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  • Reddit's WallStreetBets forum entered the mainstream during the January GameStop craze.
  • From GameStop to AMC Entertainment, retail investors congregating on the subreddit are a driving force in the stock market.
  • These are the 10 most popular stocks WallStreetBets is talking about right now.

Following which stocks Reddit's WallStreetBets crowd is talking about this year has paid off, as several have gone through epic rallies and seen heightened volatility.

From GameStop in January to AMC Entertainment in June, the 11 million-member forum has driven the conversation in so-called meme stocks that have exploded higher amid overwhelming demand from retail investors. Strong demand for stocks with shaky fundamentals has led to several hedge fund blowups that were caught on the opposite side of the trade betting against the company in question.

GameStop's short-squeeze, in-part led by the WallStreetBets crowd, led to a more than 50% drawdown in multibillion dollar hedge fund Melvin Capital. Meanwhile, the sharp rally in struggling movie theater chain AMC Entertainment caused billions of dollars in losses for short-sellers in May and June.

As traders look to replicate the success of WallStreetBets stocks, one data aggregator is compiling the most mentioned stocks on Reddit's forum.

These are the top 10 stocks Reddit's WallStreetBets forum is focused on right now, according to data compiled by SwaggyStocks. The list is based on mentions over the past 24 hours.

10. Lucid Group

Ticker: LCID
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 111
Market Capitalization: $56.7 billion
1-Week Performance: 26.7%

Lucid Air
Lucid Motors

9. Apple

Ticker: AAPL
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 121
Market Capitalization: $2.51 trillion
1-Week Performance: 1.4%

Close up of an Apple Store employee's hands holding two new iPhone boxes and scanning them with a special handheld sales device.
Apple Store
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8. SoFi

Ticker: SOFI
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 136
Market Capitalization: $17.8 billion
1-Week Performance: -11.1%

SoFi Stadium
(Photo by Kevin Reece/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

7. Ford

Ticker: F
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 150
Market Capitalization: $69.5 billion
1-Week Performance: 12.6%

The 2021 Ford Bronco Badlands at Mudfest.
The 2021 Ford Bronco Badlands.
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6. Amazon

Ticker: AMZN
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 172
Market Capitalization: $1.72 trillion
1-Week Performance: -2.2%

clerk at amazon prime warehouse
Mark Lennihan/AP

5. Ocugen

Ticker: OCGN
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 185
Market Capitalization: $2.5 billion
1-Week Performance: 50.1%

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Reuters

4. Hertz

Ticker: HTZZ
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 211
Market Capitalization: $16.1 billion
1-Week Performance: 31.2%

Tesla's at Hertz airport location
Hertz/Photo by E.R. Davidson

3. Chegg

Ticker: CHGG
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 264
Market Capitalization: $4.9 billion
1-Week Performance: -42.7%

Chegg Study
Chegg Study

2. GameStop

Ticker: GME
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 528
Market Capitalization: $15.3 billion
1-Week Performance: 15.0%%

A high-street GameStop store
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1. Tesla

Ticker: TSLA
WallStreetBet Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 3,140
Market Capitalization: $1.17 trillion
1-Week Performance: 14.5%

Tesla SuperCharger
Associated Press

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