Reddit Product Mentions Scraper

Search Reddit for product mentions, complaints, and negative reviews. Perfect for brand monitoring, competitive analysis, and customer sentiment tracking.

What This Actor Does

• Searches all of Reddit or specific subreddits for your product/company mentions
• Finds negative feedback - complaints, issues, criticism using sentiment analysis
• Extracts posts AND comments (optional) for comprehensive coverage
• Returns structured data ready for analysis

Use Cases

• Brand Monitoring: Track what people are saying about your product
• Competitive Intelligence: Monitor competitor mentions and complaints
• Customer Insights: Find common pain points and feature requests
• PR Crisis Detection: Catch negative sentiment before it spreads
• Product Research: Understand market needs and gaps

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description
productName	string	Product or company name to search (required)
subreddits	array	Specific subreddits to search (empty = all Reddit)
maxResults	integer	Maximum posts to return (default: 50, max: 200)
includeComments	boolean	Also scrape comments (default: false)
negativeOnly	boolean	Only negative sentiment posts (default: true)
lookbackDays	integer	Only posts from last N days

Output Data

Each result includes:

{
  "id": "reddit-abc123",
  "type": "post",
  "product_name": "Postman",
  "subreddit": "webdev",
  "title": "Anyone else having issues with Postman?",
  "content": "The app has been crashing constantly since the last update...",
  "author": "dev_user123",
  "score": 45,
  "num_comments": 23,
  "date_posted": "2025-12-15T14:30:00Z",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/..."
}

Pricing

Recommended Apify Store pricing (Pay per result): $2.99 / 1,000 items (posts/comments).

Notes:

• subreddits is optional (leave empty to search all of Reddit)
• Enable includeComments for deeper coverage (more items returned)

Example Queries

1. Find Postman complaints:

   • productName: "Postman"
   • negativeOnly: true

2. Monitor Slack in tech subreddits:

   • productName: "Slack"
   • subreddits: ["webdev", "devops", "sysadmin"]

3. Full brand audit with comments:

   • productName: "Notion"
   • includeComments: true
   • maxResults: 100