Reddit Posts Scraper - Keyword Search and Subreddit Feeds

Search Reddit by keyword or export public posts from multiple communities into JSON, CSV, Excel or API. Collect titles, authors, publication dates, self-post text and external links without cookies, login or a Reddit API key.

Price: $0.50 per 1,000 delivered posts, plus the standard $0.00005 start event at the default memory allocation. A post is a dataset row, not a request. Failed HTTP requests and duplicate posts are not sold as results.

Is this the right Reddit scraper?

This Actor is for lightweight collection of public subreddit feeds. It is not a full Reddit API replacement.

Included	Not included
New, hot and top public feeds	Comment search
Keyword search across all Reddit or inside chosen subreddits	Search operators beyond Reddit's own
Multiple communities in one run	Comments or reply trees
Cursor pagination and deduplication	Votes, scores or comment counts
Self-post text, author and source links	Private, quarantined or restricted communities
Per-community coverage report	Guaranteed complete history or all posts ever published

RSS can shorten titles or omit content. The Actor preserves what the feed exposes rather than inventing missing data. For exhaustive historical research, engagement ranking or comment analysis, choose another product.

Quick start

1. Click Try for free and enter community names such as Python or programming.
2. Choose new, hot or top and your maximum posts per community.
3. Set a maximum run budget in Apify Console and start the Actor.
4. Export the Posts dataset. Inspect Coverage and errors before treating the run as complete.

Empty input {} uses the public Python community and requests 25 posts. Invalid explicit names fail; they are never replaced with demo data.

{
  "subreddits": ["Python", "programming"],
  "maxResultsPerSubreddit": 50,
  "sort": "new"
}

Keyword search across Reddit

Find posts that mention your brand, competitor or product category. Each row keeps the first searchQuery that delivered it. Deduplication is global within a run: overlapping queries do not each receive their own copy of an already delivered post.

{
  "searchQueries": ["chatgpt alternative", "notion alternative"],
  "maxResultsPerSubreddit": 50,
  "sort": "new",
  "timeRange": "month"
}

Add "subreddits": ["SaaS", "startups"] to search only inside those communities. Search sorts: new, hot, top, relevance, comments.

Top posts in the last week

{
  "subreddits": ["technology"],
  "sort": "top",
  "timeRange": "week",
  "maxResultsPerSubreddit": 100
}

Input reference

Field	Default	Behavior
subreddits	["Python"]	1-20 names, optionally prefixed with r/; no arbitrary URLs
maxResultsPerSubreddit	25	Upper limit 1-1000; public history may be shorter
sort	new	Feeds: new, hot, top; search also supports relevance, comments
timeRange	week	hour, day, week, month, year, all; top feeds and keyword searches
searchQueries	[]	Optional keyword searches; can be scoped to the supplied communities
proxyConfiguration	Residential Apify Proxy	Routes through the configured proxy from the first attempt; configuration failures can fall back to direct access

Output example

Selected fields from a real public feed response collected on September 11, 2026 (Europe/Madrid). This example demonstrates shape, not guaranteed future availability:

{
  "id": "t3_1wcjor7",
  "postId": "1wcjor7",
  "title": "I scored 720 YouTube videos against their own channel's median to find which topics actually have de",
  "subreddit": "Python",
  "author": "Top-Ease-9371",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-10T13:46:12+00:00",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1wcjor7/i_scored_720_youtube_videos_against_their_own/",
  "source": "reddit_rss"
}

The title above is shortened by the source feed. We do not claim it is the complete webpage title.

Field	Type	Meaning
id, postId	string	Reddit fullname and short ID; useful for deduplication
title, url	string	Feed title and Reddit permalink
subreddit, requestedSubreddit	string	Source community and requested community
author, authorUrl	string/null	Public author; absence is preserved
publishedAt, updatedAt	string/null	Source timestamps
text	string	Self-post body without feed submission boilerplate; empty for link-only posts
contentHtml	string	Original HTML embedded in the RSS entry; sanitize before rendering
externalUrls	array	Non-Reddit HTTP/HTTPS links in the feed entry
source, sourceUrl	string	Source type and exact feed URL
scrapedAt	string	Extraction time in UTC

Coverage and partial runs

The OUTPUT record contains delivered counts, requests, and one status per community/query, including duplicatePosts (already delivered IDs skipped on fetched pages). complete means the requested limit of additional unique posts was met or the available feed ended normally. It does not mean all historical Reddit data was collected.

Only IDs in the successfully delivered, chargeable prefix enter the global deduplication set. Posts discarded by a per-query limit remain eligible for later queries. A page consisting entirely of previously delivered posts can advance to a new cursor; a looping cursor stops with partial coverage. Jobs are processed sequentially; there is no cross-run identity reservation or exactly-once delivery guarantee after a process failure.

Possible stop reasons: requested_limit, feed_exhausted, empty_feed, budget, source_error, repeated_page, repeated_cursor, page_cap.

If one community fails after another delivered posts, the run may succeed with complete: false. Delivered posts remain available and are charged normally. If all sources fail before any delivery, the run fails instead of presenting a blocked scrape as a successful empty export. Budget exhaustion stops later communities too.

Performance and pricing

Reddit enforces rate limits. The first attempt of each request is paced at least 6 seconds after the previous attempt; retries are paced at least 10 seconds, with at most six attempts per page. Each page requests up to 25 posts. Bulk runs intentionally take minutes rather than hammer the source.

Delivered posts	Post charges
25	$0.0125
100	$0.05
1,000	$0.50

The standard start event adds $0.00005 at 256-512 MB. The live Pricing tab is authoritative. Residential Apify Proxy is selected by default. Platform/proxy costs are separate from the result-event count; a maximum event charge is not a guarantee of total platform usage. Selecting a custom proxy provider may introduce provider charges outside this Actor's event price.

Workflow integrations

Use Apify schedules and dataset exports with n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack, or your own API client. These are output integration options, not preconfigured integrations bundled with this Actor.

For recurring collection, deduplicate against id in your destination: deduplication inside this Actor applies only within each run. Repeated runs can return and charge the same posts again.

FAQ

Do I need login or cookies? No. Only public Atom/RSS feeds are used.

Can I search for a keyword? Yes. Use searchQueries, optionally scoped with subreddits. Source search behavior and available feed history are not an exhaustive-match guarantee.

Can I get comments or upvotes? No. The feed does not expose those fields reliably; they are not invented or charged as extra data.

Why fewer posts than requested? Public feed history may end, the source may repeat a page, a community may restrict access, or your spending limit may stop the run. Inspect OUTPUT.

Why is it slower than a browser feed? Pacing reduces HTTP 429 rate-limit failures. Running many copies simultaneously can still trigger source-wide limits.

Does public access authorize commercial reuse? No. Reddit's User Agreement, effective July 1, 2026 (last revised May 26, 2026), restricts commercial exploitation without a written agreement and prohibits scraping without prior written consent, subject to applicable law and permitted exceptions. No applicable written permission or exception has been established for this Actor. The Data API Terms also require a separate agreement for commercial API use; whether those API-specific terms govern this RSS path has not been established. Technical access and this Store listing do not establish reuse rights. Resolve applicable permissions before commercial use or scaling; content rights and privacy obligations remain separate. This is a documented contractual risk, not a legal determination about your particular use.

Does scheduling prevent duplicates? No. Keep IDs in your downstream database for cross-run deduplication.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Check
HTTP 403 / 429	Reduce simultaneous runs, allow proxy fallback, and retry later; access is not guaranteed
Empty or restricted community	Check the public subreddit in a browser; private/quarantined communities are unsupported
Partial results	Read OUTPUT.complete and each community's stopReason
Repeated page	The source ignored the cursor or reached its accessible history; no duplicates are charged
Empty text	Link-only posts may have no self-post body; use externalUrls and the permalink

If this Actor fits your workflow, an honest Store review helps other users decide. Bug reports and missing-field feedback are welcome; there is no incentive tied to review score.