# Reddit Buyer Intent & Brand Monitor (`muhammadafzal/reddit-buyer-intent-brand-monitor`) Actor

Search public Reddit for buyer intent and brand mentions. Return posts with text, subreddit, engagement, matched terms, intent score, signals, source, and URL. Direct Reddit first; ScrapeCreators fallback when blocked. No Reddit login or cookies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/reddit-buyer-intent-brand-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Afzal](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 reddit results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Reddit Buyer Intent & Brand Monitor

Find public Reddit posts that show purchase research, vendor comparison, pricing interest, or mentions of your brands and competitors. Results include a transparent 0–100 buyer-intent score, detected signals, matched queries, subreddit, engagement, and source URL.

### Input

- `queries`: product/problem phrases such as `looking for project management software`.
- `brandNames`: brands or competitors to monitor; each is also searched when not already in `queries`.
- `subreddits`: optional names without `r/`.
- `sort`, `timeframe`, and `maxResults` control search and cost.
- `useScrapeCreatorsFallback`: enabled by default. Configure the private Apify secret `SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY` to enable fallback when Reddit returns a block, rate limit, or server error.

The Actor uses public data only; no Reddit cookies or login are required. Direct Reddit JSON is attempted first. ScrapeCreators is an authorized public-data provider fallback and is never called when the direct route returns usable data.

### Output

Each dataset item is one Reddit post. The `OUTPUT` key-value record contains delivery counts, route telemetry, warnings, and the selected searches. The Actor charges one `reddit-result` event per delivered dataset item.

Buyer-intent scoring is heuristic, not a purchase guarantee. It rewards active research, commercial language, comparisons/decisions, solution-category terms, and brand mentions.

### Example

```json
{
  "queries": ["best CRM for a small business", "looking for CRM recommendations"],
  "brandNames": ["Acme CRM", "Competitor CRM"],
  "subreddits": ["smallbusiness", "SaaS"],
  "timeframe": "month",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Product, problem, competitor, or intent phrases to search on Reddit.

## `brandNames` (type: `array`):

Optional brand names to detect in titles and post text.

## `subreddits` (type: `array`):

Optional subreddit names without r/. Empty searches all public Reddit.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Reddit search ordering.

## `timeframe` (type: `string`):

Time window used by Reddit/provider search.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum unique posts to return across all searches.

## `useScrapeCreatorsFallback` (type: `boolean`):

Use SCRAPECREATORS\_API\_KEY only when Reddit direct search is blocked or fails.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "looking for project management software"
  ],
  "brandNames": [],
  "subreddits": [],
  "sort": "new",
  "timeframe": "month",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "useScrapeCreatorsFallback": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `delivered` (type: `string`):

No description

## `directRequests` (type: `string`):

No description

## `providerRequests` (type: `string`):

No description

## `warnings` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "looking for project management software"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muhammadafzal/reddit-buyer-intent-brand-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": ["looking for project management software"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muhammadafzal/reddit-buyer-intent-brand-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "looking for project management software"
  ]
}' |
apify call muhammadafzal/reddit-buyer-intent-brand-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/reddit-buyer-intent-brand-monitor"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hcUWA0qTZuMNtRfHz/builds/QI6hC8mvkXDYYrbsq/openapi.json