Reddit Discussion Growth Statistics for Politics, Crypto, and Conspiracy Subreddits

Summary statistics from classifiers predicting comment thread initiation and size on Reddit. The dataset, created by Cara Lynch and last updated in May 2026, likely contains aggregated results from models trained on posts from r/politics, r/CryptoCurrency, and r/Conspiracy. It is a small file of 5.5 KB, stored in XLS format.

Use Cases

• Predicting discussion initiation based on author activity and textual cues mentioned in the description.
• Forecasting thread size based on linked domain characteristics and centrality.
• Training community-specific moderation tools using compact feature sets like post semantics and timing.
• Interpreting model predictions for discussion growth using SHAP values referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Dataset is small at 5.5 KB, facilitating quick download and inspection.
• Focuses on interpretable, community-specific feature sets for three distinct subreddits.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely derived from reconstructed Reddit threads and model outputs.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:34:37; freshness should be verified.