README.md

metadata

language:
  - en
license: mit
task_categories:
  - text-generation
  - question-answering
tags:
  - reddit
  - education
  - ipmat
  - entrance-exam
  - india
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K

r/IPMATtards Reddit Dataset

Dataset Description

This dataset contains scraped posts and comments from the r/IPMATtards subreddit, a community dedicated to aspirants of the Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude Test (IPMAT) in India.

The data is structured into two main components:

1. Posts: Top-level submissions including titles, body text, scores, and metadata.
2. Comments: Threaded replies associated with the posts, including recursion depth and parent-child relationships.

Dataset Structure

The dataset is provided in Parquet format, optimized for the Hugging Face Hub.

1. Posts (posts.parquet)

Feature	Type	Description
id	string	Unique Reddit ID for the post (e.g., t3_xyz)
title	string	Title of the post
author	string	Reddit username of the author
body	string	The main text content of the post
score	int64	Net upvotes (karma) at time of scraping
comments_count	int64	Number of comments on the post
created_utc	string	Creation timestamp (UTC)
url	string	Direct URL to the reddit post
crawled_at	string	Timestamp when the data was scraped

2. Comments (comments.parquet)

Feature	Type	Description
id	string	Unique Reddit ID for the comment (e.g., t1_abc)
post_id	string	ID of the parent post (t3_...)
parent_id	string	ID of the parent comment or post this replies to
author	string	Reddit username of the author
body	string	Text content of the comment
score	int64	Net upvotes
depth	int64	Nesting level (0 = top-level comment)
path	string	Materialized path for reconstructing the tree
created_utc	string	Creation timestamp (UTC)

Usage

You can load this dataset directly using the datasets library:

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load posts
posts = load_dataset("parquet", data_files="parquet_export/posts.parquet", split="train")

# Load comments
comments = load_dataset("parquet", data_files="parquet_export/comments.parquet", split="train")

print(posts[0])

Collection

This data was collected using a custom Python scraper utilizing requests and BeautifulSoup. It targets the old.reddit.com interface for efficiency.

License

This dataset is distributed under the MIT License. Please respect Reddit's API cleaning rules and user privacy when using this data.