General Information
As of February 8, 2024
r/ShortSadStories
For stories that are short and sad
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We read to escape sorrow, and we write to heal ourselves from it.
Subreddit rules:
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Stories must be 500 words or less. If your story is too long, then you will be asked to post it to /r/DepressingStories. Extremely short stories with only two or three sentences are perfectly okay.
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Please be polite when commenting on stories.
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Constructive criticism is we...
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June 29, 2013
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Total Submissions
2,155
Total Comments
2,932
Earliest Submission
June 29, 2013
Earliest Comment
June 29, 2013
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Submission Score Distribution
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Most Distinctive Words
Year
2024
Total Words in Subreddit
308,744
Total Words in Reddit
119,924,722,855
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 278 | 23,681 | 900.4 | 0.2 | 4559.90 | |
| #2 | 2,080 | 290,208 | 6737.0 | 2.4 | 2783.97 | |
| #3 | 537 | 90,232 | 1739.3 | 0.8 | 2311.66 | |
| #4 | 211 | 41,621 | 683.4 | 0.3 | 1969.16 | |
| #5 | 910 | 195,848 | 2947.4 | 1.6 | 1804.81 | |
| #6 | 325 | 73,158 | 1052.7 | 0.6 | 1725.57 | |
| #7 | 282 | 82,931 | 913.4 | 0.7 | 1320.82 | |
| #8 | 1,027 | 346,391 | 3326.4 | 2.9 | 1151.63 | |
| #9 | 1,438 | 493,329 | 4657.6 | 4.1 | 1132.22 | |
| #10 | 547 | 188,845 | 1771.7 | 1.6 | 1125.10 | |
| #11 | 196 | 75,659 | 634.8 | 0.6 | 1006.25 | |
| #12 | 114 | 46,669 | 369.2 | 0.4 | 948.83 | |
| #13 | 81 | 35,013 | 262.4 | 0.3 | 898.60 | |
| #14 | 414 | 187,071 | 1340.9 | 1.6 | 859.62 | |
| #15 | 1,030 | 468,350 | 3336.1 | 3.9 | 854.23 | |
| #16 | 105 | 48,709 | 340.1 | 0.4 | 837.32 | |
| #17 | 48 | 23,068 | 155.5 | 0.2 | 808.24 | |
| #18 | 5,494 | 2,695,005 | 17794.7 | 22.5 | 791.84 | |
| #19 | 1,426 | 818,075 | 4618.7 | 6.8 | 677.07 | |
| #20 | 351 | 203,357 | 1136.9 | 1.7 | 670.44 | |
| #21 | 1,016 | 637,819 | 3290.8 | 5.3 | 618.74 | |
| #22 | 203 | 131,549 | 657.5 | 1.1 | 599.40 | |
| #23 | 4,658 | 3,150,144 | 15086.9 | 26.3 | 574.35 | |
| #24 | 186 | 199,032 | 602.4 | 1.7 | 362.99 | |
| #25 | 191 | 209,104 | 618.6 | 1.7 | 354.80 | |
| #26 | 867 | 987,783 | 2808.2 | 8.2 | 340.93 | |
| #27 | 239 | 277,646 | 774.1 | 2.3 | 334.36 | |
| #28 | 718 | 953,056 | 2325.6 | 7.9 | 292.63 | |
| #29 | 79 | 127,498 | 255.9 | 1.1 | 240.68 | |
| #30 | 643 | 1,042,379 | 2082.6 | 8.7 | 239.60 | |
| #31 | 185 | 303,285 | 599.2 | 2.5 | 236.94 | |
| #32 | 68 | 112,429 | 220.2 | 0.9 | 234.93 | |
| #33 | 630 | 1,042,695 | 2040.5 | 8.7 | 234.69 | |
| #34 | 225 | 372,496 | 728.8 | 3.1 | 234.62 | |
| #35 | 388 | 647,581 | 1256.7 | 5.4 | 232.73 | |
| #36 | 79 | 132,084 | 255.9 | 1.1 | 232.32 | |
| #37 | 1,178 | 2,046,451 | 3815.5 | 17.1 | 223.59 | |
| #38 | 462 | 810,935 | 1496.4 | 6.8 | 221.29 | |
| #39 | 139 | 245,256 | 450.2 | 2.0 | 220.14 | |
| #40 | 2,271 | 4,153,733 | 7355.6 | 34.6 | 212.37 | |
| #41 | 276 | 522,635 | 893.9 | 4.4 | 205.13 | |
| #42 | 81 | 157,392 | 262.4 | 1.3 | 199.90 | |
| #43 | 53 | 104,030 | 171.7 | 0.9 | 197.89 | |
| #44 | 126 | 257,255 | 408.1 | 2.1 | 190.25 | |
| #45 | 179 | 371,954 | 579.8 | 3.1 | 186.93 | |
| #46 | 39 | 81,895 | 126.3 | 0.7 | 184.98 | |
| #47 | 39 | 82,700 | 126.3 | 0.7 | 183.18 | |
| #48 | 65 | 138,691 | 210.5 | 1.2 | 182.04 | |
| #49 | 65 | 141,416 | 210.5 | 1.2 | 178.54 | |
| #50 | 204 | 449,176 | 660.7 | 3.7 | 176.41 |
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