This work is done in partnership with the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure. Reddit is home to thousands of self-moderated communities with millions of accounts. These communities contain a wealth of information that researchers, sociologists, and journalists can access and study. The combination of user anonymity, community moderation, and the freedom for a subreddit to be about any interest make Reddit an exciting area of study.
Reddit Map is an open-source tool that makes navigating Reddit data easier by displaying clusters of communities with overlapping community members. Check out this blog post for more detail on the motivations and goals for this project.