Reddit Subreddit Tracker

Reddit Subreddit Tracker collects posts from any subreddit or global Reddit keyword search — returning score, upvote ratio, comment count, author, flair, post type, and optionally full body text. Filter by sort order (hot/new/top/rising), time period, and minimum score. No API key or Reddit account required. $0.001/post.

Reddit is one of the richest sources of genuine community discussion — niche subreddits contain highly informed conversations that mainstream media misses. This actor makes those communities systematically queryable for research, monitoring, and content pipelines.

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Why use Reddit Subreddit Tracker?

1. Trending post monitoring — Pull sort: "hot" from niche subreddits daily to catch what the community is engaged with before it breaks into mainstream coverage. Hot posts on r/wallstreetbets or r/CryptoCurrency often precede price action.
2. Brand and keyword surveillance — Search for your company name, product, or competitor across all of Reddit. minScore: 10 filters noise; high-score posts with your brand need attention.
3. Newsletter and content curation — Pull sort: "top" + timeFilter: "week" from targeted subreddits to auto-curate the best content for your audience.
4. Community research — Compare post volume and score distributions across related subreddits (e.g. r/learnpython vs r/Python vs r/programming) to understand community health and engagement patterns.
5. Data pipeline input — Feed Reddit posts into downstream analysis — sentiment scoring, entity extraction, topic modeling — as a structured starting point.

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How to use

1. Open the actor on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Set subreddits to the communities you want to monitor (e.g. ["wallstreetbets", "CryptoCurrency"]) or set keyword for a global search.
3. Set sort and timeFilter (e.g. sort: "top", timeFilter: "week" for weekly best posts).
4. Set minScore to filter out low-quality posts.
5. Click Start. Returns structured post records from Reddit.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
subreddits	string[]	[]	Subreddit names without r/ prefix (e.g. ["python", "programming"])
keyword	string	""	Search term for global Reddit search
sort	string	"hot"	Sort order: hot, new, top, rising
timeFilter	string	"week"	Time window for top sort: hour, day, week, month, year, all
minScore	integer	0	Skip posts below this score
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum posts to return (1–500)
includeBody	boolean	false	Include full self-post body text

At least one of subreddits or keyword must be provided.

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Output

{
  "post_id": "abc123",
  "subreddit": "CryptoCurrency",
  "title": "Bitcoin ETF records $1B inflows — where do we stand?",
  "url": "https://i.redd.it/example.jpg",
  "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/abc123/...",
  "score": 4820,
  "upvote_ratio": 0.97,
  "comment_count": 623,
  "author": "u/example_user",
  "flair": "News",
  "awards_count": 12,
  "is_video": false,
  "post_type": "link",
  "created_at": "2026-08-30T14:22:00+00:00",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-02T08:00:00+00:00"
}

Post types

Value	Description
text	Self post with body text
link	External link post
image	Image or gallery post
video	Video post (Reddit or external)

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Cost estimation

Pay-Per-Event: $0.005 per actor start + $0.001 per post returned.

Use case	Posts	Estimated cost
100 hot posts from 2 subreddits	100	~$0.105/run
Daily trending check (50 posts)	50	~$0.055/day
Weekly top-500 content curation	500	~$0.505/run
10 keyword search results	10	~$0.015/run

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FAQ

What's the difference between subreddits and keyword? subreddits fetches posts directly from specific communities (r/python, r/wallstreetbets). keyword runs a global Reddit search and returns posts from any subreddit that match the search term. You can use both in the same run — results are deduplicated.

How does rising sort work? Reddit's rising sort shows posts gaining velocity right now. It returns a small number of posts (typically 25–50) due to Reddit API limitations. Use it for real-time trend detection rather than bulk collection.

Does it include stickied moderator posts? Yes — stickied/pinned posts may appear at the top regardless of score. Filter these out in your code by checking if flair: "Mod Post" or similar.

Can I get deleted posts or comments? No — deleted posts/comments show as [deleted] or [removed]. The actor returns whatever Reddit's public API serves.

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