Reddit Scraper - Extract Posts, Comments & User Data

🚀 Reddit Scraper – Scrape Reddit Posts, Comments, Users & Communities (No Login Needed)

Reddit Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts posts, comments, user data, and subreddit details — all without authentication. Built for scalability, speed, and no rate limits. Perfect for market research, brand tracking, trend analysis, and data mining.

💰 Affordable pricing — You can run this scraper for just $15/month on the cheapest Apify paid plan.

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🔥 Why Use This Reddit Scraper?

Unlike the official Reddit API:

✔ No login required ✔ No API keys or tokens ✔ No strict limitations ✔ Faster and easier setup ✔ Automatically handles scroll, pagination & retries

This unofficial API-like scraper gets public Reddit data at scale!

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🎯 What You Can Scrape

📝 Posts

Title & text

Author username

Score / upvotes

Number of comments

Timestamps

NSFW flag

Permalink & URL

💬 Comments

Comment text

Author & score

Timestamps

Reply depth

Thread hierarchy

👥 Communities

Subreddit name & description

Subscribers count

Creation date

NSFW flag

Community URL

👤 Users

Username

Link & comment karma

Account creation date

Gold / Verified status

Recent activity

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⭐ Key Features

Feature Supported

Scrape any subreddit ✅ Extract comments automatically ✅ Search by keywords ✅ Filter by date & sort methods ✅ Residential proxy support ✅ Works with Apify scheduler & API ✅ Export data to JSON/CSV/XML/Excel/HTML ✅

Sorting options: hot, new, top, rising, relevance, comments Date filters: hour, day, week, month, year, all time NSFW control: include or exclude adult content

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💵 Cost & Pricing

Scrape 1,000+ Reddit results for less than $4 in Apify platform usage credits — fully covered under the free monthly credits.

Plan Monthly Credits Ideal For

Free Plan $5 Up to ~1,000 results Cheapest Paid Plan — $15/month More usage, higher performance Starter ($49/mo) 10,000+ results / month Scale plans Large-scale scraping

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🛠️ How It Works

No coding required:

1. Create a free Apify account

2. Open this Reddit Scraper

3. Add URLs or search keywords

4. Click Start

5. Download results in your preferred format

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🧩 Input Parameters

1️⃣ Start URLs (direct scraping)

Examples:

Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/

Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/abc123/

User: https://www.reddit.com/user/username

2️⃣ Search Terms (keyword scraping)

Search across:

Posts

Comments

Users

Subreddits

Basic Inputs

startUrls

searches

maxItems

skipComments

skipCommunity

skipUserPosts

Search Filters

includeNSFW

sort (hot, new, top, etc.)

time (week, month, year…)

postDateLimit

Limits

Control exact scope:

{ "maxItems": 100, "maxPostCount": 50, "maxComments": 10, "maxCommunitiesCount": 2, "maxUserCount": 2 }

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📌 Example Input

Search for top AI posts from last week:

{ "searches": ["artificial intelligence"], "searchPosts": true, "sort": "top", "time": "week", "maxItems": 50, "maxComments": 20, "includeNSFW": false, "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } }

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📤 Output Examples

Reddit Post JSON (shortened)

{ "post": { "title": "...", "author": "username", "score": 1234, "num_comments": 456, "permalink": "...", "over_18": false } }

Reddit Community JSON

{ "community": { "name": "Pizza", "subscribers": 569724, "over_18": false } }

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📦 Export Formats

JSON — for APIs

CSV — for Excel & analytics

XML — for structured imports

HTML — readable previews

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🧠 Popular Use Cases

Use Case Benefit

Brand Monitoring Track customer sentiment Market Research Discover user needs & trends Competitive Analysis Track competitor mentions Trend Tracking Monitor hot topics Content Ideation Find viral discussions Academic Research Analyze topic debates

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❓ FAQ

Is Reddit scraping legal? Yes — Reddit data is publicly accessible. Follow their ToS and scrape responsibly.

Do I need proxies? Recommended — already built-in with Apify residential proxy support.

Can I scrape without login? Yes — 100% public scraping.

Can I use this via API? Yes! Use REST API, Node.js, Python, or Zapier.

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🔧 Technical Details

Feature Supported

Apify SDK ✔ Residential Proxy Support ✔ Automatic Scrolling ✔ Auto Retries ✔ Unlimited Scale ✔

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🆘 Support

Apify Documentation

GitHub Issues

Apify Support Team

Video Tutorials

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📜 License & Compliance

This scraper is designed for ethical and compliant use of public data and respects Reddit’s terms.

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🎬 Start Scraping Reddit Today

👉 Run the Reddit Scraper Actor on Apify Scale from free usage → just $15/month for regular scraping needs!