Reddit Video Downloader: Images, Galleries & Videos

Finds Reddit posts by search keyword, subreddit or direct post URL and downloads their media directly into your run's key-value store: images, full galleries, merged MP4 videos with audio, and animated GIFs.

Every file gets a SHA-256 checksum computed while streaming, and videos are probed with ffprobe for duration, resolution, fps, codec and audio presence. No login or cookies required.

Who it's for

• Media archivists & researchers: Back up high-resolution photography, video footage, and multi-image galleries from targeted subreddits or topics.
• Dataset & ML pipelines: Collect clean image and video training data with structured metadata (title, author, score, dimensions, duration, SHA-256).
• Content curators: Extract original Reddit videos with audio merged and synchronized, without manual screen recording or watermarks.

Why this one

• Merged video & audio: Reddit hosts video and audio on separate DASH streams. This actor inspects DASHPlaylist.mpd, grabs the best video track (up to 720p) and audio track, and merges them losslessly via ffmpeg into a complete MP4.
• Complete gallery support: Multi-image galleries (media_metadata + gallery_data) are extracted in their exact original order with individual galleryIndex tracking.
• Direct CDN downloads: Reddit API endpoints use UNBLOCKER proxies to bypass bot blocks, but media downloads (i.redd.it, v.redd.it) stream directly for fast, efficient fetching.
• Real ffprobe specs: Every downloaded video is probed for actual dimensions, duration, fps, codec, and whether it has sound (hasAudio).
• Fair pay-per-event pricing: Skipped external links, NSFW posts (when excluded), duplicate posts, and failed downloads are never billed.

What you get

One row per stored file by default (or one row per source when "Expand rows" is disabled).

Field	Type	Description
postId / postUrl	text / link	Reddit post ID (e.g. 1wv7eqf) and permanent post link
subreddit	text	Subreddit name without prefix (e.g. EarthPorn)
source / sourceValue	text	query, subreddit, or post, and the search query, subreddit or post URL it came from
kind	text	Media type: image, video, or gif
galleryIndex	number	Zero-based index within a gallery post (null for single items)
kvKey / kvUrl	text / link	Storage key in your run's Key-Value store and direct API download URL
originalMediaUrl	link	Original source URL on i.redd.it, v.redd.it, or preview.redd.it
bytes / sha256	number / text	Exact file size in bytes and hex SHA-256 checksum
width / height	number	Pixel dimensions from metadata or ffprobe
duration_s / fps / codec / hasAudio	number / text / boolean	ffprobe metrics for video files (null for stills)
title / author / score / numComments	text / number	Post submission metadata from Reddit
createdAt	date	Post creation timestamp in ISO 8601
skipped / error	text	Skip reason (external-host, nsfw, duplicate) or failure error message (unbilled)

Scope and limits

• Supported hosts: Native Reddit media (i.redd.it, v.redd.it, preview.redd.it) and direct i.imgur.com files are downloaded. Third-party video hosts (YouTube, RedGifs) and complex external galleries are skipped without billing.
• NSFW filter: Off by default. When includeNsfw is false, 18+ posts are skipped and never billed.
• Resolution cap: Video DASH streams select the highest quality representation up to 720p to balance visual fidelity with download speeds and storage efficiency.
• Storage: Files are saved into the run's private Key-Value store. Accessing kvUrl requires your Apify API token.

Pricing

• File stored: $6 per 1,000 files
• Megabyte downloaded: $0.005 per MB

Plus a $0.003 start fee per run. Each event above is billed independently, only when it actually returns data — misses (found:false) are never charged.

Billing is per stored file (file event) plus per megabyte stored, rounded up per file (megabyte event). Misses, duplicates, external-host skips, NSFW skips, and over-cap files are strictly free.

Example runs

1. Download top weekly photos from r/EarthPorn

   {
     "subreddits": ["EarthPorn"],
     "sort": "top",
     "time": "week",
     "maxPostsPerSource": 10,
     "kinds": "images"
   }
   

2. Search and archive video clips across Reddit

   {
     "queries": ["highland cow"],
     "sort": "top",
     "time": "all",
     "maxPostsPerSource": 5,
     "kinds": "videos"
   }
   

3. Download media from specific Reddit post URLs

   {
     "posts": [
       "https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/1wwbnul/",
       "https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1wv7eqf/"
     ],
     "kinds": "all"
   }
   

Use-case variant candidate: none

How to use

1. In the Apify Console. Open the actor page and click Start — the queries field is already pre-filled with a working example. Results land in the run's dataset as soon as each item is found.
2. Via the API. Call it directly with a POST request — no Console needed once you have an API token:

   curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~reddit-media-downloader/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
     -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"queries":["nature photography"]}'
   

3. On a schedule. Save this actor as an Apify Task with the input you want, then add a Schedule (hourly, daily, weekly) so it runs on its own — no server of your own required.

Input

{
  "queries": [
    "nature photography"
  ]
}

One search term per line to search across Reddit. You can also specify subreddits or post URLs in the fields below. At least one of queries, subreddits, or posts must be non-empty. Accepted formats: nature photography, timelapse.

Sample output

query	found	status	postId	postUrl	subreddit	source	sourceValue	kind	galleryIndex	kvKey	kvUrl	originalMediaUrl	bytes	sha256	width	height	duration_s	fps	codec	hasAudio	title	author	score	numComments	createdAt	skipped	error	scrapedAt
nature photography	true	OK											<size (bytes)>				<duration (s)>											1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Use it from Clay, n8n, Make, or an AI agent

This actor runs synchronously over plain HTTP — call it directly from a script, a workflow tool, or an AI agent, no Apify Console needed once you have an API token.

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~reddit-media-downloader/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["nature photography"]}'

n8n. Add an HTTP Request node: Method POST, URL https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~reddit-media-downloader/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>, Body Content Type JSON, JSON Body {"queries":["nature photography"]} (swap in an expression from an earlier node for a real value).

Clay. Add an "HTTP API" column: Method POST, URL https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~reddit-media-downloader/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>, Body {"queries":["{{source}}"]}, mapping the row's source into the queries array.

MCP. In Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client with the Apify MCP server, ask for "Reddit Video Downloader: Save Images and MP4" — the agent will find and run this actor.

Related actors

• Reddit Search Scraper: New Posts Alerts by Keyword & Subreddit: post text, scores and comments for a keyword or subreddit, and only the new posts on a schedule.

Tips

• Set maxPostsPerSource to a modest number (e.g. 5-10) when exploring new subreddits to test content types.
• Select kinds: "videos" to filter exclusively for video submissions.
• Toggle includeNsfw: true if scraping communities designated 18+ by Reddit.