Voat was a Reddit-like news aggregator and discussion site that ran from 2014 to December 2020. Organised into communities called subverses, it attracted many users banned from Reddit and became known for hosting far-right and conspiracy content. Wikipedia ↗
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,585 submissions, 6,577 comments, 2,733 users, 4,206 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/tv, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,585 submissions and 6,577 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 3,359 submissions, 5,017 comments, 2,104 users, 3,087 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/subverserequest, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 3,359 submissions and 5,017 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,838 submissions, 5,639 comments, 2,310 users, 3,380 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/sports, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,838 submissions and 5,639 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,726 submissions, 5,533 comments, 993 users, 2,175 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/Canada, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,726 submissions and 5,533 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 1,833 submissions, 5,374 comments, 1,060 users, 2,221 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/CalmBeforeTheStorm, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 1,833 submissions and 5,374 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A MADOC (Voat, KotakuInAction) dataset of 1,878 users and 3,854 reply edges from 7,853 interactions, collected by Dankulov et al. via platform APIs, published at ICWSM 2025. Each record contains user-user reply edges, post and comment text, per-record sentiment scores (VADER and TextBlob), subjectivity scores, and toxicity scores (ToxiGen). The dataset is notable for its FAIR-compliant dataset with pre-computed NLP quality labels (sentiment, subjectivity, toxicity) per record, enabling network analysis and content quality research without additional annotation. Intended for research into social network analysis, toxicity detection, cross-platform community dynamics, misinformation research, and hate speech propagation studies.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 3,895 submissions, 3,964 comments, 1,159 users, 1,990 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/uspolitics, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 3,895 submissions and 3,964 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,466 submissions, 5,090 comments, 869 users, 1,890 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/Boards, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,466 submissions and 5,090 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,784 submissions, 4,585 comments, 1,197 users, 2,216 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/economics, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,784 submissions and 4,585 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,599 submissions, 4,478 comments, 2,987 users, 3,064 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/newsubverses, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,599 submissions and 4,478 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,761 submissions, 3,838 comments, 1,529 users, 2,435 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/Health, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,761 submissions and 3,838 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 2,709 submissions, 4,086 comments, 849 users, 875 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/BloodOfEurope, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 2,709 submissions and 4,086 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 1,072 submissions, 4,744 comments, 88 users, 733 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/SavageGods, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 1,072 submissions and 4,744 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 3,366 submissions, 595 comments, 174 users, 218 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/Dreamworlds, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 3,366 submissions and 595 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 1,516 submissions, 2,089 comments, 376 users, 439 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/Contact, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 1,516 submissions and 2,089 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A MADOC (Voat, MensRights) dataset of 992 users and 1,628 reply edges from 3,735 interactions, collected by Dankulov et al. via platform APIs, published at ICWSM 2025. Each record contains user-user reply edges, post and comment text, per-record sentiment scores (VADER and TextBlob), subjectivity scores, and toxicity scores (ToxiGen). The dataset is notable for its FAIR-compliant dataset with pre-computed NLP quality labels (sentiment, subjectivity, toxicity) per record, enabling network analysis and content quality research without additional annotation. Intended for research into social network analysis, toxicity detection, cross-platform community dynamics, misinformation research, and hate speech propagation studies.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 3,465 submissions, 117 comments, 73 users, 66 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/newsandpolitics, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 3,465 submissions and 117 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
A MADOC (Voat, CringeAnarchy) dataset of 876 users and 1,740 reply edges from 3,030 interactions, collected by Dankulov et al. via platform APIs, published at ICWSM 2025. Each record contains user-user reply edges, post and comment text, per-record sentiment scores (VADER and TextBlob), subjectivity scores, and toxicity scores (ToxiGen). The dataset is notable for its FAIR-compliant dataset with pre-computed NLP quality labels (sentiment, subjectivity, toxicity) per record, enabling network analysis and content quality research without additional annotation. Intended for research into social network analysis, toxicity detection, cross-platform community dynamics, misinformation research, and hate speech propagation studies.
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 321 submissions, 422 comments, 42 users, 63 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Complete dataset for the Voat subverse v/PizzagateNoMod, covering its full lifetime on the platform (2013–2020). Includes all 321 submissions and 422 comments with full text and engagement metadata.. Suitable for social network analysis, community dynamics, content moderation, platform migration studies, online community research.
