Reddit Scraper Fast — Posts, Comments & Search

The fastest free Reddit scraper on Apify. Extract posts, comments, and search results from any subreddit — no login, no API key, no rate-limit headaches.

Why This Actor?

• No Reddit API key needed — scrapes public JSON endpoints directly
• Async httpx — 3x faster than requests-based scrapers
• Search + Browse — search by keyword OR browse any subreddit
• Comments included — top comments per post, ranked by score
• Pay-per-result — only pay for what you scrape

Features

• Scrape up to 500 posts per run from any public subreddit
• Full-text search across all of Reddit or within a specific subreddit
• Comment extraction — top comments per post with author, score, and body
• Sort by: hot, new, top, rising, controversial
• Time filters: hour, day, week, month, year, all
• Rich metadata: score, upvote ratio, flair, awards, NSFW flag, domain
• Clean JSON output — ready for data pipelines, dashboards, or AI training

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
subreddit	string		Subreddit to scrape (without r/)
searchQuery	string		Search query (searches all Reddit or within subreddit)
maxItems	number	25	Posts to fetch (max 500)
includeComments	boolean	false	Fetch top comments per post
maxComments	number	5	Comments per post (max 25)
sort	string	hot	Sort: hot, new, top, rising, controversial
timeFilter	string	week	Time filter for top/search: hour, day, week, month, year, all

Output Example

{
  "id": "1abc123",
  "title": "Python 3.14 released with experimental JIT",
  "author": "guido_van_rossum",
  "subreddit": "programming",
  "score": 4521,
  "upvoteRatio": 0.97,
  "numComments": 312,
  "url": "https://python.org/downloads/release/python-3140/",
  "permalink": "https://reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1abc123/...",
  "selftext": "",
  "isNsfw": false,
  "flair": "News",
  "topComments": [
    {
      "author": "dev_enthusiast",
      "body": "The JIT improvements are incredible...",
      "score": 892
    }
  ]
}

Use Cases

• Market research — track brand mentions and sentiment on Reddit
• Content discovery — find trending topics in any niche
• Competitive analysis — monitor competitor subreddits
• AI/ML training data — collect labeled discussion data
• SEO research — find questions people ask about your topic
• Trend monitoring — track rising posts in real-time

Rate Limits

This actor respects Reddit's public API rate limits with built-in delays between requests. For large scrapes (200+ posts with comments), expect runs of 2-5 minutes.

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