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atin5551/reddit-story-niche-classification-dataset

🧠 Reddit Niche Classification Dataset This dataset contains 13,061 Reddit posts annotated with a custom niche label (e.g. advice, drama, humor, unknown, etc). It includes structured features engineered from post metadata, not raw text — making it ideal for lightweight classification models. 🧾 Schema Column Type Description title string Post title selftext string Post body text subreddit string Subreddit the post belongs to flair string Flair… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/atin5551/reddit-story-niche-classification-dataset.

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🧠 Reddit Niche Classification Dataset

This dataset contains 13,061 Reddit posts annotated with a custom niche label (e.g. advice, drama, humor, unknown, etc). It includes structured features engineered from post metadata, not raw text — making it ideal for lightweight classification models.

🧾 Schema

Column	Type	Description
`title`	string	Post title
`selftext`	string	Post body text
`subreddit`	string	Subreddit the post belongs to
`flair`	string	Flair attached to the post
`score`	int	Total Reddit score (upvotes - downvotes)
`num_comments`	int	Number of comments the post received
`upvote_ratio`	float	Ratio of upvotes to total votes
`created_utc`	timestamp	Timestamp of post creation (UTC)
`id`	string	Unique Reddit post ID
`url`	string	Link to the original Reddit post
`title_length`	int	Number of words in the post title
`selftext_length`	int	Number of words in the post body
`contains_question`	bool	Whether the title contains a question mark
`contains_capslock`	bool	Whether the title includes all caps words
`engagement_score`	float	Combined metric: (score * upvote_ratio) + comments
`hour_of_posting`	int	Hour (0–23) the post was created in UTC
`niche`	string	Target label for classification (11 classes)

🏷️ Labels

Label	Description
`advice`	Help-seeking posts, questions, dilemmas
`story`	Personal anecdotes with a beginning, middle, and end
`drama`	High-stakes conflict, betrayal, gossip
`rant`	Emotional venting or unfiltered frustration
`humor`	Meme-like, comedic, shitpost-style content
`informative`	Tips, how-tos, PSAs, educational content
`confession`	Vulnerable personal reveals or identity-based confessions
`update`	Updates on previous situations or developments
`trauma`	Distressing or traumatic experiences
`wholesome`	Heartwarming, uplifting, or positive content
`unknown`	Uncategorized or ambiguous niche

📊 Dataset Size

—Total rows: 13,061
—Columns: 17
—Classes: 11

📊 Class Distribution

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🧪 Usage

python

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("atin5551/reddit-story-niche-classification-dataset")
print(ds["train"][0])

👤 Author

Made by Atin Kumar Singh MIT Licensed