This dataset aggregates all Reddit posts and comments containing the term 'COVID' collected through October 25, 2021. It captures the breadth of pandemic-related discussion across the entire platform during the first 22 months of the global health crisis.
Use Cases
- Analyze public sentiment trends over time using the text of posts and comments
- Study the frequency of the term 'COVID' across different subreddit communities
- Model the evolution of pandemic-related discourse from early 2020 through October 2021
Strengths
- Includes all platform-wide posts and comments mentioning the term 'COVID'
- Temporal coverage extends from the start of the pandemic through 2021-10-25
- Captures site-wide discourse across all public subreddits