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  • Reddit's WallStreetBets forum entered the mainstream at the beginning of 2021 during the GameStop craze. 
  • Driving stocks like GameStop and AMC, retail investors congregating on the subreddit are a 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 paid off handsomely in 2021, as several have gone through epic rallies and heightened volatility. 

From GameStop to AMC Entertainment, the more than 11 million-member forum has driven the conversation in so-called meme stocks that have exploded higher amid overwhelming demand from retail investors. The surge in 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, driven in part 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.

But since those short-squeezes caused destruction for some short sellers, shares of GameStop and AMC Entertainment have fallen by about 60% from their record highs as investors begin to confront the fundamental backdrop behind the companies.

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, and financial data is sourced from Koyfin

10. Meta Platforms

Ticker: FB
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 101
Market Capitalization: $569.4 billion
One-Week Performance: 3.7% 

Workers in front of Facebook headquarters pull off cover of the old "thumbs up" sign to reveal the new Meta logo
Facebook Meta signJustin Sullivan/Getty Images

9. Target

Ticker: TGT
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 108
Market Capitalization: $107.4 billion 
One-Week Performance: 14.0% 

Target store outside
A worker collects shopping carts in the parking lot of a Target store on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.David Zalubowski/AP

8. ContextLogic

Ticker: WISH
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 109
Market Capitalization: $1.5 billion
One-Week Performance: 13.7% 

Wish CFO
Wish

7. Apple

Ticker: AAPL
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 125
Market Capitalization: $2.70 trillion
One-Week Performance: 0.9% 

An Apple store.
An Apple store.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

6. GameStop

Ticker: GME
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 176
Market Capitalization: $9.4 billion
One-Week Performance: 4.5% 

A high-street GameStop store
John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty Images

5. AMC Entertainment

Ticker: AMC
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 199
Market Capitalization: $9.5 billion
One-Week Performance: 12.0% 

AMC theater
ocial distancing stickers are placed by the concession stand at the AMC Lincoln Square 13 movie theater on March 05, 2021 in New York City. AMC Theatres reopened its New York area locations today, with new safety precautions in place, for the first time since closing in March because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.Noam Galai/WireImage/Getty Images

4. SoFi Technologies

Ticker: SOFI
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 230
Market Capitalization: $9.5 billion
One-Week Performance: 14.7% 

SoFi Stadium
SoFi Stadium during the NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams on January 03, 2021, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA.(Photo by Kevin Reece/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

3. Zoom

Ticker: ZM
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 249
Market Capitalization: $39.1 billion
One-Week Performance: 3.9% 

Zoom video calls
Zoom benefited massively from the coronavirus pandemic.NurPhoto/Getty Images

2. Lucid Group

Ticker: LCID
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 565
Market Capitalization: $39.4 billion
One-Week Performance: -5.7% 

Lucid Air
Lucid Motors

1. Tesla

Ticker: TSLA
WallStreetBets Mentions Over Past 24 Hours: 835
Market Capitalization: $887.8 billion
One-Week Performance: 5.3% 

Tesla SuperCharger
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