YikYak & Reddit Engagement Dataset

A YikYak / Reddit dataset of 26,304 posts with engagement and controversy labels, collected by Riana Doctor via YikYak API and Reddit scraping (2025). Each record contains post text, vote total, comment count, controversy flag, timestamp, user alias, group ID. Dataset combining YikYak-style anonymous posts and Reddit content with explicit engagement and controversy annotations, enabling comparative analysis of controversial content across platforms. Suitable for controversy detection, engagement prediction, content moderation, sentiment analysis, social media dynamics.

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Content metrics

26,304 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

vote totalμ 129.591 ± 1.1K
min -4max 49.3K
comment countμ 19.603 ± 135.412
min 0max 5.6K
controversial flag5.8% true
true 5.8%false 94.2%
7.2
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
7.4
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likedonpeopleknowtimewantthinkgotworkneednewdaygoodgoingyearfeelwaysaiddidnjobschoolyearsthingsactuallyrighthelpgettinglookinglovelifefindusetodaytryingpersonbadbettertoldlotdoesnguyslittlethingdavidsonweeklongbestsurecomelet
Topic clusters

Topic 0

date
relationship
friend
meet
feel
talk
woman
want

Topic 1

class
professor
semester
grade
easy
prof
major
graduate

Topic 2

chicken
common
chocolate
nugget
eat
commons
food
omelette

Topic 3

teacher
student
school
kid
teach
grade
class
classroom

Topic 4

football
state
team
michigan
ohio
game
win
player

Topic 5

freshman
sophomore
campus
advice
freshmen
orientation
huzz
otm

Topic 6

bio
trade
chem
willing
econ
drop
cultivar
biostat

Topic 7

car
oil
vehicle
brake
toyota
mechanic
bolt
engine

Topic 8

bathroom
toilet
shower
smell
belk
shit
flush
seat

Topic 9

ksig
chop
aux
night
roll
bouncer
fight
party

Topic 10

service
account
scam
vendor
domain
error
proxy
content

Topic 11

europe
people
political
america
religion
culture
belief
country
Show all 176 topics

Topic 12

movie
film
watch
horror
thriller
netflix
suggestion
genre

Topic 13

trump
epstein
democrats
supporter
republicans
voter
release
vote

Topic 14

davidson
pisser
difference
davidsonian
favorite
ppl
roach
real

Topic 15

laundry
dryer
washer
clothe
chidsey
room
washing
sentelle

Topic 16

weekend
saturday
friday
party
olas
sunday
poc
frolic

Topic 17

dining
swipe
meal
dollar
lula
bbq
bell
restaurant

Topic 18

company
career
job
role
position
team
manager
boss

Topic 19

tuition
raise
doug
increase
landmark
debt
fordham
leaf

Topic 20

doug
dougie
hick
hicks
rob
station
gear
police

Topic 21

chick
fil
chickfila
opens
opening
campus
fila
open

Topic 22

campus
housing
dorm
easter
abroad
hmu
leave
spot

Topic 23

freak
lil
booger
die
funeral
rip
psychedelic
nose

Topic 24

campo
specie
plant
streak
shut
fuck
officer
animal

Topic 25

union
free
food
pizza
davis
chipotle
sga
order

Topic 26

fuck
lame
fucking
sex
chungus
dumb
stupid
weirdly

Topic 27

shirt
lux
happen
pet
son
dog
perfume
takeuforward

Topic 28

forget
patio
crab
hermit
connor
scandal
sae
quesadilla

Topic 29

scooter
football
cycling
truck
athlete
ride
player
rid

Topic 30

season
vecna
raven
nancy
jonathan
character
nico
holly

Topic 31

walk
basin
goat
dance
pajama
party
darty
trail

Topic 32

week
break
fall
beach
thanksgiving
halt
final
doj

Topic 33

wind
rain
weather
sunday
scarie
condition
constant
meteorological

Topic 34

sick
virus
flu
infect
vaccine
bacteria
diff
gender

Topic 35

kpub
bread
daily
addicted
distribute
homeless
roll
assistance

Topic 36

nyu
admission
school
application
caltech
apply
international
defer

Topic 37

pokemon
mega
pokémon
dlc
ability
vincent
gen
type

Topic 38

spanish
speak
boss
hispanic
meeting
pretend
warehouse
work

Topic 39

server
website
site
web
browser
build
tool
windows

Topic 40

drop
add
psy
grid
spa
comms
intimidate
orgo

Topic 41

pie
phi
poker
wait
petition
open
rea
stanford

Topic 42

parking
airport
uber
park
split
spot
car
clt

Topic 43

night
streak
tonight
tmrw
tomorrow
excited
drunk
thursday

Topic 44

crush
guy
invite
nice
wish
rusk
nah
yes

Topic 45

nummit
quesadilla
matcha
close
open
semester
noon
bisexual

Topic 46

movie
film
official
discussion
trailer
scarlet
poll
throwback

Topic 47

yikyak
yak
yik
pledge
yike
post
sae
ksig

Topic 48

davidson
student
participation
avg
mil
college
tuition
freshman

Topic 49

drink
overhead
cent
tea
cocktail
beer
vodka
screwdriver

Topic 50

steph
curry
assistant
rivalry
indiana
vanity
heated
williams

Topic 51

tornado
sleep
nap
cold
asleep
sleepy
chill
ice

Topic 52

lion
warrior
commons
commonsgive
library
commonsgiving
common
package

Topic 53

anime
watch
world
dub
season
avatar
initial
episode

Topic 54

connor
naked
girl
tuesday
senior
gate
spit
crush

Topic 55

scissor
raid
cop
impactful
traffic
police
ppl
katsock

Topic 56

boiler
room
friday
fireplace
hype
sae
house
boil

Topic 57

wifi
chidsey
connect
shitty
suck
fuck
internet
tuition

Topic 58

rusk
actors
rodeo
skarsgård
sae
baddie
lubomirski
alexi

Topic 59

package
pick
locker
amazon
luis
order
stealthy
delivery

Topic 60

webtree
search
block
google
admin
class
result
web

Topic 61

food
cheese
protein
grit
qdoba
poverty
pantry
coconut

Topic 62

streak
streaker
streaking
naked
doin
nothin
prosthetic
strava

Topic 63

cat
vet
kitten
litter
wet
scratch
pet
spay

Topic 64

interview
recruiter
candidate
interviewer
presentation
job
application
rejection

Topic 65

email
newsletter
outlook
booking
page
static
send
appointment

Topic 66

ancient
seal
stamp
egyptian
bce
reveal
tall
pyramid

Topic 67

soccer
game
volleyball
man
tonight
men
woman
unbelievable

Topic 68

dorm
campus
room
temperature
cold
study
warm
building

Topic 69

wars
obi
sith
wan
republic
kotor
game
jedi

Topic 70

book
read
series
author
story
title
geography
reading

Topic 71

thread
book
recommendation
weekly
suggestion
club
welcome
suggest

Topic 72

cancel
school
fucking
activity
class
clarinet
detector
fuck

Topic 73

cell
kid
receptor
employee
immune
viral
disease
technology

Topic 74

church
christmas
wife
peter
child
family
box
funeral

Topic 75

fall
fle
fling
dress
formal
wear
theme
heel

Topic 76

scam
number
money
scammer
attorney
bank
relative
mom

Topic 77

sad
owl
decison
poor
depressed
cry
accord
deadly

Topic 78

kyle
song
music
grateful
taylor
orchestra
dead
funk

Topic 79

tonight
trivium
swim
twink
bee
pub
tomorrow
sunday

Topic 80

smoke
cigarette
alarm
weed
gentleman
cig
lightbulb
pervert

Topic 81

butter
cooky
bread
dinner
bake
cook
chinese
food

Topic 82

loan
number
debt
relief
payment
credit
scam
swift

Topic 83

book
character
read
dana
rabbit
reader
absolutely
porn

Topic 84

barbaric
rpg
fascist
surely
fascism
italy
choice
clay

Topic 85

hoodie
quality
jacket
brand
sweatshirt
trouser
shoe
zip

Topic 86

frolic
wbb
willy
glove
slick
shrolic
donkey
beat

Topic 87

dog
vet
stitch
italian
delivery
order
shopper
dye

Topic 88

door
wall
chamber
knock
barricade
open
building
outside

Topic 89

model
gpt
thinking
gemini
sample
explicitly
word
answer

Topic 90

boye
shoutout
popularity
alright
peak
hello
popular
fac

Topic 91

georgetown
defer
decision
umich
release
nervous
ahh
mit

Topic 92

picture
gsoc
connect
come
contributor
photograph
jackson
andrew

Topic 93

album
spotify
band
rock
music
alt
artist
austin

Topic 94

upvote
karma
reposte
sneaker
link
accessible
pic
turner

Topic 95

fire
tommy
alarm
bbc
prodigy
set
snitch
uncover

Topic 96

light
spot
butt
bbl
dupe
lick
dig
lube

Topic 97

guy
georgian
discrimination
sig
guys
pretty
wayne
beatty

Topic 98

mac
monitor
macbook
hub
usb
external
resolution
mini

Topic 99

blanket
gift
birthday
toy
childhood
animal
item
doll

Topic 100

charlie
kirk
violence
gun
shoot
death
murder
conservative

Topic 101

ticket
concert
weather
snow
charlotte
cousin
sell
nope

Topic 102

sphere
neutral
telescope
ground
space
light
point
understand

Topic 103

lib
libs
gooner
library
flib
construction
temp
ive

Topic 104

password
davidson
device
gaming
google
wifi
connect
online

Topic 105

discord
game
play
steam
username
account
membership
stream

Topic 106

honor
code
ceremony
steal
alive
cheat
charger
council

Topic 107

halloweekend
costume
halloween
saturday
funny
friday
dog
minion

Topic 108

roommate
flatmate
picture
bed
kitchen
loud
asleep
radiate

Topic 109

final
finish
pass
luck
shaw
neurodivergent
vike
friendsgiving

Topic 110

miss
downtown
unfortunately
miami
carolina
youtube
north
leg

Topic 111

outage
power
blackout
frolic
duke
grid
energy
pigeon

Topic 112

probation
internship
tier
role
defense
mba
junior
degree

Topic 113

fiji
colada
pina
delt
phi
ryburn
drunk
rendition

Topic 114

republicans
republican
conservative
democrat
rhetoric
speech
blah
biden

Topic 115

reddit
askscience
thread
post
question
moderator
survey
subreddit

Topic 116

buyer
craigslist
cfb
generator
draft
recruit
venmo
source

Topic 117

video
mail
aio
boyfriend
phone
message
google
number

Topic 118

belk
base
ambulance
smell
gtfo
festivity
macke
victimize

Topic 119

scholarship
nyu
aid
apply
financial
accept
admission
email

Topic 120

banner
coexist
brace
interactive
borrow
paint
color
flag

Topic 121

airpods
lmk
outside
bluetooth
belk
lose
case
rich

Topic 122

football
davidson
team
elon
player
watch
win
impossible

Topic 123

boot
pant
winter
quality
sleeve
glove
shirt
jean

Topic 124

digital
continuity
user
acm
system
platform
transformation
model

Topic 125

protest
rumor
api
enforcement
forces
spread
flee
king

Topic 126

earring
wristband
lose
suncatcher
headphone
stained
hoop
jbl

Topic 127

senior
fellow
unicorn
mandatory
arkansas
pbs
grad
sever

Topic 128

vote
constitution
united
states
shuttle
constitutional
politic
senator

Topic 129

catcard
card
cat
scan
photo
watts
banner
scanning

Topic 130

piano
leaf
union
sloan
color
practice
play
tennis

Topic 131

chuzz
schedule
huzz
step
comms
day
sora
count

Topic 132

funny
joke
yakarma
oops
laugh
jarvis
ocd
haha

Topic 133

game
gameplay
shooter
tga
trailer
award
demo
nominate

Topic 134

macbook
macos
ssd
air
external
mac
file
ram

Topic 135

mum
brother
dad
room
parent
privileged
fridays
hate

Topic 136

blow
curtail
loud
cubicle
honey
wall
reduction
damnit

Topic 137

friend
cousin
cherokee
coon
meet
immature
family
hangout

Topic 138

logo
retro
key
keyboard
font
macbook
battery
computer

Topic 139

basketball
jayden
ncaa
smith
team
player
est
goat

Topic 140

planet
orbit
binary
moon
locked
soil
effect
deposit

Topic 141

weekend
split
aio
rep
concert
mom
girlfriend
coverage

Topic 142

steven
leviathan
friend
curious
max
girl
digi
davidosn

Topic 143

insane
wtf
hell
bad
shameless
jawline
burde
diddy

Topic 144

plant
lab
root
soil
strength
section
switch
orgo

Topic 145

cat
vet
eye
paw
tooth
injury
stray
leg

Topic 146

holiday
consultant
laptop
transfer
employee
company
workstation
work

Topic 147

yesterday
squiggly
sky
hope
paint
emotion
mix
line

Topic 148

tpusa
lovable
devs
platform
chapter
hate
boycott
comment

Topic 149

bike
casual
goof
ish
reclaim
vacuum
msbg
cycling

Topic 150

body
gill
lung
creation
grief
gym
correct
modern

Topic 151

verification
verify
age
download
google
delete
privacy
mandate

Topic 152

performative
contest
male
winner
feminist
labubu
wire
nummit

Topic 153

clerk
coworker
biscuit
breakroom
skinny
pete
shift
hour

Topic 154

vibrator
free
box
wendy
cardboard
communal
wellness
chambers

Topic 155

hormone
fly
aviation
climate
onboarding
quit
respect
termination

Topic 156

blade
razor
shave
hair
haircut
expose
straight
unlike

Topic 157

cert
admin
user
intune
tool
windows
laptop
use

Topic 158

thought
mobile
select
thinking
think
extended
enable
auto

Topic 159

america
north
europeans
americas
horse
camel
geographic
population

Topic 160

bathroom
sink
toilet
cabinet
fix
fan
maintenance
bottle

Topic 161

battery
motherboard
depot
tablet
discard
hammer
laptop
spam

Topic 162

cord
adjust
stadium
collab
coat
gallery
draw
land

Topic 163

hate
fake
kevin
cho
bitch
triflin
anthro
papa

Topic 164

barista
nummit
naughty
bisexual
hot
drink
clout
bah

Topic 165

bracelet
style
wrist
silver
leather
wear
link
gold

Topic 166

christmas
jingle
shop
song
bang
depth
gleam
bells

Topic 167

sign
sneaky
intelligent
stop
signature
link
nutcracker
sandler

Topic 168

davis
cafe
cfa
ranch
sushi
salad
bagel
biologically

Topic 169

pool
karen
joint
water
aunt
race
gun
greg

Topic 170

israel
west
gaza
boy
bank
treatment
cancer
israeli

Topic 171

lightning
annoying
monopoly
username
bolt
service
chatgpt
streaming

Topic 172

spanish
calc
chavez
yerger
military
art
hispanic
image

Topic 173

interview
delorean
track
reposte
salesforce
superday
recruiter
randomly

Topic 174

warner
turner
connor
rusk
ranking
rank
house
coke

Topic 175

wildcat
den
closing
wednesday
breaking
dining
wild
patterson
Top hashtags
#117
#216
#laughter12
#38
#scam7
#questions6
#125
#davidsondifference5
#poll5
#rankings5
#releasethekirkfiles5
#x200b5
#2025114
#54
#674
#be4
#lank4
#notsorry4
#wiki_answering_askscience4
#43
Top emoji
😭686
🙏252
💔128
🌹113
😂107
😔101
🔥89
🤣79
💀77
😍66
🥀64
🥲62
🚨61
🏻50
🥹48

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
yikyak-engagement
Authors
Doctor, Riana
Year
2025
Source paper
YikYak & Reddit Engagement and Controversy Dataset
License
See repository for licensing terms (research use) (LicenseRef-Research-Only)
Records
26,304
Text corpus
post text
Languages
en
Collected
2025 (2020s)
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://github.com/rianadoctor/yikyak-engagement-repository link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-02, 12.6 MB across 2 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{doctor2025yikyak,
  title        = {YikYak \& Reddit Engagement and Controversy Dataset},
  author       = {Doctor, Riana},
  year         = {2025},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/rianadoctor/yikyak-engagement-repository}}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Doctor, R. (2025). YikYak & Reddit Engagement Dataset [Data set]. https://yikyak-engagement.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Doctor, Riana. YikYak & Reddit Engagement Dataset. 2025, yikyak-engagement.echo.directory/.

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