289 posts analyzed Updated Jul 2026
Averages 9 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Thursdays around 8 AM UTC. Mostly text posts (73%).
r/datasets Traffic & Engagement r/datasets Traffic & Engagement
Volume and engagement over time Posting volume and engagement over time
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Upvote Distribution
How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.
r/datasets Most Active Times When r/datasets Is Most Active
Peak posting by day and hour (UTC) When this community posts most, by day and hour (UTC)
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r/datasets Flair Performance r/datasets Flair Performance
Upvotes and volume by flair Average upvotes and post volume by flair
| Flair | Posts | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| dataset | 86 (30.0%) | 2 |
| resource | 82 (28.6%) | 2 |
| request | 45 (15.7%) | 1 |
| question | 43 (15.0%) | 1 |
| discussion | 18 (6.3%) | 2 |
| API | 5 (1.7%) | 1 |
| mock dataset | 4 (1.4%) | 1 |
| survey | 4 (1.4%) | 1 |
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r/datasets Trending Keywords Trending Keywords in r/datasets
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| Keyword | Mentions ▼ | Upvotes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| dataset | 106 (36.7%) | 2 | 1 |
| data | 76 (26.3%) | 2 | 2 |
| datasets | 43 (14.9%) | 1 | 2 |
| free | 40 (13.8%) | 4 | 1 |
| self | 32 (11.1%) | 2 | 1 |
| promotion | 29 (10.0%) | 3 | 1 |
| built | 22 (7.6%) | 2 | 1 |
| open | 22 (7.6%) | 3 | 1 |
| api | 20 (6.9%) | 2 | 2 |
| looking | 19 (6.6%) | 2 | 1 |
r/datasets Mentioned Domains Mentioned Domains in r/datasets
Most linked sites Most linked sites in this subreddit
| Domain | Links | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| kaggle.com | 7 | 2 |
| datahub.io | 5 | 2 |
| huggingface.co | 3 | 3 |
r/datasets Top Posts Top Performing Posts in r/datasets
Highest-performing posts Highest-performing posts. Each title links to Reddit.
500TB of Open Source financial data for free
[Self-Promotion] Made Dataset for Indian states, districts, and sub-districts with coordinates and bounding boxes
[self-promotion] I built a public dataset from 21,237 pages of declassified MKULTRA and related docs and put it on Hugging Face
[Self-promotion] Free entity lookup: 521M legal entities across 309 jurisdictions, no account needed to search
I've been building a huge Near-Death Experience database
Free dataset: certified document QA where every row is machine verifiable, including 2,889 questions about facts we verified are NOT in the document. Frontier models hallucinate on 11 to 44% of them
Free API: 62,173 Japanese ramen shops — English/romaji names, geo, nearest station (no signup)
I engineered 102 leakage-free ML features from 49,000+ international football matches (1872–2026) and published it as a free dataset
Free JSON API: used-GPU market prices joined with llama.cpp benchmarks (tok/s per $), plus a sourced registry of smart-home devices killed by cloud shutdowns
GitHub - dwillis/political-emails: Processed collection of fundraising emails from political campaigns
r/datasets Audience Overlap r/datasets Subreddit Overlap & Related Communities
Overlapping audiences Communities with overlapping audiences
r/datasets FAQ Frequently Asked Questions About r/datasets
What's the best time to post on r/datasets?
Based on posting volume, r/datasets is most active on Thursdays around 8 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.
How active is r/datasets?
r/datasets averages 9 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.
How many upvotes do posts on r/datasets get?
Posts on r/datasets average about 2 upvotes this month (net score per post).
What kind of posts does r/datasets get most?
On r/datasets, most posts are text posts (73%)