Reddit Post Search Scraper

Search Reddit posts by keyword and get clean, structured data for each result: title, body text, score, upvote ratio, comment count, subreddit, author, post URL, and flags such as NSFW / locked / archived / stickied. You can also switch the search type to subreddits, users or comments.

Unofficial. This Actor is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by Reddit, Inc. It is an independent tool that retrieves publicly available data via a third-party API. Use it in compliance with Reddit's terms and all applicable laws; you are responsible for how you use the retrieved data.

What it does

• Keyword post search — give one or more queries; the Actor paginates Reddit's search results for each (following the after cursor) and returns the matching posts.
• Other search types — set searchType to sr (subreddits), user, or comment. The Actor extracts the post records present in the result set.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchKeywords	string[]	["AskReddit"]	Search queries. Each is paginated independently. Can be a topic, phrase, or subreddit name.
searchType	enum	post	post / sr / user / comment.
maxItems	integer	50	Max total posts across all queries.

Example input

{
  "searchKeywords": ["mechanical keyboard", "AskReddit"],
  "searchType": "post",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output

One dataset item per post:

{
  "id": "t3_bawfcs",
  "postTitle": "What's the creepiest Ask Reddit thread you have come across?",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/bawfcs/...",
  "permalink": "/r/AskReddit/comments/bawfcs/...",
  "content": null,
  "domain": "self.AskReddit",
  "score": 41634,
  "upvoteRatio": 0.89,
  "commentCount": 6867,
  "createdAt": "2019-04-08T17:14:36.274000+0000",
  "subreddit": "r/AskReddit",
  "subredditSubscribers": 58734983,
  "author": "Semi_HadrOn",
  "isSelfPost": true,
  "isNsfw": false,
  "isLocked": false,
  "isArchived": true,
  "voteState": "NONE",
  "source": "search:AskReddit"
}

Notes

• Data is sourced live; Reddit occasionally rate-limits, so the Actor retries transient blocks with exponential backoff.
• Post IDs are de-duplicated within a run.

Quick start

1. Open the Actor and press Run — the default input works out of the box.
2. Adjust the input fields below to your target (keywords, IDs, or URLs) and set maxItems to cap spend.
3. Grab results from the Dataset tab as JSON / CSV / Excel, or pull them via the Apify API and MCP from your own code.

No proxies to configure, no cookies to paste, no login — the Actor handles everything server-side.

Why teams switch to this Reddit scraper

Most Reddit scrapers on the market either run a full headless browser (slow, fragile, frequent failed runs) or charge $15–20 per 1,000 posts. This Actor calls a direct HTTP API — runs finish in seconds, the 30-day success rate stays high, and you pay $2.50 per 1,000 posts, roughly an eighth of the typical asking price. If you've been burned by failed runs or surprise compute charges on other Reddit actors, this is the boring, dependable alternative.

What people build with it

• Brand & product monitoring — search your brand name and product category daily; pipe new posts into Slack via Apify integrations to catch complaints and shout-outs early.
• Pain-point mining for B2B leads — search "how do I…", "alternative to…", "is there a tool…" in your niche and harvest the threads where buyers describe their problems in their own words.
• LLM / RAG corpora — collect topical discussions (titles + selftext + scores as quality weights) for fine-tuning or retrieval datasets.
• Market research — compare score, upvoteRatio and commentCount across keywords to size interest in features or trends before building.
• Content ideation — the highest-engagement questions in your niche are a ready-made editorial calendar.

Tips for better results

• Each keyword in searchKeywords paginates independently — pass several narrow phrases instead of one broad one for wider coverage.
• searchType: "comment" finds posts via matching comments — useful when the conversation, not the title, contains your keyword.
• Combine with Reddit Post Comments to expand the top posts into full comment trees for sentiment analysis.

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Why this Actor

• Direct API, no headless browser — fast, stable runs with nothing to babysit.
• No login, no cookies — we never touch your accounts, so there's no ban risk.
• Fresh, real-time data — every run reads the source live, not a stale cache.
• Pay per result — you're billed only for the rows actually delivered.
• Structured JSON — export to CSV, Excel, or JSON, or pull straight from the API / MCP.

Use cases

• Track trends, keywords, and hashtags as they emerge.
• Find top creators and viral content in any niche.
• Run competitor and category research at scale.
• Build content-idea pipelines and trend dashboards.

FAQ

Do I need an account, cookies, or to log in anywhere? No. The Actor talks to a fast, direct HTTP API server-side — you just provide inputs and run it.

How am I billed? Pay-per-result: a fixed price per row returned, with no separate platform/compute charge. Caps like maxItems keep spend predictable.

Can I run it on a schedule or call it from my app? Yes — use Apify Schedules, the REST API, the JavaScript / Python clients, or the MCP server. See the API tab.

Is this affiliated with Reddit? No. It's an independent tool that collects publicly available data. Use it in line with the platform's terms and applicable law.

More Reddit scrapers by us

• Reddit Subreddit Posts — Posts from any subreddit · sort & time
• Reddit User Posts — A user's posts & comments history
• Reddit Post Comments — Full comment tree for a post

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