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[Only $0.50💰] A no-auth Reddit API alternative — scrape posts & full comment threads from public JSON: site-wide & subreddit search, feed browse, date filters, NSFW toggle, phrase match, proxy rotation. Works in Claude, Cursor & ChatGPT via Apify's MCP.

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Developer

Muhamed Didovic

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

10 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Agents

Lead generation

Run mode

mode

Required

Search all of Reddit — site-wide keyword search. Search one subreddit — search inside a sub or browse its feed (leave subreddit keywords empty). Comments from post URLs — paste specific Reddit post URLs and get every comment (with full thread expansion). User scraper — legacy Cheerio flow to collect authors from listing URLs.

Type:string

Default:searchGlobal

Options:

searchGlobalsearchSubredditpostCommentssubredditUsers

Reddit post URLs

postUrls

Optional

One or more Reddit post URLs, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/webscraping/comments/1f64lbr/some_title/. Comment count per post is capped by Max comments per post.

Type:array

Keywords

searchQueries

Optional

Used when mode is Search all of Reddit. Each entry runs a separate global search on old.reddit.

Type:array

Sort

searchSort

Optional

Global search sort. Omitted when sort is new.

Type:string

Default:relevance

Options:

relevancehottopnewcomments

Time range

searchTimeframe

Optional

Global search t. Ignored when sort is new.

Type:string

Default:all

Options:

allyearmonthweekdayhour

Subreddit URL or r/name

subredditSearchUrl

Optional

Used when mode is Search one subreddit. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology or r/technology. No subreddit keywords → browse that sub’s feed (hot/new/top). With keywords → search inside the sub.

Type:string

Keywords inside subreddit

subredditSearchQueries

Optional

In-subreddit search. Leave empty to use the subreddit feed instead of search.

Type:array

Sort

subredditSearchSort

Optional

With keywords: in-subreddit search sort. Without keywords: relevance/hot → hot feed; new/top → that listing; comments → wildcard search.

Type:string

Default:relevance

Options:

relevancehottopnewcomments

Time range

subredditSearchTimeframe

Optional

t= for subreddit search and for top on the feed. Ignored for new and hot listing.

Type:string

Default:all

Options:

allyearmonthweekdayhour

Subreddit URLs

startUrls

Optional

Used when mode is User scraper. One or more subreddit URLs (e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/webscraping).

Type:array

Include NSFW

includeOver18

Optional

Maps to include_over_18 on Reddit JSON for Search all of Reddit and Search one subreddit.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Include comment threads

searchIncludeComments

Optional

Fetch each result post’s thread and save comment rows. Extra requests. maxItems still caps posts only.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Max comments per post

searchMaxCommentsPerPost

Optional

When comment threads are on. Also sets the first thread.json?limit= (competitor-style). Uses /api/morechildren to fill truncated trees until this cap.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:500

Default:200

Fetch full post text (old.reddit HTML mode)

htmlFetchPostBody

Optional

old.reddit feed/search pages don't include post body text. Turn this on to fetch each post's page for its full selftext — one extra request per post (slower). Automatically applied when Include comment threads is on. Ignored by the OAuth/API transport (which already returns body).

Type:boolean

Default:false

Keep posts from (UTC date)

searchPostDateFrom

Optional

YYYY-MM-DD. Posts older than this day are skipped (not saved). With Force new sort when filtering by date, search URLs use sort=new for better coverage.

Type:string

Keep posts until (UTC date)

searchPostDateTo

Optional

Optional inclusive end date YYYY-MM-DD.

Type:string

Keep comments from (UTC date)

searchCommentDateFrom

Optional

Optional YYYY-MM-DD. Comment rows outside the range are not saved.

Type:string

Keep comments until (UTC date)

searchCommentDateTo

Optional

Optional inclusive end YYYY-MM-DD.

Type:string

Force new sort when post dates filtered

searchForceNewSortWhenDateFiltered

Optional

If post from/until is set, use Reddit sort=new on search URLs (competitor: forceSortNewForTimeFilteredRuns).

Type:boolean

Default:false

Strict phrase search (quoted q)

searchStrictPhrase

Optional

Wrap each keyword line in double quotes in the Reddit q parameter (competitor: strictSearch).

Type:boolean

Default:false

Strict token filter (local)

searchStrictTokenFilter

Optional

After Reddit returns results, keep only posts whose title+body contain every whitespace-separated token from the keyword line (competitor: strictTokenFilter). Subreddit feed mode has no keyword line — filter does not apply.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Maximize coverage

searchMaximizeCoverage

Optional

Higher caps on search pagination pages and morechildren expansions (competitor: maximize_coverage).

Type:boolean

Default:false

Max items

maxItems

Optional

Search modes: max posts total (split across keyword lines). User scraper: max unique authors.

Type:integer

Default:100

Max concurrency

maxConcurrency

Optional

For User scraper (Cheerio). Ignored for search modes.

Type:integer

Default:10

Min concurrency

minConcurrency

Optional

Minimum pages processed in parallel.

Type:integer

Default:1

Max request retries

maxRequestRetries

Optional

Retries per failed request before giving up.

Type:integer

Default:3

Proxy configuration (optional override)

proxy

Optional

Leave empty — the actor already routes all traffic through its own built-in residential proxy at no extra cost to you. Only set this if you want to use your own proxies.

Type:object

Reddit Search Scraper — Posts, Comments & Users

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Scrape Reddit subreddit search with no API key or login. Export posts and comments to CSV/JSON — a Reddit API alternative for keyword monitoring.

Logiover

Reddit MCP Server: Reddit API Alternative for AI Agents

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Hosted Reddit MCP server for AI agents. Connect Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT and search Reddit, browse subreddits and read comment threads live — no Reddit API keys, no OAuth. A drop-in Reddit API alternative, billed per tool call.

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Reddit Scraper & MCP Server – Posts, Comments, Users

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Reddit scraper + MCP server for AI agents. Search Reddit by keyword, get subreddit feeds, extract posts, comments & user profiles as JSON. No API key or login. Connect Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT to the built-in MCP server. Runs on residential proxy.

opportunity-biz

Reddit MCP Server | Instant Post & Comment Search

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Search Reddit posts and comments, browse subreddit feeds, get post details with comment threads, and discover similar communities. 6 MCP tools for AI agents. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, OpenClaw, and any MCP client. No Reddit API key needed.

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Reddit Scraper — Posts & Comments

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Scrape posts and comments from any subreddit — no Reddit API key, no login, no proxy. A fast, free Reddit API alternative for public data, exported to JSON, CSV or Excel.

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Reddit Post Search (Pythia)

apricot_blackberry/pythia-reddit

Search Reddit posts via the public search.json endpoint. Returns up to 50 posts per query with subreddit, score, comment count, and permalink. Optional subreddit scoping. No auth required.