# Hidden in Plain Sight: Finding MAHA on Reddit

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20435 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.20435/

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- First posted on arXiv 19 May 2026.

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- [#MakeBeefGreatAgain: A Cross-Platform Analysis of Early #MAHA Discourse](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.23914/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) is a national health movement that encompasses a striking mix of beliefs, from broadly accepted concerns about good diet and exercise to controversial takes on organic and genetically modified food, childhood vaccination, science, and institutions. Various influencers and promoters of the MAHA movement on social media are scattered throughout the online space. Investigating the structure, discourse, and contagion of MAHA beliefs requires large-scale fine-grained digital footprints. Constructing structured data covering different MAHA themes from vast unstructured social media data is challenging. We introduce a Reddit dataset that spans six years (2020-2025), comprising 18.5M posts from 4M users. Containing the natural and thematic context of 12 MAHA-aligned beliefs, this dataset offers researchers from various domains the opportunity to study the dynamics of the MAHA movement, its structural and functional components, and the linguistic and behavioral patterns of its proponents.