Reddit Fast Scraper (posts, comments, search)
Pricing
$2.10 / 1,000 reddit items
Reddit Fast Scraper (posts, comments, search)
Find public Reddit posts in subreddits and searches. Set a result limit and include comments if needed. Ready to try a subreddit?
Pricing
$2.10 / 1,000 reddit items
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Developer
Daniel Michałek
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2
Monthly active users
6 days ago
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Security
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Collect public Reddit posts and optional comments from subreddits, search queries, user pages and post URLs. The Actor returns structured items and does not require a Reddit account or a browser.
What it does
- Collect posts from selected subreddits or public searches for research and monitoring.
- Fetch comments for posts when requested, preserving parent IDs and thread depth where available.
- Keep track of the source of each item and report incomplete sources and rate limits.
Input
Provide at least one of subreddits, searches or startUrls. Choose a sort order with sort and, for applicable searches or rankings, a time period with time. maxItems limits the total number of posts and comments; its default is 50. Set includeComments to true to collect comments and use maxComments to limit them per post. skipNsfw defaults to true. proxyConfiguration is optional; check the proxy provider's charges before enabling a paid proxy.
Output
Each dataset item is a post or comment. Depending on the available source it can include an ID, author, text, permalink, timestamp, score and subreddit. Comments include the post ID and parent ID where available. The dataSource field identifies JSON or RSS data. A Markdown report in the key-value store describes the run, sources and any warnings.
Pricing and cost control
The prepared pricing configuration uses the platform's apify-default-dataset-item event, with a proposed price of $0.0021 per item. The actual Store price and charging terms must be checked on the published listing. Use maxItems to limit the number of items and review the platform's run and proxy costs before starting a run.
Limitations and fair use
The Actor accesses public data only. It does not sign in, solve CAPTCHAs or access private communities. Reddit may block requests or impose rate limits; the Actor can stop early when the next allowed request falls outside the run's remaining time. When JSON access is blocked, the Actor can fall back to RSS, whose fields and coverage can differ. Availability and completeness depend on Reddit and the chosen network route.
Example
To explore a subreddit, set subreddits to ["webscraping"], choose sort as top, time as week, and set maxItems to 20. Enable includeComments only when comments are needed. See examples/input.json and examples/output.json in the source repository.
