Early internet

10 datasets tagged as the tag “Early internet”.

10 datasets.

Usenet Sample — All Hierarchies Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 64,999 posts from 4754 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

65K records2026

Usenet Sample — humanities.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 7 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — misc.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 182 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — sci.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 215 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — news.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 53 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — soc.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 273 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — comp.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 801 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — rec.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 710 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — talk.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 7,361 posts from 43 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

7.4K records2026

Usenet Sample — alt.* hierarchy Analyzed

A Usenet (sample) dataset of 6,111 posts from 2470 newsgroups, collected by OwnedByDanes via Hugging Face. Each record contains post text, newsgroup, date, author, subject. Sample of Usenet posts from 1980–2013, with 5,000 posts per top‑level hierarchy. Covers comp.*, sci.*, rec.*, alt.*, etc.. Suitable for historical discourse analysis, early internet culture, topic evolution, authorship attribution.

6.1K records2026