Reddit User Posts Scraper

Scrape any Reddit user's posts, comments, or profile by username — no login required. Returns clean, structured data: post titles, permalinks, scores, comment counts, subreddits, flair, NSFW/locked flags, karma breakdown, and account info.

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

Give one or more usernames (the bare handle, no u/ prefix) and pick a mode:

• Posts — the submissions a user has made. Sort by NEW, HOT, or TOP.
• Comments — the comments a user has left, with the post and subreddit they belong to.
• Profile — one item per user with account info: karma (total / post / comment), post & comment counts, account age, verification, description and icon.

Posts and comments are paginated automatically up to maxItems. Results are de-duplicated by id within a run.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
usernames	string[]	["spez"]	Reddit usernames to scrape (no u/ prefix). Each processed independently.
mode	enum	posts	posts / comments / profile.
sort	enum	NEW	Post sort order (posts mode only): NEW / HOT / TOP.
maxItems	integer	25	Max total items across all usernames.

Example input

{
  "usernames": ["spez", "GovSchwarzenegger"],
  "mode": "posts",
  "sort": "TOP",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output

One dataset item per record. A post looks like:

{
  "id": "t3_1tvsa59",
  "type": "post",
  "title": "Steve, Jen, and Drew here. Ask us anything.",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/comments/1tvs5jj/...",
  "domain": "reddit.com",
  "createdAt": "2026-06-03T15:11:07.122000+0000",
  "score": 98,
  "commentCount": 23,
  "distinguishedAs": "ADMIN",
  "isNsfw": false,
  "isLocked": false,
  "postFlair": "Speculation",
  "authorFlair": "CEO",
  "author": "spez",
  "username": "spez",
  "source": "posts:spez"
}

A comment item carries content, score, subreddit, postId, postTitle; a profile item carries totalKarma, postKarma, commentKarma, postCount, commentCount, createdAt, description, and iconUrl.

Notes

• Data is sourced live; Reddit/upstream occasionally rate-limits, so the Actor retries transient blocks with exponential backoff.
• username is the plain handle (a u/ prefix is stripped automatically if supplied).

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 user scraper

Checking a Redditor's history through a headless-browser actor is slow and flaky; this Actor reads a direct HTTP API and returns a user's submissions and comments as clean JSON at $2.50 per 1,000 items — no login, no cookies, no account risk.

What people build with it

• Influencer & AMA vetting — before partnering with a Reddit personality, review what they actually post and how communities receive it.
• Moderation forensics — spot ban-evasion patterns, spam rings, and repost bots by comparing posting histories across accounts.
• User research — your power users' posting history across subreddits tells you what else they care about — useful for positioning and roadmaps.
• Witness timelines — journalists and OSINT researchers reconstruct what an account said and when, with scores and timestamps attached.
• Sales intelligence — a prospect asking for tool recommendations in r/sysadmin is a buying signal; their history shows the stack they run.

Tips for better results

• The Actor returns both posts and comments; filter client-side on isSelfPost / permalink shape if you need only one kind.
• Usernames work with or without the u/ prefix.
• Combine with Reddit Post Search to find the accounts dominating a keyword, then audit each one here.

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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

• Pull structured content + engagement for analytics dashboards.
• Track a creator's or topic's output and performance over time.
• Build training/research datasets of posts and metadata.
• Power competitor and trend monitoring.

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 Post Search — Keyword post search across Reddit
• Reddit Subreddit Posts — Posts from any subreddit · sort & time
• Reddit Post Comments — Full comment tree for a post

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