# Reddit Communities for Cybersecurity Professionals

**Use case:** 

Find Reddit communities for cybersecurity professionals and review subreddit names, descriptions, weekly active users, rules, and icons. Use keyword discovery ranked by activity to identify communities for audience research; set `discoverQuery` to change the topic or `maxDiscoverResults` to adjust the number returned.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "discover",
  "subreddits": [
    "python",
    "r/programming",
    "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/"
  ],
  "postUrls": [
    "https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1x1xbpb/expressing_multiple_emotions_at_one_time/"
  ],
  "discoverMode": "search",
  "discoverQuery": "cybersecurity professionals",
  "discoverSort": "activity",
  "maxDiscoverResults": 20,
  "includeRules": true,
  "includeWiki": false,
  "maxWikiPages": 20,
  "includeWeeklyStats": false,
  "includePosts": false,
  "maxPosts": 25,
  "sort": "hot",
  "timeFilter": "day",
  "includeNSFW": false,
  "onlyWithFlair": false,
  "minScore": 10,
  "maxScore": 1000,
  "minComments": 5,
  "maxComments": 500,
  "excludeStickied": false,
  "minUpvoteRatio": 0.8,
  "excludeRemoved": false,
  "excludeCrossposts": false,
  "excludeSpoilers": false,
  "excludeLocked": false,
  "excludeDeletedAuthor": false,
  "onlyOriginalContent": false,
  "minAwards": 1,
  "titleContains": "launch",
  "contentContains": "tutorial",
  "flairContains": "Discussion",
  "authorFlairContains": "Moderator",
  "authors": [
    "spez"
  ],
  "domain": "youtube.com",
  "postedAfter": "2025-01-01",
  "postedBefore": "2025-12-31",
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 25,
  "commentSort": "confidence",
  "maxCommentDepth": 3,
  "includePostDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 1
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "dataType": {
    "label": "Data type"
  },
  "subreddit_prefixed": {
    "label": "Subreddit prefixed"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "post_title": {
    "label": "Post title"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score"
  },
  "num_comments": {
    "label": "Num comments"
  },
  "weekly_active_users": {
    "label": "Weekly active users"
  },
  "created_at": {
    "label": "Created at"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Url"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Reddit Subreddit Profile, Rules & Post Filter Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Reddit Communities for Cybersecurity Professionals". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/syW44tMUhSkXi7lre) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Reddit Communities for Cybersecurity Professionals" task

The Reddit Subreddit Profile, Rules & Post Filter Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like what to scrape, subreddits, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Reddit Communities for Cybersecurity Professionals" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as data type, subreddit prefixed, title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Reddit Communities for Cybersecurity Professionals" task via API](https://apify.com/dataspryva/reddit-subreddit-profile-rules-and-post-filter.md).

## FAQ

### What information does Reddit community data include?

Community results from the cybersecurity communities task can include descriptions, weekly active users, rules, and community icons.

### How many cybersecurity communities can one run return?

The cybersecurity communities task is set to return up to 20 discovered communities per run.

### Can I change which Reddit communities the search finds?

Set the search phrase in the cybersecurity communities task to change the topic, or change the result limit from 20.

### Does the Reddit community search include posts?

The cybersecurity communities task has post collection turned off, so it searches for communities without collecting their recent posts.

### How much does it cost to get 20 Reddit community results?

At the Free plan’s result rate, up to 20 results from the cybersecurity communities task cost at most $0.02, plus the Actor start charge and Apify compute.

### Do I need a Reddit login or API key to search communities?

The cybersecurity communities task reads Reddit’s public pages and requires no Reddit account or API key.

### Can I download or schedule Reddit community results?

Results from the cybersecurity communities task can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or an HTML table; runs can also be scheduled.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Reddit Subreddit Profile, Rules & Post Filter Scraper](https://apify.com/dataspryva/reddit-subreddit-profile-rules-and-post-filter.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/dataspryva/reddit-subreddit-profile-rules-and-post-filter.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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