Reddit Topic Data for Text Analysis

Reddit Topics dataset contains text data from the Reddit platform, curated by author jamescalam. It was last updated on April 28, 2022. The dataset's specific volume and scope are not detailed in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Train topic models using the 'title' and 'text' fields to identify prevalent themes across subreddits.
• Analyze sentiment or linguistic patterns within user-generated 'text' content.
• Perform community detection or network analysis based on inferred 'topic' labels or 'subreddit' metadata.

Strengths

• Data sourced from Reddit, a major platform with diverse user-generated content.
• Includes text modality, suitable for NLP tasks.

Limitations

• Sample size and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting reproducibility.
• Potential for geographic and demographic bias, as the dataset's Regionus tag suggests a US focus.
• Data is stale, last updated over two years ago, which may not reflect current discourse.

Provenance

Source

Reddit platform.

Collection Method

Curated and shared by jamescalam on Hugging Face; specific collection method is null.

Time Range

null

Freshness

Last updated in April 2022; update frequency is null.

Geography

Primarily United States (inferred from Regionus platform tag).