Reddit Post & Comment Scraper
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Pay per usage
Reddit Post & Comment Scraper
Scrape posts and comments from any subreddit via old.reddit.com. Extract titles, scores, authors, timestamps, comment threads, and nested replies. Ideal for sentiment analysis, trend tracking, brand monitoring, and academic research.
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Pay per usage
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Josh Pinkerton
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Reddit Post & Comment Scraper
Extract posts and comments from any subreddit with full metadata: titles, scores, authors, timestamps, and nested comment threads.
Why use this scraper?
- Monitor community sentiment and trending topics
- Archive subreddit content for research or backup
- Build training data for NLP and moderation models
- Pull historical thread data Reddit search no longer surfaces easily
How to use
- Open the Reddit Post & Comment Scraper in Apify Console
- Enter one or more subreddits in
subreddits - Choose
sortorder:hot,new,top, orrising - Set
limitand optionally enable comments withmaxCommentsPerPost - Click Run and export results to JSON, CSV, or Excel.
Input
| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
subreddits | array | Subreddits to scrape | python, programming |
sort | enum | Post sort order | hot |
limit | integer | Max posts to fetch | 100 |
includeComments | boolean | Whether to fetch comments | true |
maxCommentsPerPost | integer | Max comments per post | 50 |
Output
{"post_id": "t3_abc123","subreddit": "python","title": "Why I switched from Flask to FastAPI","score": 874,"author": "dev_jane","created_utc": "2026-07-04T20:15:00Z","url": "https://reddit.com/r/python/comments/abc123","comments": [{"comment_id": "t1_def456","author": "commenter_bob","body": "Same here, FastAPI is faster to ship with.","score": 42,"created_utc": "2026-07-04T20:30:00Z"}]}
Pricing
Pay-per-event: $0.005 per extracted item (post or comment). A 100-post / 5,000-comment run costs about $25.00.
Tips
- Use
sort: newcombined with the Apify Scheduler for real-time monitoring - Lower
maxCommentsPerPostduring development to save time and cost - Output works well with downstream sentiment-analysis actors
FAQ
Does this scrape user profiles? No. It scrapes public posts and comments from subreddit listings only.
Are private subreddits supported? No. Only public subreddits are accessible without authentication.