Reddit is the most popular news community in the United States and serves as the internet's most intriguing hub and a highly organized concentration point. Within this comprehensive social news platform—a decentralized online community—diverse individuals coalesce around shared interests and focal points, fostering organizational structure and a sense of belonging. Reddit's slogan is "Where the conversation happens, ahead of the news."
On Reddit, users can browse and submit links to internet content or publish original posts or user-generated text submissions. Other users can vote links up or down based on quality, with high-scoring links featured on the homepage. Additionally, users can comment on posted links and engage with other commenters, forming vibrant online communities.
Reddit encompasses over one million communities (subreddits), covering topics across diverse fields including news, politics, sports, music, and entertainment. CnOpenData has curated comprehensive post and comment data from all Reddit communities, featuring an exceptionally large sample of post texts (2.9 billion entries) and comment texts (18.9 billion entries). The dataset uniquely structures linkages between comments and posts to facilitate scholarly research.
Data Scale
Time Coverage
As of 2024 (updatable as needed)
Field Display
Sample Data
Reddit All-Community Posts Information Table
Reddit All-Community Comments Information Table
Related Literature
- Indranil Ghosh, Esteban Alfaro-Cortés, Matías Gámez, Noelia García-Rubio, 2024, "Reflections of public perception of Russia-Ukraine conflict and Metaverse on the financial outlook of Metaverse coins: Fresh evidence from Reddit sentiment analysis", International Review of Financial Analysis, Volume 93.
- Guohou Shan, Liangfei Qiu, 2026, "Balancing Acts: Unveiling the Dynamics of Post Removal on Social Media User-Generated Content", Information Systems Research.
- Daniel Bradley, Jan Hanousek Jr., Russell Jame, Zicheng Xiao, 2023, "Place Your Bets? The Value of Investment Research on Reddit’s Wallstreetbets", The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 37.
Data Update Frequency
Annual updates