Somewhat related: I've been archiving the stories (and vote/comment counts over time) via the JSON API for the last few months or so. Post is here if anyone is interested: <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/bttjw/top_1000_rall_stories_for_the_last_several_weeks/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/bttjw/top_1000_ral...</a>