Reddit Lead Generation Scraper — Find Buyers Asking for Recommendations on Reddit

Reddit is full of people publicly asking for product recommendations, announcing they're switching tools, and looking for exactly what you sell. This actor finds them.

Search Reddit for buying intent phrases across all subreddits or specific communities. Every result is a real person who has expressed active interest in finding a solution — ranked by buzz score so the hottest, most-engaged threads surface first.

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What Is Reddit Lead Generation Scraper?

Reddit Lead Generation Scraper searches Reddit for threads and comments containing high-intent phrases — the language people use when they're in active buying mode. Phrases like "recommend a CRM", "switching from Salesforce", "anyone use X for Y", or "looking for a tool that does Z".

Unlike generic Reddit scrapers that return raw posts, this actor is built for sales and marketing workflows. Defaults are tuned for lead generation: comments are searched alongside posts (most buying intent lives in comment threads), results are sorted newest-first to surface fresh leads before competitors, and the minimum score is set to zero so brand-new posts with no upvotes yet are captured.

Every result is ranked by buzz score — a composite metric that weights engagement relative to post age. A thread posted an hour ago with 10 upvotes scores higher than a month-old thread with 500, because the fresh one is the lead you can actually act on.

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Key Features

• Intent phrase search — search for the exact language buyers use: recommendations, comparisons, switching signals, pain point descriptions
• Comments + posts — buying intent is often buried in comment threads, not just top-level posts. Both are searched by default
• Newest-first by default — find leads before competitors. Sort by new to catch fresh threads as they're posted
• Buzz score ranking — results ranked by engagement velocity, not raw upvotes. Fresh high-engagement threads always surface first
• Subreddit targeting — restrict to specific communities (r/entrepreneur, r/sales, r/smallbusiness) for vertical-specific lead gen
• Zero minimum score — catches brand-new posts that haven't accumulated votes yet. The freshest leads are often unscored
• Multi-phrase search — run dozens of intent phrases in one pass. Each is tracked independently with its own summary row
• Per-phrase summary — every phrase gets a summary row: total results, top subreddits, top post, buzz breakdown
• Monitor mode — schedule recurring runs and track which intent threads are still gaining traction between sessions

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Who Uses This?

B2B SaaS Sales Teams & SDRs

Reddit surfaces buyers in active evaluation mode that no CRM or intent tool catches. Search for phrases like "switching from [competitor]", "recommend a [category]", or "best [tool] for [use case]" and find people who are literally asking for your product right now. Export results and add them to your outreach sequence.

Growth Hackers & Demand Gen Marketers

Reddit buying intent discussions are warm leads hiding in plain sight. Someone asking "what's the best email marketing tool for e-commerce" in r/shopify is a qualified prospect. Find them, engage authentically, and convert before anyone else does.

Recruiting & Staffing Agencies

Search for phrases like "looking for a developer", "hiring a freelancer", "need a designer for" to find companies actively looking to hire. Reddit is full of founders and small business owners posting hiring needs in communities like r/entrepreneur, r/startups, and r/forhire.

Digital Marketing Agencies & Consultants

Find businesses publicly struggling with the exact problems you solve. Search for pain point phrases ("Facebook ads not converting", "need help with SEO", "struggling with email open rates") in relevant subreddits to identify prospects who are pre-sold on the need — they just need to find you.

E-commerce & DTC Brands

Monitor product category subreddits for people asking for recommendations in your niche. Someone posting "looking for a good quality X under $Y" in r/BuyItForLife or a product-specific community is a buyer with their wallet open.

Investor & Market Researchers

Track which product categories people are actively seeking solutions for. Consistent volume of recommendation requests in a niche signals unsatisfied demand and real market opportunity.

Competitor Intelligence Teams

Search for your competitor's name combined with switching signals — "leaving [competitor]", "switching from [competitor]", "alternatives to [competitor]" — to find dissatisfied customers actively looking for something better.

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Output — What You Get

Mention rows

Field	Description
rank	Position in results (1 = highest buzz score)
buzzScore	Composite engagement velocity score
scoreDelta	Upvote change since last run (monitor mode only)
type	post or comment
matchedKeywords	Which intent phrase(s) triggered this result
title	Post title
body	Comment text (for comment results)
subreddit	Which subreddit this came from
score	Raw upvote count
numComments	Total replies on the post
postAgeHours	How old the post is in hours
postUrl	Link to the original post
commentUrl	Direct link to the comment (for comment results)

Summary rows (one per phrase)

Field	Description
keyword	The intent phrase
mentionsDelta	Change in total results vs. last run
avgBuzzDelta	Change in average buzz score vs. last run
totalMentions	Total results found for this phrase
postCount / commentCount	Breakdown by type
topSubreddits	Top 5 communities where this phrase appears
topPostTitle	Highest buzz result for this phrase
topPostUrl	Link to the top result

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Getting Started

1. Add your intent phrases — Enter the buying language your target customers use. What would someone type on Reddit when they're looking for your product? Add one phrase per line.

2. Set your time window — "Past week" catches recent intent without missing slower-moving buying cycles. If running daily, use "Past 24 hours".

3. Choose your subreddits — Leave empty to search all of Reddit, or restrict to specific communities for targeted results.

4. Run — Results appear in the Mentions tab ranked by buzz score. The top results are the freshest, most-engaged buying discussions.

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
keywords	—	Buying intent phrases to search (required)
sortBy	new	Sort order: new, relevance, top, hot, comments
timeFilter	week	Time window: hour, day, week, month, year, all
searchPosts	true	Search top-level posts
searchComments	true	Search comments (recommended)
subredditFilter	[]	Restrict to specific subreddits (optional)
maxResultsPerKeyword	50	Max results per phrase
minScore	0	Minimum upvote score (0 = catch brand-new posts)
trackChanges	false	Enable monitor mode for delta tracking
proxyConfiguration	Residential	Proxy settings

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Intent Phrase Examples by Use Case

B2B SaaS / CRM recommend a CRM, switching from Salesforce, HubSpot alternatives, best CRM for small business, looking for a sales tool

Marketing tools best email marketing software, recommend an email tool, switching from Mailchimp, looking for a marketing automation tool

Development / Tech recommend a hosting provider, best VPS for, switching from AWS, looking for a developer tool

E-commerce best Shopify app for, recommend a shipping solution, looking for a print on demand, switching from Etsy

Agencies / Services looking for an agency, need help with Facebook ads, recommend a freelancer, hiring a developer

Competitive displacement [competitor name] alternative, leaving [competitor name], frustrated with [competitor name]

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Monitor Mode — Track Fresh Intent Over Time

Enable Track Changes Between Runs and schedule the actor weekly or daily. Each run records a snapshot. The next run adds a scoreDelta field showing how many upvotes each thread gained since last check — rising upvotes on an intent thread means the conversation is still active.

Practical workflow: Run on a Monday schedule targeting the past week. Export results to Google Sheets or a CRM via Apify integrations. Each week's run shows net-new threads (mentionsDelta) alongside still-active older ones.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from a generic Reddit scraper? Defaults are tuned for lead generation: comments searched alongside posts, sorted newest-first, minimum score at zero, buzz scoring surfaces the freshest high-engagement threads. A generic scraper dumps raw results. This one is set up for your sales workflow out of the box.

Can I search multiple phrases at once? Yes — add as many as you want. Each is searched independently and gets its own summary row. All results are combined and ranked together by buzz score.

What subreddits work best for lead gen? Depends on your market. B2B: r/entrepreneur, r/startups, r/smallbusiness, r/sales, r/marketing. E-commerce: r/shopify, r/Etsy, r/dropshipping. Tech: r/webdev, r/sysadmin, r/devops. Leave the filter empty to cast the widest net.

How do I act on the leads? Reddit is a community — hard pitching gets downvoted. The best approach is authentic engagement: answer the question helpfully, mention your product as one option, and be transparent about your affiliation. Alternatively, use the threads for prospect research and reach out off-platform.

Can I connect this to my CRM? Yes — Apify integrates natively with Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and hundreds of other tools. Set up a Zap that imports new results into your CRM after each run.

Can I schedule it to run automatically? Yes. Use Apify's built-in scheduler. Combined with monitor mode, you get a continuous stream of fresh buying intent delivered on schedule.

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Built for sales teams, SDRs, growth marketers, and agencies who know Reddit is full of warm leads — and want a systematic way to find them.