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Research lensTop-content canonRanked history + recent contenders
Top-content observatory · Ranked archive + recent pool

What rises in r/MachineLearning.

764 ranked historical records · 1,000 inferred recent candidatesStudy what became prominent, what persists, and what is currently breaking through. This archive is not a census of all subreddit activity.
Historical canon764

Older ranked records represented before 2026-03-07. Useful for prominence and memory—not total activity.

Recent candidate pool1,000

Newest records from 2026-03-07 to 2026-08-08. The boundary is inferred because original retrieval provenance was not stored.

Analysis availability · Core views

Core views require at least 1,500 total records and 500 canon records; this corpus has 1,764 and 764. Topic comparison is withheld because this corpus has not been topic-enriched.

Historical material available

764 ranked historical records span 12 represented years. Topic evolution is not shown until this corpus has enriched topic assignments.

12represented years
Recent contenders

What is earning attention now.

The newest-post pool is filtered within age bands, then ranked by score and reply-count percentiles. Posts newer than 7 days are withheld when enough mature candidates exist.

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I have lost three and a half potential PhD students due to the conference review process [D]Unclassified · 7–13 days old · 656 score · 133 replies
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Anthropic's new model Fable will silently handicap work on LLMs [D]Unclassified · 30–59 days old · 404 score · 148 replies
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Backlash against Arxiv's proposed 1 year ban is genuinely perplexing. [D]Unclassified · 60+ days old · 593 score · 169 replies
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STOP racist posts about Chinese researchers [D]Unclassified · 60+ days old · 472 score · 245 replies
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arXiv implements 1-year ban for papers containing incontrovertible evidence of unchecked LLM-generated errors, such as hallucinated references or results. [N]Unclassified · 60+ days old · 730 score · 93 replies
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Prompt-engineering paper accepted to ICML [R]Unclassified · 14–29 days old · 261 score · 83 replies
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Machine learning industry job requirements used to be myopic, but now it feels impossible. Anyone else seeing this? [D]Unclassified · 30–59 days old · 282 score · 100 replies
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The arXiv is separating from Cornell University, and is hiring a CEO, who will be paid roughly $300,000/year. "After decades of productive partnership with Cornell University, and with support from the Simons Foundation, arXiv is establishing itself as an independent nonprofit organization"Unclassified · 60+ days old · 418 score · 87 replies
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[D] Is LeCun’s $1B seed round the signal that autoregressive LLMs have actually hit a wall for formal reasoning?Unclassified · 60+ days old · 283 score · 115 replies
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"There's a new generation of empirical deep learning researchers, hacking away at whatever seems trendy, blowing with the wind" [D]Unclassified · 60+ days old · 294 score · 110 replies
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GPT-5.5 Scores 10.6% on ActiveVision, Humans Hit 96.1% [R]Unclassified · 14–29 days old · 294 score · 49 replies
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[D] Those of you with 10+ years in ML — what is the public completely wrong about?Unclassified · 60+ days old · 243 score · 280 replies
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Candidate index is relative to this recent pool, not a prediction of future quality or final Reddit rank.

Candidate-pool signals

Read the recent pool without contaminating the canon.

Every lens below uses only the inferred newest-post cohort from 2026-03-07 onward. They describe patterns inside that selected pool—not subreddit-wide prevalence.

Repetition

What the community keeps saying

Distinct-post frequency across 1,000 titles and 985 available bodies. High-information two-word frames lead; normalized domain terms remain expandable.

01machine learningphrase
2026-03 · 4.62026-04 · 3.22026-05 · 5.72026-06 · 5.12026-07 · 6.32026-08 · 3.4Peak 6.3 · latest 3.4
49 posts · 4.9%
02hey everyonephrase
2026-03 · 4.62026-04 · 3.72026-05 · 4.02026-06 · 2.92026-07 · 2.12026-08 · 0.0Peak 4.6 · latest 0.0
32 posts · 3.2%
03deep learningphrase
2026-03 · 3.12026-04 · 5.12026-05 · 2.62026-06 · 1.12026-07 · 3.12026-08 · 0.0Peak 5.1 · latest 0.0
29 posts · 2.9%
04open sourcephrase
2026-03 · 2.32026-04 · 2.32026-05 · 2.62026-06 · 3.42026-07 · 2.12026-08 · 5.1Peak 5.1 · latest 5.1
27 posts · 2.7%
05training dataphrase
2026-03 · 4.62026-04 · 4.12026-05 · 1.32026-06 · 1.72026-07 · 2.62026-08 · 0.0Peak 4.6 · latest 0.0
26 posts · 2.6%
06first timephrase
2026-03 · 1.52026-04 · 2.82026-05 · 2.62026-06 · 2.32026-07 · 1.62026-08 · 5.1Peak 5.1 · latest 5.1
24 posts · 2.4%
07language modelsphrase
2026-03 · 2.32026-04 · 1.42026-05 · 1.82026-06 · 4.02026-07 · 1.62026-08 · 5.1Peak 5.1 · latest 5.1
23 posts · 2.3%
08neural networksphrase
2026-03 · 1.52026-04 · 2.32026-05 · 2.22026-06 · 1.12026-07 · 2.62026-08 · 0.0Peak 2.6 · latest 0.0
19 posts · 1.9%
Show recurring domain terms
09modelterm
2026-03 · 26.92026-04 · 33.22026-05 · 27.32026-06 · 35.42026-07 · 31.32026-08 · 25.4Peak 35.4 · latest 25.4
306 posts · 30.6%
10paperterm
2026-03 · 29.22026-04 · 22.12026-05 · 27.32026-06 · 29.12026-07 · 29.72026-08 · 30.5Peak 30.5 · latest 30.5
274 posts · 27.4%
11allterm
2026-03 · 25.42026-04 · 25.82026-05 · 24.22026-06 · 25.72026-07 · 22.42026-08 · 18.6Peak 25.8 · latest 18.6
243 posts · 24.3%
12modelsterm
2026-03 · 21.52026-04 · 23.02026-05 · 22.02026-06 · 24.02026-07 · 22.92026-08 · 15.3Peak 24.0 · latest 15.3
223 posts · 22.3%
13dataterm
2026-03 · 20.02026-04 · 22.62026-05 · 19.82026-06 · 20.02026-07 · 19.82026-08 · 10.2Peak 22.6 · latest 10.2
199 posts · 19.9%
14workterm
2026-03 · 23.82026-04 · 18.02026-05 · 15.42026-06 · 18.92026-07 · 21.92026-08 · 10.2Peak 23.8 · latest 10.2
186 posts · 18.6%
15trainingterm
2026-03 · 24.62026-04 · 19.82026-05 · 16.32026-06 · 18.32026-07 · 16.12026-08 · 13.6Peak 24.6 · latest 13.6
183 posts · 18.3%
16researchterm
2026-03 · 19.22026-04 · 17.52026-05 · 18.92026-06 · 21.12026-07 · 17.22026-08 · 11.9Peak 21.1 · latest 11.9
183 posts · 18.3%
17timeterm
2026-03 · 13.82026-04 · 20.32026-05 · 17.22026-06 · 18.32026-07 · 16.12026-08 · 18.6Peak 20.3 · latest 18.6
175 posts · 17.5%
18papersterm
2026-03 · 19.22026-04 · 19.42026-05 · 13.72026-06 · 16.62026-07 · 14.62026-08 · 23.7Peak 23.7 · latest 23.7
169 posts · 16.9%
Inspect language emerging within the recent pool
Emergence

What started appearing more often

Per-post prevalence in 500 earlier versus 500 later posts · 985 bodies available. Minimum support removes one-off spikes.

01neuripsterm
2026-03 · 2.32026-04 · 2.82026-05 · 7.02026-06 · 5.12026-07 · 13.02026-08 · 28.8Peak 28.8 · latest 28.8
+6.0pp · 4.6% → 10.6%
02ratherterm
2026-03 · 4.62026-04 · 4.62026-05 · 4.82026-06 · 6.92026-07 · 10.92026-08 · 10.2Peak 10.9 · latest 10.2
+3.6pp · 4.8% → 8.4%
03similarterm
2026-03 · 4.62026-04 · 3.22026-05 · 6.22026-06 · 9.12026-07 · 7.32026-08 · 5.1Peak 9.1 · latest 5.1
+3.2pp · 4.4% → 7.6%
04processterm
2026-03 · 3.12026-04 · 3.72026-05 · 6.22026-06 · 4.62026-07 · 8.32026-08 · 8.5Peak 8.5 · latest 8.5
+3.0pp · 4.0% → 7.0%
05whetherterm
2026-03 · 12.32026-04 · 6.52026-05 · 10.12026-06 · 12.62026-07 · 8.92026-08 · 22.0Peak 22.0 · latest 22.0
+3.0pp · 9.0% → 12.0%
06goalterm
2026-03 · 2.32026-04 · 4.12026-05 · 4.02026-06 · 5.12026-07 · 7.32026-08 · 5.1Peak 7.3 · latest 5.1
+3.0pp · 3.2% → 6.2%
07julyterm
2026-03 · 0.02026-04 · 0.02026-05 · 0.92026-06 · 1.12026-07 · 6.82026-08 · 0.0Peak 6.8 · latest 0.0
+3.0pp · 0.2% → 3.2%
08currentlyterm
2026-03 · 8.52026-04 · 6.92026-05 · 5.72026-06 · 10.32026-07 · 9.42026-08 · 8.5Peak 10.3 · latest 8.5
+2.8pp · 6.6% → 9.4%
09exampleterm
2026-03 · 3.12026-04 · 3.22026-05 · 4.02026-06 · 7.42026-07 · 5.72026-08 · 6.8Peak 7.4 · latest 6.8
+2.8pp · 3.4% → 6.2%
10hopeterm
2026-03 · 0.82026-04 · 1.42026-05 · 2.22026-06 · 3.42026-07 · 4.22026-08 · 5.1Peak 5.1 · latest 5.1
+2.8pp · 1.2% → 4.0%
11machine learningphrase
2026-03 · 4.62026-04 · 3.22026-05 · 5.72026-06 · 5.12026-07 · 6.32026-08 · 3.4Peak 6.3 · latest 3.4
+1.8pp · 4.0% → 5.8%
12meta reviewphrase
2026-03 · 0.02026-04 · 0.02026-05 · 0.02026-06 · 0.62026-07 · 3.12026-08 · 3.4Peak 3.4 · latest 3.4
+1.8pp · 0.0% → 1.8%
Show more emerging patterns
13arr mayphrase
2026-03 · 0.02026-04 · 0.02026-05 · 0.02026-06 · 1.12026-07 · 1.62026-08 · 5.1Peak 5.1 · latest 5.1
+1.6pp · 0.0% → 1.6%
14hugging facephrase
2026-03 · 1.52026-04 · 0.92026-05 · 1.32026-06 · 6.32026-07 · 0.52026-08 · 0.0Peak 6.3 · latest 0.0
+1.4pp · 1.2% → 2.6%
15neurips reviewsphrase
2026-03 · 0.02026-04 · 0.02026-05 · 0.02026-06 · 0.02026-07 · 3.12026-08 · 1.7Peak 3.1 · latest 1.7
+1.4pp · 0.0% → 1.4%
16language modelsphrase
2026-03 · 2.32026-04 · 1.42026-05 · 1.82026-06 · 4.02026-07 · 1.62026-08 · 5.1Peak 5.1 · latest 5.1
+1.4pp · 1.6% → 3.0%
17blog postphrase
2026-03 · 1.52026-04 · 0.52026-05 · 0.42026-06 · 2.92026-07 · 1.62026-08 · 0.0Peak 2.9 · latest 0.0
+1.2pp · 0.6% → 1.8%
18open sourcephrase
2026-03 · 2.32026-04 · 2.32026-05 · 2.62026-06 · 3.42026-07 · 2.12026-08 · 5.1Peak 5.1 · latest 5.1
+1.0pp · 2.2% → 3.2%
Sources

Inspect available source posts.

Open the posts behind the interpretation. The score distribution is a diagnostic of this selected source set—not a model of the subreddit as a whole.

Inspect collected-score distribution

How attention is distributed

Collected posts grouped into Reddit score bands.

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1-9311
10-49356
50-99240
100-499220
500-999350
1k-2k106
2k-5k41
5k+2
Sampling and methodology

Collected records: 1,764

Represented range: 2015-04-23 → 2026-08-08

The corpus combines a broad newest-post listing with bounded top/year and top/all listings. The interface infers the recent boundary from the newest 1,000 records because original retrieval provenance was not stored.

Older records are analyzed as a ranked historical canon. They can show what was prominent and repeatedly surfaced within ranked retrieval; they cannot estimate total monthly activity, publishing habits, or whole-conversation prevalence.

Recent contender ranking compares posts within age bands using score and reply-count percentiles. Platform attention is not evidence quality, accuracy, representativeness, or future performance.