Table 2.

Data descriptions

Subreddit	Count	Mean	Std	Min	50%	Max
Cascade size (KS-test: D = 0.34323006611689794, $p\sim 0.0$)
Conspiracy	731882	0.776	0.487	1	3	4617
Science	734327	0.515	0.425	1	1	12412
Unique users (KS-test: D = 0.3331162726782291, $p\sim 0.0$)
Conspiracy	731882	0.670	0.383	1	3	1698
Science	734327	0.469	0.348	1	1	5049
Depth (KS-test: D = 0.3074821114225904, $p\sim 0.0$)
Conspiracy	731882	0.418	0.357	0	1	429
Science	734327	0.190	0.279	0	0	1293
Virality (KS-test: D = 0.34323006611689794, $p\sim 0.0$)
Conspiracy	731882	0.369	0.285	0	1.333	163.156
Science	734327	0.176	0.239	0	0	462.819
Lifetime (KS-test: D = 0.3767388086135375, $p\sim 0.0$)
Conspiracy	731882	1.872	1.410	0	189	259185
Science	734327	0.877	1.324	0	0	259195
Burstiness (KS-test: D = 0.05736421439137, $p\sim 2.67e-280$)
Conspiracy	364115	0.133	0.330	-1.0	0.141	0.965
Science	133797	0.128	0.383	-1.0	0.102	0.970

When calculating the mean values and standard deviations, quantities are log-transformed by log₁₀(x + 1) (except for Burstiness) before the calculations