One Year Of Doge On Reddit

Context

DOGE... A meme, a fad, a thing that spreads by word of mouth. So many of you know what I'm talking about. You see someone say "That was so cool! I just bought some DOGE! I'm going to start a DOGE club!" and you go, "Yeah, that's DOGE."

It's a stupid, funny, slang word that has been used since the early days of the Internet. I mean, you can even Google "Doges of the Internet" to see just how old it is.

Now, with DOGE's popularity skyrocketing, it's time to take a look at some of the history of this meme and why it's spread so rapidly - with a dataset charting the meme's popularity over the last year.

Content

This dataset contains a comprehensive collection of posts and comments mentioning the word "doge" in their title and body text respectively. The data is procured using SocialGrep.

The posts and the comments are labelled with their score.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all the Reddit memers that made this happen. Without you, the Internet would be just a little less weird today.

Inspiration

Doge is a very versatile meme. From a funny dog speaking broken English, to a weird joke currency, to a character famous for his cynical sense of humour and off-colour remarks - this meme has evolved a lot. How do memes shift, how do they evolve? We hope you find an answer to that here.