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title: Reddit Users and Meme Stocks
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4886074/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4886074
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4886074
featured: 2024-07-10
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# Reddit Users and Meme Stocks

A study indicates that user behavior changes on the Reddit forum Wallstreetbets can predict market volatility, with less influential users having a greater impact.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4886074
- Identifier: SSRN 4886074
- Released: 2024-07-05
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 56 (2024-07-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-07-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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