Rising and falling subreddits according to virality trends
For the past week, I've been mapping out virality trends on various subreddits to better understand how posts go viral on reddit. As a neat side effect, I discovered a method to detect rising and falling subreddits. Basically, a "rising" subreddit is one that has a large, steady increase in hotness over time (blue to red), whereas a "falling" subreddit is going in the opposite direction (red to blue).
Rising subreddits
Here's the rising subreddits I've manage to detect: /r/4chan, /r/AlienBlue, /r/AskWomen, /r/battlestations, /r/Demotivational, /r/Diablo, /r/dubstep, /r/Fallout, /r/IWantToLearn, /r/JusticePorn, /r/learnprogramming, /r/MorbidReality, /r/Steam, /r/TrueReddit, /r/woahdude
Falling subreddits
Here's the falling subreddits I've managed to detect: /r/itookapicture, /r/MURICA, /r/Frugal, /r/Health, /r/Homebrewing, /r/keto, /r/loseit, /r/progresspics, /r/sex, /r/travel
Dr. Randal S. Olson
AI Researcher & Builder
I’ve worked in AI for 15+ years, from academic research to production systems at startups. I’m building things independently for now.
