Reddit User Monitor - Archived & Hidden Profile History

Reddit User Monitor is a Reddit user history scraper that finds archived posts and comments, including public activity missing from hidden profiles when that activity is available in the archive. Enter usernames or profile links, choose a date range, and export the results to CSV, Excel or JSON.

Use it for a historical lookup or recurring snapshots on an Apify schedule. No Reddit login or Reddit API key is needed.

• Archived Reddit history: collect older posts and comments by username.
• Hidden-profile activity: find archived public contributions even when the profile does not display them.
• Bulk user monitoring: enter up to 100 usernames per run and choose separate post and comment limits.
• Simple pricing: $1 per 1,000 saved posts or comments, with no actor start fee or hidden-profile surcharge.

Can you find history from hidden Reddit profiles?

Yes. Reddit User Monitor searches archived public activity by username, so a hidden profile does not prevent it from returning posts and comments already available in the archive. The same input works for visible profiles and profiles that hide their activity.

This is useful when a profile shows little or no history, or when you need older contributions. Availability depends on what was captured: the actor does not guarantee a complete history or determine whether an account is currently hidden. Private messages, chats and content from private communities are outside its scope.

What can you do with Reddit User Monitor?

• Export Reddit user post and comment history for one account or a list of usernames.
• Find archived Reddit activity by date, including contributions no longer listed on a profile.
• Monitor Reddit users on a schedule with a rolling lookback such as the last seven days.
• Review your own account history or public contributions relevant to a community.
• Build activity timelines using original publication dates, community names and stable item IDs.
• Connect historical exports to your workflow through the Apify API, Make, n8n or Zapier.

Each run includes a report showing which user histories were retrieved, which reached a limit and which could not be completed.

How much does Reddit User Monitor cost?

The actor charges $0.001 for each saved post or comment: $1 per 1,000 results. Posts and comments have the same price. There is no actor start fee, profile lookup fee or extra charge for hidden-profile history.

Results saved	Actor fee
100 posts or comments	$0.10
188 posts or comments	$0.188
1,000 posts or comments	$1.00
10,000 posts or comments	$10.00

An empty result has no result fee. Partial runs charge for the items actually saved. Overlapping snapshots can save the same item on different runs; each saved occurrence is billable. Set a maximum charge before running to control spending.

These are actor fees. Check the Pricing tab for current terms and any applicable platform usage charges; the optional Standby API also incurs Apify platform usage.

How to export Reddit user history

1. Sign in to Apify and open Reddit User Monitor.
2. Enter usernames, Reddit profile URLs or Redveal profile URLs.
3. Set your post and comment limits, then choose available history, a fixed date range or a rolling lookback.
4. Click Start and review the results and Run report.
5. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel or JSON, or use it in an integration.

Input settings

Setting	Input field	Default and limits
Usernames or profile links	usernames	Required; 1–100 entries. Repeated usernames and case variants are combined within the run.
Maximum posts per user	maxPosts	100; choose 0–10,000. Set to 0 to skip posts.
Maximum comments per user	maxComments	1000; choose 0–10,000. Set to 0 to skip comments.
From (inclusive)	since	Optional date or timestamp; blank includes all available earlier history.
Until (exclusive)	until	Optional date or timestamp; blank uses the start of the run.
Rolling lookback (days)	lookbackDays	Optional; 1–3,650 days, recalculated on every run. Use instead of fixed dates.

At least one activity limit must be greater than zero. Dates without a timezone use UTC. For example, 2026-09-01 means midnight at the beginning of September 1.

Retrieve available archived history

{
  "usernames": ["reddit"],
  "maxPosts": 100,
  "maxComments": 1000
}

The actor accepts reddit, u/reddit, https://www.reddit.com/user/reddit/ and https://redveal.com/user/reddit. A profile link identifies the username; it does not change archive coverage.

Export a fixed date window

This example includes activity created from September 1 through September 6, UTC. The September 7 boundary is excluded.

{
  "usernames": ["reddit"],
  "maxPosts": 100,
  "maxComments": 500,
  "since": "2026-09-01",
  "until": "2026-09-07"
}

Monitor the last seven days

{
  "usernames": ["reddit"],
  "maxPosts": 100,
  "maxComments": 500,
  "lookbackDays": 7
}

Save this input as an Apify task and attach an Apify schedule. Each run recalculates the window and writes a fresh snapshot. Daily runs with a seven-day lookback overlap, which helps catch items added to the archive late.

There is no persistent deduplication between runs. To keep only newly observed activity in your own workflow, compare each item's id with IDs you have already stored. The actor does not provide instant alerts, and recently published activity may take time to reach the archive.

What data is included in the export?

Every dataset row represents one post or comment. Results are newest first within each user's posts or comments; sort by createdAt after export for a combined timeline.

Data	Output fields	Meaning
Identity	type, id, username, author	Activity type, stable Reddit ID, normalized username and archived author spelling
Content	title, body, url	Post title, post text or comment body, and a post's destination URL
Community	subreddit	The community where the activity appeared
Publication time	createdUtc, createdAt	Original timestamp as epoch seconds and a UTC date
Capture time	archivedAt, fetchedAt	Archive capture date when available, and this snapshot's retrieval date
Archived engagement	score, numComments	Score and comment count as captured, which may differ from current values
Context	postId, parentId, permalink	Parent post, reply target and link to the activity
Source	source	Always archive: the result comes from archived public activity

Example output

This is an actual archived post by Reddit's official u/reddit account. A deleted or removed body keeps Reddit's [deleted] or [removed] marker; the actor never invents missing text.

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "t3_175ktxy",
  "username": "reddit",
  "author": "reddit",
  "subreddit": "bbuk",
  "title": "r/bbuk Lounge",
  "body": "A place for members of r/bbuk to chat with each other",
  "score": 1,
  "createdUtc": 1697048017,
  "createdAt": "2023-10-11T18:13:37Z",
  "archivedAt": "2023-10-11T18:13:50Z",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-01T19:30:00Z",
  "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/comments/175ktxy/",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/bbuk/comments/175ktxy/rbbuk_lounge/",
  "postId": "t3_175ktxy",
  "parentId": null,
  "numComments": 0,
  "source": "archive"
}

Unavailable or inapplicable fields are null; an empty text field may remain an empty string. Comment IDs start with t1_ and post IDs with t3_, so the IDs can be used together without collisions.

Can I use a Reddit user history API?

Yes. Use Apify's actor-run API to start a snapshot and retrieve its dataset. The following example returns up to 20 posts and 20 comments:

curl --request POST \
  'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automly~reddit-user-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${APIFY_TOKEN}" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"usernames":["reddit"],"maxPosts":20,"maxComments":20}'

Use asynchronous actor runs for larger histories. The optional Standby endpoint supports GET /activity?username=reddit&maxPosts=20&maxComments=20, plus since, until or lookbackDays. It returns count, items and report, saves the same items to the dataset, and supports up to 100 posts and 100 comments per call. Authenticate through Apify; no Reddit credentials are needed.

Frequently asked questions

Can I retrieve deleted or removed Reddit posts and comments?

Reddit User Monitor can return a deleted or removed item's archived text when that text is still available in the public archive. If the archive contains only [deleted] or [removed], that marker is returned. Content that was never captured cannot be recovered by this actor.

Can I get more than 1,000 items from a user's history?

Reddit User Monitor allows up to 10,000 archived posts and 10,000 archived comments per user per run. Actual results depend on the archive's available records, the selected date window and your spending limit. A higher limit does not guarantee that more records exist.

Is this real-time Reddit monitoring?

Reddit User Monitor provides scheduled snapshots of archived activity. It is suitable for historical research and recurring exports, but archive updates can lag behind Reddit. Use an overlapping lookback for recurring snapshots and compare stable IDs in your destination system.

How do I know whether a history export is complete?

Open the Run report. exhausted or empty means no further matches were found for the archive query. limit_reached or cost_limit means collection stopped at a cap. partial or failed identifies retrieval problems; already saved rows remain available. An exhausted archive query does not prove complete lifetime coverage, and an empty result does not prove the account does not exist.

Does the actor identify which profiles are hidden?

Reddit User Monitor retrieves archived activity without classifying the current profile's visibility. A returned item does not, by itself, prove that the profile is hidden or that the item was deleted. Use the export as a record of available archived activity.

Is this connected to Redveal or Reddit?

Reddit User Monitor is an independent Automly tool, not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Reddit or Redveal. It accepts Redveal links as a convenient way to enter a username.

What if a run cannot retrieve my results?

Check the Run report for the affected username and activity type. Archive availability and freshness can vary. If the issue persists, report it through the actor's Issues tab with your run ID and input settings, excluding credentials.

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Last verified September 27, 2026: one sample account returned 16 posts and 172 comments. A separate date-window check returned exactly the three expected items. These are observed examples, not guarantees for other accounts.