Reddit Search Scraper

Search Reddit and extract structured data across all content types — posts, comments, communities, media, and people. No login, no cookies, no manual scrolling.

→ Enter a keyword and select a Search Type in the Input tab, then click Start.

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What you get

Each result includes a dataType field that identifies the content type. Here's what each type looks like:

Posts (searchType: "posts")

{
  "dataType": "post",
  "id": "t3_1u8s0g1",
  "title": "So.. did Iran win this conflict?",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1u8s0g1/so_did_iran_win_this_conflict/",
  "subredditName": "NoStupidQuestions",
  "subredditId": "t5_2w844",
  "authorName": "MarsupialThink4064",
  "authorId": "t2_8mxlchoh",
  "nsfw": false,
  "spoiler": false,
  "createdAt": "2026-06-18T00:52:28.818000+0000",
  "voteCount": 7656,
  "commentCount": 2520,
  "thumbnailUrl": null,
  "body": "After Iran and the US exchanged fire...",
  "upvoteRatio": 0.88,
  "contentType": "text",
  "images": null
}

Comments (searchType: "comments")

{
  "dataType": "comment",
  "id": "t1_np7f7jd",
  "postId": "t3_1oywew6",
  "postTitle": "20 years worth of spent nuclear fuel from a nuclear reactor",
  "postUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1oywew6/...",
  "subredditName": "Damnthatsinteresting",
  "subredditId": "t5_2xxyj",
  "authorName": "FlatusSurprise",
  "body": "It's called a closed cycle fuel system and Japan has been doing it for decades...",
  "createdAt": "2025-11-16T20:35:43.105000+0000"
}

Communities (searchType: "communities")

{
  "dataType": "community",
  "id": "t5_2rzk9",
  "name": "PERSIAN",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/PERSIAN/",
  "description": "A community to discuss all things related to Iran and its people, culture, cuisine & history.",
  "nsfw": false,
  "weeklyVisitors": 25220,
  "weeklyPosts": 1090,
  "iconUrl": null
}

Media (searchType: "media")

{
  "dataType": "post",
  "id": "t3_1ud1rtp",
  "title": "What if USA had landed troops in Iran?",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternateHistoryHub/comments/1ud1rtp/...",
  "subredditName": "AlternateHistoryHub",
  "subredditId": "t5_3c881",
  "authorName": "Acceptable-Tackle301",
  "authorId": "t2_25eeqwi7m9",
  "nsfw": false,
  "spoiler": false,
  "contentType": "image",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://preview.redd.it/what-if-usa-had-landed-troops-in-iran-v0-esxarl5vdx8h1.jpg?...",
  "images": [
    "https://preview.redd.it/what-if-usa-had-landed-troops-in-iran-v0-esxarl5vdx8h1.jpg?..."
  ]
}

People (searchType: "people")

{
  "dataType": "people",
  "id": "t2_1q5x7lnnrw",
  "name": "IndiaTodayGlobal",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/IndiaTodayGlobal/",
  "karma": 419118,
  "iconUrl": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_eji7t4/styles/profileIcon_d8395d1jx13f1.jpg"
}

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Input

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
query	Yes	—	Search keyword (e.g. "apify scraper", "chatgpt alternatives")
searchType	No	posts	posts / comments / communities / media / people
maxResults	No	100	Number of results to collect — 1 to 500
timeFilter	No	all	all / year / month / week / day / hour — applies to posts and media
sortOrder	No	relevance	relevance / hot / top / new / comments — applies to posts and media

Results are exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel from your Apify dataset.

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Output fields by type

Posts & Media

Field	Description
dataType	"post"
id	Post ID (e.g. t3_1u8s0g1)
title	Post title
url	Direct link to the post
subredditName	Subreddit name
subredditId	Subreddit ID
authorName	Author username
authorId	Author ID
nsfw	Whether the post is NSFW
spoiler	Whether the post is marked as a spoiler
createdAt	ISO 8601 timestamp
voteCount	Net upvotes (posts only)
commentCount	Number of comments (posts only)
upvoteRatio	Upvote ratio 0–1 (posts only)
contentType	text / image / video / multi_media / link
body	Full post text (text posts only; null for others)
thumbnailUrl	Thumbnail image URL
images	Image URLs (image and gallery posts only)

Comments

Field	Description
dataType	"comment"
id	Comment ID (e.g. t1_owbt1zt)
postId	Parent post ID
postTitle	Parent post title
postUrl	Link to the parent post
subredditName	Subreddit name
subredditId	Subreddit ID
authorName	Comment author username
body	Comment text
createdAt	ISO 8601 timestamp

Communities

Field	Description
dataType	"community"
id	Subreddit ID (e.g. t5_2rzk9)
name	Subreddit name
url	Subreddit URL
description	Community description
nsfw	Whether the community is NSFW
weeklyVisitors	Weekly visitor count
weeklyPosts	Weekly post count
iconUrl	Community icon image URL

People

Field	Description
dataType	"people"
id	User ID (e.g. t2_12gbdz)
name	Username
url	Profile URL
karma	Total karma
iconUrl	Avatar image URL

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Use cases

• Brand & market research — find what people say about a product across posts, comments, and communities
• Trend monitoring — track rising discussions with sortOrder: "new" or timeFilter: "day"
• Community discovery — use searchType: "communities" to find relevant subreddits for a topic
• Training data — collect authentic text from posts and comments for NLP and sentiment models
• Influencer research — use searchType: "people" to find active voices around a topic

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For developers

JavaScript / TypeScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('crw/reddit-search-scraper').call({
  query: 'web scraping tools',
  searchType: 'posts',
  maxResults: 200,
  timeFilter: 'month',
  sortOrder: 'top',
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_API_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('crw/reddit-search-scraper').call(run_input={
    'query': 'web scraping tools',
    'searchType': 'comments',
    'maxResults': 200,
    'timeFilter': 'month',
})

for item in client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items():
    print(item)

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Limitations

• Up to 500 results per run
• body is only populated for text posts — image, video, and link posts return null
• timeFilter and sortOrder apply to posts and media only; ignored for other search types
• voteCount, commentCount, and upvoteRatio are not available for media results

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