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Dank or not? Analyzing and predicting the popularity of memes on Reddit

Overview of attention for article published in Applied Network Science, March 2021
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#27 of 585)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
blogs
1 blog
twitter
22 X users
reddit
4 Redditors

Readers on

mendeley
58 Mendeley
Title
Dank or not? Analyzing and predicting the popularity of memes on Reddit
Published in
Applied Network Science, March 2021
DOI 10.1007/s41109-021-00358-7
Pubmed ID
Authors

Kate Barnes, Tiernon Riesenmy, Minh Duc Trinh, Eli Lleshi, Nóra Balogh, Roland Molontay

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 58 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 16%
Student > Master 6 10%
Other 3 5%
Researcher 3 5%
Professor 3 5%
Other 11 19%
Unknown 23 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 11 19%
Computer Science 8 14%
Engineering 5 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 3%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 23 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 March 2024.
All research outputs
#1,302,104
of 25,610,986 outputs
Outputs from Applied Network Science
#27
of 585 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#35,936
of 453,913 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Applied Network Science
#2
of 26 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,610,986 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 94th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 585 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 453,913 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 26 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.