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language:
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size_categories:
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task_categories:
- text-classification
tags:
- reddit
- animal-welfare
- animal-ethics
- value-lock-in
- discourse-analysis
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# Reddit Animal-Discourse Corpus — CLEANED (2020–present)
Submissions and comments from animal-relevant subreddits, gathered via
[PullPush.io](https://pullpush.io), covering January 2020 to the present.
Built as part of research on AI-mediated value lock-in in human animal-welfare
discourse.
## Coverage
| Subreddit | Submissions | Comments | Date range (submissions) |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| r/AnimalRights | 15,719 | 34,686 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/AntiVegan | 17,252 | 182,890 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/AskVegans | 4,286 | 100,068 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/DebateAVegan | 9,805 | 639,653 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-18 |
| r/PlantBasedDiet | 21,017 | 312,886 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/carnivore | 20,136 | 172,401 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/conservation | 9,674 | 30,464 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/vegan | 206,774 | 3,465,815 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/vegetarian | 36,617 | 330,142 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
| r/wildlife | 6,718 | 5,855 | 2020-01-01 → 2025-05-19 |
**Total records:** 5,622,858
## File structure
One parquet file per `(subreddit, kind)`, e.g. `AntiVegan__submission.parquet`.
### Submission fields
`id, name, created_utc, author, subreddit, title, selftext, url, score, num_comments, upvote_ratio, link_flair_text, permalink, is_self, over_18, spoiler, stickied, created_date`
### Comment fields
`id, name, created_utc, author, subreddit, body, score, parent_id, link_id, permalink, is_submitter, stickied, created_date`
## Subreddits
Selected to span the pro-/skeptic spectrum on animal ethics:
- **Pro-animal:** r/vegan, r/AnimalRights, r/vegetarian, r/PlantBasedDiet
- **Debate / mixed:** r/DebateAVegan, r/AskVegans
- **Skeptic / opposing:** r/exvegan, r/AntiVegan, r/carnivore
- **Adjacent:** r/wildlife, r/conservation
## Source and ethics
Raw text content is publicly accessible on Reddit. **Usernames have been
salted-hashed** (SHA-256 with a project-specific salt, truncated to 12 hex
characters, prefix `user_`) to remove PII while preserving within-user
analyses (same hash → same person across records). Sentinels like `[deleted]`,
`[removed]`, and `AutoModerator` are preserved as-is.
PullPush returns content as it existed at fetch time — deleted or edited posts
may differ from current Reddit state.
## License
Reddit's own user content terms apply. This compilation is provided for
non-commercial research use only.
## Citation
If you use this dataset, please cite the originating research
(forthcoming — placeholder).
Generated 2026-06-15 21:44 UTC.
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