r/darkpatterns
Dark Patterns
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Naming and shaming websites that deceive their users through manipulative design techniques. See http://darkpatterns.org
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10,209
September 4, 2012
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Total Submissions
511
Total Comments
2,560
Earliest Submission
October 5, 2014
Earliest Comment
May 13, 2016
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 | 58 | 2,017,669 | 1883.5 | 16.8 | 111.95 | |
| #2 | 59 | 3,025,490 | 1916.0 | 25.2 | 75.94 | |
| #3 | 43 | 2,317,459 | 1396.4 | 19.3 | 72.26 | |
| #4 | 35 | 1,895,140 | 1136.6 | 15.8 | 71.92 | |
| #5 | 41 | 2,426,571 | 1331.4 | 20.2 | 65.80 | |
| #6 | 58 | 3,485,641 | 1883.5 | 29.1 | 64.80 | |
| #7 | 37 | 2,392,655 | 1201.5 | 20.0 | 60.22 | |
| #8 | 87 | 8,491,408 | 2825.2 | 70.8 | 39.90 | |
| #9 | 38 | 4,679,961 | 1234.0 | 39.0 | 31.62 | |
| #10 | 36 | 4,466,691 | 1169.1 | 37.2 | 31.39 | |
| #11 | 84 | 13,062,893 | 2727.8 | 108.9 | 25.04 | |
| #12 | 51 | 9,743,794 | 1656.2 | 81.2 | 20.38 | |
| #13 | 30 | 6,181,494 | 974.2 | 51.5 | 18.90 | |
| #14 | 58 | 13,499,181 | 1883.5 | 112.6 | 16.73 | |
| #15 | 31 | 10,408,215 | 1006.7 | 86.8 | 11.60 | |
| #16 | 44 | 16,008,497 | 1428.8 | 133.5 | 10.70 | |
| #17 | 50 | 20,750,120 | 1623.7 | 173.0 | 9.38 | |
| #18 | 53 | 24,535,851 | 1721.1 | 204.6 | 8.41 | |
| #19 | 49 | 22,948,595 | 1591.2 | 191.4 | 8.32 | |
| #20 | 45 | 23,697,644 | 1461.3 | 197.6 | 7.40 | |
| #21 | 36 | 20,674,314 | 1169.1 | 172.4 | 6.78 | |
| #22 | 34 | 19,917,024 | 1104.1 | 166.1 | 6.65 | |
| #23 | 40 | 27,540,947 | 1299.0 | 229.7 | 5.66 | |
| #24 | 36 | 31,740,655 | 1169.1 | 264.7 | 4.42 | |
| #25 | 39 | 34,577,064 | 1266.5 | 288.3 | 4.39 | |
| #26 | 30 | 28,822,542 | 974.2 | 240.3 | 4.05 | |
| #27 | 40 | 38,804,219 | 1299.0 | 323.6 | 4.01 | |
| #28 | 58 | 58,591,843 | 1883.5 | 488.6 | 3.86 | |
| #29 | 57 | 67,443,713 | 1851.0 | 562.4 | 3.29 | |
| #30 | 34 | 41,334,392 | 1104.1 | 344.7 | 3.20 | |
| #31 | 36 | 55,123,323 | 1169.1 | 459.6 | 2.54 | |
| #32 | 32 | 53,723,602 | 1039.2 | 448.0 | 2.32 | |
| #33 | 64 | 118,367,240 | 2078.3 | 987.0 | 2.11 | |
| #34 | 66 | 126,230,559 | 2143.3 | 1052.6 | 2.04 | |
| #35 | 84 | 166,601,911 | 2727.8 | 1389.2 | 1.96 | |
| #36 | 62 | 129,074,401 | 2013.4 | 1076.3 | 1.87 | |
| #37 | 93 | 201,156,911 | 3020.1 | 1677.4 | 1.80 | |
| #38 | 82 | 180,861,850 | 2662.9 | 1508.1 | 1.77 | |
| #39 | 60 | 136,587,864 | 1948.4 | 1138.9 | 1.71 | |
| #40 | 30 | 70,632,616 | 974.2 | 589.0 | 1.65 | |
| #41 | 244 | 581,914,279 | 7923.6 | 4852.3 | 1.63 | |
| #42 | 50 | 120,727,815 | 1623.7 | 1006.7 | 1.61 | |
| #43 | 50 | 121,949,860 | 1623.7 | 1016.9 | 1.60 | |
| #44 | 38 | 95,744,046 | 1234.0 | 798.4 | 1.55 | |
| #45 | 31 | 83,377,606 | 1006.7 | 695.2 | 1.45 | |
| #46 | 68 | 183,205,250 | 2208.2 | 1527.7 | 1.45 | |
| #47 | 75 | 202,669,290 | 2435.5 | 1690.0 | 1.44 | |
| #48 | 383 | 1,053,781,568 | 12437.5 | 8787.0 | 1.42 | |
| #49 | 118 | 325,973,178 | 3831.9 | 2718.1 | 1.41 | |
| #50 | 40 | 111,812,289 | 1299.0 | 932.4 | 1.39 |