Reddit r/CryptoCurrency Sentiment Archive

Columns

• title: The header text relevant to the forum post.
• score: A metric representing the net impact of the post or comment, calculated based on upvotes and downvotes.
• id: The unique identifier assigned to the specific post or comment.
• url: The direct link associated with the post thread (relevant for posts).
• comms_num: The total count of comments attached to the post.
• created: The date and time when the entry was originally posted.
• body: The main textual content of the post or the comment itself.
• timestamp: The specific timestamp recording when the data point occurred.

Distribution

• Format: .csv
• Size: 20.96 MB
• Structure: Rectangular data with 8 columns.
• Record Count: Approximately 40,900 rows (40.9k valid entries).

Usage

• Sentiment Analysis: Evaluating positive or negative community sentiment towards specific cryptocurrencies.
• Topic Modelling: Identifying trending subjects and emerging discussions within the crypto space.
• Social Network Analysis: Understanding engagement patterns through scores and comment counts.
• Text Mining: Extracting keywords and linguistic patterns from user-generated financial discussions.

Coverage

• Geographic Scope: Global (Internet-based community).
• Time Range: 14 August 2021 to 19 September 2021.
• Content: Includes both initial posts and subsequent comments, with a split of approximately 54% comments and 46% posts/other.

License

Who Can Use It

• Data Scientists: For training NLP models on financial social media text.
• Financial Analysts: To correlate social sentiment with market performance.
• Crypto Traders: For gauging retail investor interest and "hype" cycles.
• Academic Researchers: Studying online community dynamics and crowd psychology in finance.

Dataset Name Suggestions

• Reddit r/CryptoCurrency Sentiment Archive
• Crypto Social Media Discussion Stream
• r/CryptoCurrency Posts and Comments Collection
• Raw Crypto Reddit Activity Log

Attributes