Reddit Comments Scraper - Post Threads & Subreddits

What is Reddit Comments Scraper?

Reddit Comments Scraper is a tool that lets you scrape comments and replies from Reddit posts: comment text, author, score, date, reply depth and parent comment. Paste post links or add subreddits, click Start, and download the comments as Excel, CSV or JSON.

• 🧵 Full threads: includes the replies hidden behind "load more comments" on large threads
• 🗂️ Subreddit mode: add a subreddit and get the comments of its hot, new, top or rising posts
• 🔓 No login: no Reddit account, cookies or API key needed
• 💸 Free to try: the $5 of free usage every Apify account gets each month covers about 1,100 comments

What can Reddit Comments Scraper do?

• Scrape all comments from a Reddit post
• Scrape replies too, each linked to the comment it answers
• Scrape up to 10,000 comments from each post
• Scrape comments from the latest or top posts of a subreddit
• Sort Reddit comments by best, top, new, controversial, old or Q&A
• Leave out deleted and removed comments, while keeping the replies under them
• Download Reddit comments to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send them to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more

What data can you extract from Reddit comments?

💬 Comment text	👤 Author username	⬆️ Score
📅 Publish date	✏️ Edited flag and time	↩️ Parent comment or post
🪜 Reply depth	🙋 Written by the post author	📌 Pinned flag
🛡️ Moderator flag	🏆 Awards	🙈 Collapsed flag and reason
🔗 Comment link	🏠 Subreddit	🆔 Comment ID
📰 Post ID

How to scrape Reddit comments

1. Create a free Apify account (no credit card needed).
2. Open Reddit Comments Scraper.
3. Paste one or more post URLs, or add subreddits to scrape the comments of their posts.
4. Choose the comment sort and how many comments you want, then click Start.
5. When the run finishes, download your comments as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

How much does it cost to scrape Reddit comments?

Reddit Comments Scraper costs $4.50 per 1,000 comments. You pay only for the comments you get, and the same comment is never charged twice in a run.

For example, 1,000 comments cost $4.50, and a post with 200 comments costs $0.90.

Every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month, which covers about 1,100 comments. See the Pricing tab for the details.

⬇️ Input

There are two ways to use it. Paste post links to get the comments of those posts. Or leave the post links empty and add subreddits: the scraper picks the posts each subreddit shows and gets their comments. When you add post links, the subreddits are ignored.

Post links can be full links (https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1w78kp5/showcase_thread/) or just the post ID (1w78kp5). Subreddits can be a name (python), r/python or a full link.

Setting	What it does
Post URLs or IDs	The posts to scrape comments from
Subreddits	Scrape comments from the posts of these subreddits (used only when no post link is given)
Post Sort (Subreddit Mode)	Which posts to pick from each subreddit: Hot (default), New, Top (all time) or Rising
Comment Sort	How comments are ordered: Confidence (Best) (default), Top, New, Controversial, Old or Q&A
Max Comments	How many comments to get from each post link, from 1 to 10,000 (default 500). In subreddit mode, it is the total for the whole run, shared between the subreddits and their posts
Max Posts (Subreddit Mode)	How many posts to pick from each subreddit, from 1 to 100 (default 25)

Example: every comment of one post, top comments first.

{
  "postUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1w78kp5/showcase_thread/"],
  "commentSort": "top",
  "maxComments": 2000
}

Example: comments from the 10 newest posts of r/python.

{
  "subreddits": ["python"],
  "sortBy": "new",
  "maxPosts": 10,
  "maxComments": 1000
}

⬆️ Output

You get one row per comment or reply. You can view the rows as a table in Apify Console or download them as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML. Here is a real reply:

{
  "commentId": "p98s2ib",
  "postId": "1w78kp5",
  "parentId": "p7tzztd",
  "author": "hojat72elect",
  "body": "It's really fast and responsive. Well done! 👍🏼 \nThe UI looks nice as well.",
  "bodyHtml": null,
  "score": 1,
  "createdUtc": 1789164716,
  "edited": false,
  "depth": 1,
  "subreddit": "Python",
  "permalink": "/r/Python/comments/1w78kp5/showcase_thread/p98s2ib/",
  "isSubmitter": false,
  "stickied": false,
  "distinguished": null,
  "controversiality": null,
  "gilded": 0,
  "gildings": {},
  "totalAwardsReceived": 0,
  "collapsed": false,
  "collapsedReason": null
}

depth is 0 for a top-level comment, 1 for a reply to it, and so on. parentId is the comment a reply answers; for a top-level comment it is the post ID. createdUtc is the publish time in seconds since 1 January 1970 (UTC), and isSubmitter is true when the post's author wrote the comment.

Each run also saves a short report that lists any post or subreddit it could not scrape, with the reason (for example, a link that is not a Reddit post, or a private subreddit).

How can I use Reddit comments data?

• Audience research: read what people really think about a product, topic or launch
• Brand monitoring: track what people say about your brand in the threads that matter to you
• Product feedback: collect feature ideas and complaints from a product's community
• Sentiment analysis and AI: build comment datasets for sentiment, topic or opinion analysis
• Discussion analysis: follow how a debate unfolds, reply by reply, with depth and parent links
• Community management: find the most upvoted and most controversial comments in a thread

How to follow a Reddit discussion

1. Paste the post link and set Comment Sort to New.
2. Set Max Comments high enough to cover the whole thread.
3. Schedule the actor to run every hour or every day.

Each run gives you the thread as it is now, ready to send to Slack, email or a spreadsheet with an integration.

Use it from your own code

You can run Reddit Comments Scraper with the Apify API or the Python and JavaScript clients:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("automly/reddit-comment-scraper").call(run_input={
    "postUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1w78kp5/showcase_thread/"],
    "maxComments": 1000,
})
for comment in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(comment["depth"], comment["author"], comment["body"])

Scrape more Reddit data

Actor	What it does
Reddit Scraper - Posts, Comments, Users, Subreddits & Search	The all-in-one Reddit scraper: posts, full comment threads, user profiles, subreddits and search
Reddit Scraper - Posts, Search & Subreddits	Posts from any subreddit, sorted by hot, new, top or rising, or searched by keyword
Reddit Keyword + Comment Thread Monitor	Posts and comments that mention your keywords, across the subreddits you choose

❓FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape Reddit comments?

$4.50 per 1,000 comments, and you pay only for the comments you get. Every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month. See the cost section above and the Pricing tab.

How many comments can I scrape from one Reddit post?

Up to 10,000 comments from each post link. Large threads work, including the replies hidden behind "load more comments". Set Max Comments to the number you need.

Why do I get fewer comments than the number shown on the post?

Deleted and removed comments are left out, so the count on the post is often a little higher. The replies under a deleted comment are still included.

Why are bodyHtml and controversiality empty?

Reddit no longer provides these two fields. They stay in every row (as null) so your existing integrations keep working; use body for the comment text.

How does subreddit mode share out the comments?

In subreddit mode, Max Comments is the total for the run. It is split evenly between your subreddits, and then between the posts picked from each subreddit. To get more comments per post, raise Max Comments or lower Max Posts (Subreddit Mode).

Do I need a Reddit account or API key?

No. You don't need a Reddit account, cookies or a Reddit API key.

Can I scrape comments from private subreddits?

No. Only public posts and subreddits can be scraped. Posts in private, banned or quarantined subreddits and links that are not Reddit posts are skipped and listed in the run report with the reason.

Can I connect Reddit Comments Scraper to other tools or AI agents?

Yes. You can start runs and read the results with the Apify API or the Python and JavaScript clients. You can also send the comments to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or Slack, or call a webhook when a run finishes, with Apify integrations. AI assistants and agents can use Reddit Comments Scraper through the Apify MCP server.

Is it legal to scrape Reddit?

This scraper only collects comments that people chose to post publicly. It does not collect private data such as email addresses or phone numbers. Comments can still contain personal data, which may be protected by laws such as GDPR, so only scrape it for a legitimate reason and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. You can read more in Is web scraping legal?

Reddit Comments Scraper is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Reddit.

Something isn't working. What should I do?

Open the Issues tab and tell us the post link or subreddit, your settings and what you expected.

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