Reddit Content Ideas Miner

Mine Reddit for high-value questions, pain points and trending discussions — ready-to-use content ideas for creators, marketers and founders.

What it does

This Actor scans any list of subreddits and returns posts that represent genuine content opportunities. Each result includes:

• Content type — question, pain_point, showcase, discussion, news, other
• Content angle — suggested creator angle: how_to, tool_review, beginner_guide, case_study, myth_busting, list, controversy, other
• Content value score — 0–10 score that combines upvotes, comment count and content type to rank the best ideas first

No Reddit API key or OAuth required — uses public RSS feeds.

Sample output

{
  "subreddit": "entrepreneur",
  "post_id": "1cv9xk2",
  "title": "How do I get my first paying customer without a following?",
  "content_type": "question",
  "content_angle": "how_to",
  "content_value_score": 8.4,
  "score": 1243,
  "num_comments": 312,
  "author": "solo_founder_22",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/entrepreneur/comments/1cv9xk2/",
  "created_utc": "2026-05-28T14:32:00+00:00"
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
subreddits	array	["entrepreneur","startups","marketing","socialmedia"]	Subreddits to mine (no r/ prefix)
content_types	array	["question","pain_point"]	Types to include
mode	string	top	top (top posts) or search (keyword search)
keywords	array	[]	Keywords for mode=search
time_filter	string	month	day / week / month / year / all
min_score	integer	5	Minimum upvotes
min_comments	integer	0	Minimum comments
min_value_score	number	5.0	Minimum content value score (0–10)
max_results	integer	200	Maximum results to return

Use cases

• Content creators — find what your target audience is asking before making a video or blog post
• Marketers — discover pain points for ad copy and landing page messaging
• Founders — validate ideas by seeing what problems people post about repeatedly
• SEO teams — identify question-based keywords with proven organic interest

How it works

1. Fetches top posts (or search results) from each subreddit via Reddit's public RSS feeds
2. Classifies each post by content type using pattern matching on the title
3. Assigns a content angle based on title patterns and content type
4. Scores each post (0–10) combining upvote volume, comment engagement and content type
5. Filters and ranks results, returning only posts above the configured thresholds

Limits & fair use

• Uses Reddit's public RSS feeds (no authentication required)
• Respects a ~2s delay between requests per subreddit
• Reddit's public RSS returns a maximum of ~100 posts per endpoint; for deeper history, use mode=search with multiple keywords
• Do not set very low delays or run against hundreds of subreddits simultaneously

Running locally

python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

Override input via environment variable:

$ACTOR_INPUT='{"subreddits":["learnpython","Python"],"content_types":["question"],"min_score":20}' python main.py