Reddit Search Scraper

Search posts inside a specific Reddit community by keyword. Uses Reddit's restrict_sr=on flag to scope the query to the subreddit instead of relying on Reddit's noisy global search.

✅ Scoped search — "pytest" inside r/python returns pytest posts only, not random matches ✅ Multiple queries per run — one input array, results aggregated into one dataset ✅ Standard sort options — relevance, hot, top, new, comments ✅ No login required ✅ First 100 results free

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Why scoped search matters

Reddit has two search endpoints:

• Global search — searches all of Reddit. Relevance is famously noisy: a query like "pytest" can return pasta recipes and TV shows.
• Subreddit-scoped search (restrict_sr=on) — searches inside one community. Reddit's relevance ranker has a much smaller candidate pool, so results are accurate.

This actor defaults to scoped search whenever you set the subreddit field. That's the entire fix to "search returned junk" — we don't trust Reddit's global ranker.

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Quick start

Search inside one subreddit (recommended)

{
  "queries": ["pytest fixtures", "asyncio"],
  "subreddit": "python",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50
}

Global search (less precise — only if you must)

{
  "queries": ["claude code"],
  "subreddit": "",
  "sort": "new",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 5
}

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Pricing

Per actor run	$0.001
Per dataset item	$0.00349 ($3.49 / 1,000)
Free trial	first 100 results

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Use cases

• Market research — track how a topic is discussed in its niche subreddit
• Lead gen — find recent "looking for X" posts in a relevant community
• Brand monitoring — watch mentions in industry-specific subreddits
• Content research — discover what's resonating in your niche

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Output

Flat post items — same schema as the universal Reddit Scraper. Includes author_id, author_flair, is_ad, media[], and all engagement metrics (score, upvote_ratio, num_comments).

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Need different scraping?

• Reddit Comments Scraper — full comment tree of a specific post
• Reddit User Scraper — profile + activity for a username
• Reddit Scraper — universal, all modes in one actor