Reddit Post Search Scraper

This is NOT an official Reddit product or service. This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Reddit Inc. Reddit is a registered trademark of Reddit Inc.

Reddit Post Search Scraper is an Apify Actor that finds Reddit posts matching your search terms across all of Reddit. It uses old.reddit.com for server-rendered HTML — no JavaScript required.

Why use Reddit Post Search Scraper?

• Brand monitoring — Find every post mentioning your product, company, or keyword
• Market research — Discover what people are posting about in your niche
• Competitor research — Track competitor mentions across subreddits
• Content discovery — Find relevant posts to engage with or learn from

How to use

1. Search terms — Enter one or more terms
2. Since date — Optional ISO 8601 filter (e.g., 2024-01-15T14:30:00Z)
3. Max posts — How many matching posts to find (0 = unlimited)
4. Run and get structured data back

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchTerms	string[]	Yes	—	One or more terms to search
since	string	No	2020-01-01T00:00:00Z	ISO 8601 datetime filter (minute precision)
maxResults	integer	No	50	Max matching posts to find. 0 = unlimited
proxyConfiguration	proxy	No	Apify SERP proxy	Proxy configuration

Output schema

One record per matching post:

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "t3_1sy0cqn",
  "postId": "t3_1sy0cqn",
  "postTitle": "30 days in, 100+ users, 2 paying. Is my free tier eating me alive?",
  "postUrl": "https://old.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1sy0cqn/.../",
  "subreddit": "SaaS",
  "author": "mplacona",
  "score": 5,
  "postedAt": "2026-04-28T12:44:23+00:00",
  "body": "Hey r/SaaS, looking for a gut check...",
  "permalink": "/r/SaaS/comments/1sy0cqn/.../",
  "commentCount": 28
}

Data fields

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always "post"
id	string	Post fullname (t3_xxx)
postId	string	Same as id
postTitle	string	Post title
postUrl	string	Link to the post (old.reddit.com)
subreddit	string	Subreddit name (no r/ prefix)
author	string	Post author
score	number	Upvote score
postedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp
body	string or null	Post self-text
permalink	string or null	Direct link to the post
commentCount	number	Total comments on the post (0; not extracted in this version)

Pricing

This Actor runs compute units for HTTP requests to old.reddit.com. Most runs complete in seconds. Check the Apify pricing page for details.

Tips

• Use SERP proxy groups to avoid Reddit rate limiting
• The since field supports ISO 8601 with time: 2024-01-15T14:30:00Z (minute precision)
• Add multiple searchTerms — duplicates across terms are auto-deduplicated
• Set maxResults to 0 for unlimited (caution: depends on Reddit's search depth)
• The search uses type=link which matches posts by their title or body. Comments are not searched directly.

FAQ

Q: Why does the URL use old.reddit.com? A: The new Reddit interface requires JavaScript rendering. old.reddit.com is fully server-rendered and works with HTTP scraping.

Q: How precise is the date filtering? A: Minute-level. The data-timestamp attribute on each post page is compared against your since value.

Q: What happens if Reddit blocks the request? A: The Actor logs the HTTP status and exits cleanly. Enable Apify Proxy with SERP groups to avoid blocks.

Q: Is this affiliated with Reddit? A: No. This is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Reddit Inc.

Q: Why only posts? A: This actor focuses on post-level search. For comment-level analysis, the search scope would be much broader and unreliable across Reddit's current search API. Comment search on old.reddit.com redirects to the www endpoint, which caps results and can't be paginated from a headless browser. We chose to ship a reliable post-only tool rather than an unreliable comment tool.

Q: How many results will I get? A: Old.reddit's search returns up to ~10 results per page and supports ?after= cursor pagination up to 20 pages. The actual count depends on Reddit's search depth for your term.

Support

For issues and feature requests, use the Issues tab.