Reddit Subreddit Scraper

Scrape posts from any subreddit with full engagement metrics — upvotes, comment counts, flairs, body text, and more. No setup required beyond choosing your subreddit.

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Features

• Fetch posts from any public subreddit
• Sort by hot, new, top, or rising
• Returns up to 500 posts per run
• Captures full engagement metrics: score, upvote ratio, comment count
• Includes post body text, flair, thumbnail URL, and permalink
• Timestamps converted to ISO 8601 for easy downstream use
• Clean error handling — dataset always receives at least one record

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Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
subreddit	string	✅ Yes	startups	Subreddit name (no r/ prefix)
sort	string	No	hot	Sort order: hot, new, top, rising
maxResults	integer	No	10	Max posts to return (1–500)
includeBodyText	boolean	No	true	Include post body/selftext in output

Example Input JSON

{
  "subreddit": "startups",
  "sort": "hot",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "includeBodyText": true
}

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Output

Each record in the dataset represents one Reddit post.

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Reddit post ID
title	string	Post title
author	string	Username of the poster
subreddit	string	Subreddit name
url	string	Full URL to the post or linked content
score	number	Net upvote score
upvoteRatio	number	Upvote ratio (e.g. 0.95)
numComments	number	Number of comments
createdAt	string	ISO 8601 post creation timestamp
bodyText	string | null	Post body text (null for link posts or if disabled)
isTextPost	boolean	true if self/text post, false if link post
flair	string | null	Post flair if present
thumbnail	string | null	Thumbnail URL if present
permalink	string	Reddit permalink path
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when this record was scraped

Example Output (2 sample records)

[
  {
    "id": "1abc123",
    "title": "We launched our SaaS and got 500 signups in 48 hours — here's what worked",
    "author": "founder_mode",
    "subreddit": "startups",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1abc123/we_launched/",
    "score": 1842,
    "upvoteRatio": 0.97,
    "numComments": 214,
    "createdAt": "2025-03-15T09:22:11.000Z",
    "bodyText": "We've been building in stealth for 8 months...",
    "isTextPost": true,
    "flair": "Launch",
    "thumbnail": null,
    "permalink": "/r/startups/comments/1abc123/we_launched/",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-04-01T14:05:33.221Z"
  },
  {
    "id": "2xyz789",
    "title": "How do you validate a B2B idea before building anything?",
    "author": "pre_revenue_pete",
    "subreddit": "startups",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/2xyz789/how_do_you_validate/",
    "score": 423,
    "upvoteRatio": 0.92,
    "numComments": 87,
    "createdAt": "2025-03-14T17:44:55.000Z",
    "bodyText": "I have an idea for automating procurement workflows for SMBs...",
    "isTextPost": true,
    "flair": "Question",
    "thumbnail": null,
    "permalink": "/r/startups/comments/2xyz789/how_do_you_validate/",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-04-01T14:05:33.221Z"
  }
]

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Pricing

This actor uses a Pay Per Event (PPE) model:

$0.50 per 100 posts returned. Minimum charge per run: one unit (up to 100 posts).

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Support

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