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

Table 9

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

T#0	T#1	T#2	T#3	T#4	T#5	T#6	T#7	T#8	T#9
101880	83466	85822	105763	98285	211930	149347	311102	373565	435410
Communication	Drug deals	General use	Networking and security	Counterfeit items	Financial matters	Products	Shipping	Dealings and payments	Community
Drug	Utopia	Mirror	Pgp	Record	Guide	Quality	Order	Account	Vendor
Ice	Hash	Use	Key	Pack	Cashout	Ship	Time	Bank	Get
Arab	Signature	Onionshop	Wallet	Ssn	Fraud	Gram	Say	Need	Wsm
Smash	Gramo	Code	Sign	Extra	Method	Eur	Review	Card	Market
Sand	Kush	Flight	Tail	High	Chat	Sample	Like	Look	Help
Nun	Eur	Break	Begin	Retirement	Room	Product	Try	Drop	Page
Testicle	Haze	Deserve	Public	Passport	Card	Price	First	Contact	Rule
Eskimo	Sha	Among	Badget	Software	Expectus	Pill	Open	Buy	Good
Consider	Amphetamine	Honor	Encrypt	License	Day	Stealth	Really	Link	New
Phone	hcl	Hotel	Message	Net	Money	High	Buyer	Want	Offer
Name	Ketamine	Hero	tor	Ssns	Change	Black	Euro	Paypal	thank
Sock	Cocaine	Per	Use	Lesson	Bank	Cannabis	Note	Service	Phished
vpn	Heroin	Thieve	Refund	Driver	Business	Kallashnikov	Support	Sell	Send
Rdp	Weed	Supermod	Onion	Early	Lack	Weed	Take	Fullz	Work
Number	thc	Keep	File	Emv	One	track	Ask	Transfer	List
E-mail	Sign	Shoutouts	Electrum	Level	Everythingcc	mdma	thing	Btc	Please
Data	mdma	Overdue	Address	Worth	Debit	Customer	Dispute	External	Profile
Proxy	Top	Ghb	Window	Unite	Credit	Stock	Something	Log	Guy
Line	Ecstasy	Boneskoopa	Act	Visa	Dream	Package	Receive	Allow	Best
Type	Unregistered	Dude	Absolutely	Personal	Gold	Lsd	Think	Interest	Forum

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