
fucking
motherfucker
fucker
forgive

Topic 30

porn
orgasm
vagina
penis
sex
anal
woman
fetish

Topic 31

play
elo
lane
damage
mid
game
taric
champion

Topic 32

video
honor
youtube
join
thank
fun
guy
come

Topic 33

year
time
system
comic
month
earth
artist
sap

Topic 34

kill
fire
die
dead
death
pitchfork
neuron
pyro

Topic 35

skin
riot
buy
pack
bundle
annie
exclusive
goth

Topic 36

restaurant
applebee
tip
table
service
server
customer
applebees

Topic 37

cop
cell
mall
ass
phone
security
jail
guard

Topic 38

pastor
tip
waitress
church
fire
service
god
job
Top hashtags
#151
#t38
#229
#323228
#auto21
#020
#3920
#39
#97339
#46
#56
#squad6
#163
#63
#define3
#hl3
#it3
#m3
#more3
#112
Top emoji
😺7
😁1

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 22M records; topic model from 20K. Degree assortativity: exact — Pearson correlation of total degree over every edge (DuckDB) Bridge bottleneck count: exact — biconnected components of the undirected graph (NetworKit) Connected components: exact — weakly connected components (NetworKit) Density: exact Reciprocity rate: exact (DuckDB) Top 10 centrality hubs: exact — full degree count (DuckDB)

Record

Catalog key
pushshift-reddit-2013-02
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
22,819,908
Nodes
22,819,908
Edges
11,501,330
Nodes are
user
Edges are
reply
Attributes
nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
Text corpus
comment text
Languages
en
Collected
2013-02 (2010s)
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, 2.4 GB 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 — 2013-02 [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 — 2013-02. 2020, doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v14i1.7347.

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