Predictive Strength
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Predictive Strength
Reddit Mentions tracking the daily count posts, comments, and upvotes related to a digital asset on popular subreddits dedicated to cryptocurrency, providing insights into retail interest.
Reddit communities rapidly concentrate attention around market-moving events like exchange listings, protocol upgrades, or regulatory actions. During these periods, sentiment analysis of forum discussions (particularly using VADER's social media-optimized lexicon) captures shifts in crowd psychology before traditional metrics reflect them. For example, Dogecoin's 2021 rally preceeded with a 600% increase in Reddit mentions weeks prior to price spikes.
Reddit mentions data is tracking posts, comments, and upvotes across cryptocurrency subreddits, with counts normalized against historical averages to measure relative interest levels.
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