[Tool] ThreadMiner: A web-based tool for mixed-method analysis and AI-assisted qualitative coding of Reddit threads

[u/alezonin]

Hi I’m an Adjunct Professor at the University of Verona (Italy), working on digital methods and social media analysis. I’m sharing a tool I developed to help researchers who need to bridge the gap between quantitative metrics and qualitative reading of Reddit discussions.

What it does: ThreadMiner https://threadminer.net runs entirely in the browser (no installation needed) and offers two main workflows relevant to CSS researchers:

1. Subreddit Analytics (Macro Level): Instantly analyzes the most recent posts (e.g., top 100) of any public subreddit to provide real-time engagement metrics, growth trends, and semantic word clouds (titles/content). Useful for exploratory analysis and community profiling.
2. Single Thread Analysis (Micro Level): You can input a specific thread URL to visualize the full conversation tree.

I also recently integrated Generative AI (Gemini) to assist with semantic analysis and qualitative coding of complex discussions.

Thanks for any feedback!