ECHOExploratory Compendium of Humanity Online

4chan /pol/ 5M Posts Dataset

AnalyzedLargetext4chanExtremismHate speechMisinformationPolitical communicationPropagandaRumourToxicity

A 4chan (/pol/) dataset of 4,998,945 posts from /pol/, collected by kjj0 via 4chan API. Each record contains post text content. A 5 million post sample from 4chan's /pol/ board, capturing political discourse, extremism, and online communities. Suitable for misinformation, propaganda, hate speech, political communication, online communities, extremist discourse.

#4chan pol#Far right#Imageboard

Cite this dataset at 4chanpol-5m.echo.directory

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Analytics

7.4
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.0
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
likepeopledonfuckingfuckwhiteshitknowthinktimegoodwantrightgoingjewswayworldwomenyearsneedmanchinacountryniggerlookgotactuallythingbasedrealniggerslifepostmoneygodepsteindoesnworkliterallyfaggottrumpbetternewpolprobablysaidstopdaythingsthread
Topic clusters

Topic 0

nigger
thread
faggot
fuck
post
shit
retard
like

Topic 1

jews
white
jewish
jew
people
israel
like
culture

Topic 2

good
think
feel
pic
check
time
nice
imply

Topic 3

epstein
suicide
cell
cellmate
fbi
guard
inmate
jail

Topic 4

china
chinese
hong
kong
trade
people
like
war

Topic 5

eat
look
like
meat
animal
strawberry
drink
cake

Topic 6

woman
gender
people
porn
sex
like
man
trans

Topic 7

canada
country
australia
base
fuck
america
like
mexicans

Topic 8

gun
kill
shoot
bear
die
dead
shooter
guy
Top hashtags
#165
#pedowood25
#trumprecession14
#f12
#pedowoodbingo11
#29
#37
#metoo4
#hollywood3
#page_scan_tab_contents3
#q2189680163
#q2189768813
#selection3
#defendiversity2
#googlersunite2
#include2
#knifefree2
#2180430201
#2211484191
#2214737231
Top emoji
󠀀243
󠛡110

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 5M records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
4chanpol-5m
Authors
kjj0
Year
2020
Source paper
4chan /pol/ Dataset (5M posts)
License
See Hugging Face for licensing terms
Records
4,998,945
Languages
en
Collected
2013-2020 (2010s, 2020s)
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://huggingface.co/datasets/kjj0/4chanpol link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-02, 701.7 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{4chanpol_5m,
  title        = {4chan /pol/ Dataset (5M posts)},
  author       = {kjj0},
  year         = {2020},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/kjj0/4chanpol}}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

kjj0 (2020). 4chan /pol/ 5M Posts Dataset [Data set]. https://4chanpol-5m.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

kjj0. 4chan /pol/ 5M Posts Dataset. 2020, 4chanpol-5m.echo.directory/.

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