Short Intro
I use reddit.I use it a lot.
These are the results of my explorations,
looking under the hood.
New vs Front Page
I can't tell you how to get to the front page.But all subreddits are not created equal.
The following is derived from 25,000+ data points,
collected over a 2 week period,
in snapshots bursts by recording,
the 1000 Newest and top 1000 submissions on the Front Page.
Note: Both of these groups are comprised of a static group of subreddits.
New vs Front Page
Relative Distribution of Subreddits
New vs Front Page
Relative Distribution
With Bar Charts This Time
In Tabular Form
Being the thousand words in lieu of another graphic.Conversion being New/Front Page.
I assume numbers higher than 1.00 (100% roughly),
are due to certain posts being stickier than others;
thus, staying on the front page longer.
Note: individual posts not tracked.
These are snapshot views.
| Subreddit | New | Front Page | Conversion |
|---|---|---|---|
| funny | 1563 | 1194 | 0.763916 |
| AskReddit | 3225 | 920 | 0.285271 |
| pics | 1092 | 702 | 0.642857 |
| aww | 814 | 647 | 0.794840 |
| listentothis | 118 | 573 | 4.855932 |
| WritingPrompts | 219 | 523 | 2.388128 |
| todayilearned | 316 | 516 | 1.632911 |
| Showerthoughts | 788 | 417 | 0.529188 |
| worldnews | 256 | 415 | 1.621094 |
| nosleep | 62 | 403 | 6.500000 |
| personalfinance | 294 | 391 | 1.329932 |
| news | 238 | 330 | 1.386555 |
| tifu | 134 | 324 | 2.417910 |
| Fitness | 178 | 300 | 1.685393 |
| videos | 533 | 288 | 0.540338 |
| gifs | 136 | 279 | 2.051471 |
| Jokes | 197 | 275 | 1.395939 |
| Music | 347 | 270 | 0.778098 |
| gaming | 265 | 267 | 1.007547 |
| mildlyinteresting | 321 | 261 | 0.813084 |
| explainlikeimfive | 448 | 260 | 0.580357 |
| Documentaries | 19 | 219 | 11.526316 |
| OldSchoolCool | 80 | 202 | 2.525000 |
| EarthPorn | 83 | 190 | 2.289157 |
| TwoXChromosomes | 71 | 189 | 2.661972 |
| movies | 211 | 181 | 0.857820 |
| Art | 68 | 170 | 2.500000 |
| Futurology | 33 | 159 | 4.818182 |
| creepy | 43 | 142 | 3.302326 |
| books | 63 | 142 | 2.253968 |
| DIY | 56 | 139 | 2.482143 |
| GetMotivated | 41 | 137 | 3.341463 |
| nottheonion | 79 | 135 | 1.708861 |
| food | 87 | 133 | 1.528736 |
| askscience | 79 | 124 | 1.569620 |
| television | 41 | 99 | 2.414634 |
| sports | 45 | 95 | 2.111111 |
| history | 16 | 86 | 5.375000 |
| science | 63 | 85 | 1.349206 |
| photoshopbattles | 68 | 84 | 1.235294 |
| LifeProTips | 28 | 84 | 3.000000 |
| gadgets | 19 | 83 | 4.368421 |
| IAmA | 31 | 81 | 2.612903 |
| philosophy | 17 | 69 | 4.058824 |
| space | 68 | 61 | 0.897059 |
| dataisbeautiful | 25 | 56 | 2.240000 |
| UpliftingNews | 7 | 50 | 7.142857 |
| InternetIsBeautiful | 15 | 50 | 3.333333 |
Conclusions
The front page is more democratic (diversified) than the incoming stream.See Pie Graphs
It's easier to get to the front page from certain default subreddits.
Note 'Documentaries' conversion ration vs that of 'AskReddit'.
The above only taking into account the default subreddits.
So, Next Up:
Trying to Capture a Broader Swath of Subreddits
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