Lemmy Keyword Monitor — Track Mentions on the Open Reddit Alternative

Know when Lemmy talks about your product, your competitor, or the problem you solve. Lemmy Keyword Monitor is a no-code lemmy keyword monitor and mention tracker for Lemmy — the open-source, federated Reddit alternative where many communities migrated. It watches any keyword across Lemmy and delivers fresh posts as clean, structured data. Powered by the open Lemmy API — no key, no auth.

Great for lead generation, brand monitoring, and community research on a fast-growing, developer- and privacy-friendly network.

What you get

keyword	title	author	community	score	comments	createdAt	url
self hosted	Best self-hosted alternative to X?	alice	selfhosted	42	18	2026-06-12	https://lemmy.world/post/123

{
  "keyword": "self hosted",
  "source": "lemmy",
  "type": "post",
  "id": "https://lemmy.world/post/123",
  "title": "Best self-hosted alternative to X?",
  "snippet": "I've been looking for a lightweight, privacy-friendly option …",
  "author": "alice",
  "community": "selfhosted",
  "score": 42,
  "numComments": 18,
  "createdAt": "2026-06-12T08:14:03Z",
  "url": "https://example.com/tool",
  "lemmyUrl": "https://lemmy.world/post/123",
  "matchedIn": "title"
}

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel, or via the Apify API.

Use cases

• Lead generation — catch people on Lemmy asking for a tool like yours.
• Brand monitoring — track mentions of your product across federated communities.
• Competitor tracking — follow what users say about rivals.
• Community research — discover the questions and pain points of a niche audience.

How to use

1. Enter your keywords.
2. (Optional) Pick a Lemmy instance — lemmy.world by default; it federates content network-wide.
3. Run it — or schedule it daily.
4. Export or automate — CSV/Sheets, or Slack/webhook/Make/Zapier via Apify integrations.

Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
keywords	array	required	Words or phrases to monitor.
instance	string	lemmy.world	Lemmy instance to query.
timeRange	enum	day	hour … all.
sort	enum	new	new, relevance, top.
includeNsfw	boolean	false	Include NSFW posts.
maxResultsPerKeyword	integer	50	Max posts per keyword.
proxyConfiguration	proxy	off	Optional.

Scheduling & integrations

Built to run daily on autopilot via Apify Schedules, with Google Sheets, Slack, email, webhooks, Make, and Zapier integrations.

Pricing

Simple pay-per-event: a small fee per run start + a small fee per post found. A typical daily run costs a few cents; empty runs are near-free.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. Lemmy's API is fully open.

Which instance should I use? lemmy.world is the largest and federates content from across the network, so it's a good default. You can point it at any instance.

How fresh is the data? Real-time. sort = new returns the newest posts first.

What if a run finds nothing? It writes one informational item per keyword, at near-zero cost.

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