Research Article

Conceptualizing Discussions on the Dark Web: An Empirical Topic Modeling Approach

Table 12

Top 20 words of the topics generated by PTM with k = 10.

T#0T#1T#2T#3T#4T#5T#6T#7T#8T#9
2164875003432394918494997436499585619580014353164124255
CommunicationDrug dealsDrug dealsNetworkingCounterfeit itemsCommunitySecurityCommunityPromotingDrugs

GuideMirrorShipUsePassportSupermodPgpVendorVisaEur
CashoutOnionshopLikeKeyLicenseThieveSignatureGetCreditUtopia
BankUsemdmaAddressFakeOverdueBeginWsmMastercardGram
RecordEuroReviewPgpScanShoutoutsSignAccountSelfWeed
ExpectusGhbProducttorDriverHeroBadgetHelpClassicKush
SsnPillNotePhoneRegisterPgpShaNeedundGramo
CardAdderallSampleTailComAmongMessageMarketDebitPrice
ExtraPerOrderCardQualityHonorHashBankBankOrder
HighSuboxoneTimevpnBillDeserveEndRuleUniteReship
PackLiquidGoodWalletPornDabbingtimesBadgePageIchRefund
OfferPgpTestFileOriginalBoneskoopaGnupgDropPlatinumQuality
LinkSignatureMakeServerBuyDudeVersionCardPgpHash
CreditRitalinCocaineKallashnikovHighDontVendorContactWirHaze
SaleStockSayNameLifetimeCodeKeyLookmitTop
ManyCialisTakeClickOnionBreakPublicPleaseDieStrain
LevelurlPeopleEncryptpasBeginPagePhishedGoldCannabis
BalanceSampleGoldPasswordDocumentSignatureThomasPaypalLtdBud
WorthBeginComeNumberUnregisteredPutEstablishmentOrderSignatureShip
BusinessMethylphenidateFreeSockNameKeepJeffersonMethodStatePer
CheckBasfThinkPublicWallstLongGetThankOfffersOffer

T#∼ refers to the topic ID with the number of vocabularies in each topic below it.