One of the primary reasons for creating Pushshift was to give researchers robust access to large amounts of social media data to help the academic community better understand how social media influences societies and cultures. Since Pushshift's beginnings in 2015, there have been
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over 200 published research papers written using the data among dozens of academic institutions. Among the longer term goals, the Pushshift team is working hard to bridge the gap between data science and social science research. We value the academic communities input and
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ideas on how to improve the services that Pushshift provides. As always, please feel free to make recommendations on how we can improve by providing more powerful tools for the academic community.
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Pushshift would not be possible without the support from individual researchers and academic institutions. We will continue to listen and adapt to the needs of the research community while also being as ethically minded as possible.
Thanks to everyone who has supported Pushshift
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