Reddit Search — Posts, Subreddits & Users

Search Reddit and get back fully-structured results. Three result types — posts, subreddits, or users — with sort, time-window, and subreddit-scope filters. No Reddit account, OAuth, or proxy required.

Pick what you want to find, type your query, hit Start.

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What you can fetch

This actor mirrors Reddit's native search across three result types. Choose the type, type your query, optionally narrow with filters.

1. Posts

Reddit posts matching the query. Supports sort, time window, and subreddit scope.

Inputs:

• Query — full-text search string. Reddit's search syntax is supported:
  • wordpress — basic keyword
  • "exact phrase" — exact match
  • wordpress -plugin — exclude a term
  • flair:"Help needed" — restrict by flair
  • author:username — by author
  • selftext:typescript — match in post body
• Restrict to subreddit (optional) — subreddit name without the r/ prefix. Scopes the search to one community.
• Sort — relevance (default), hot, top, new, comments (most-discussed).
• Time filter (optional) — hour / day / week / month / year / all. Leave as — to use Reddit's default window.
• Limit — 1 to 250 (default 25).

Returns per post: Reddit ID, fullname, title, body / selftext, author, subreddit, score, ups / downs / upvote ratio, comment count, crosspost count, created + edited timestamps, permalink, external URL, domain, post-type flags (is_self, is_video, over_18, spoiler, locked, stickied, pinned, archived), distinguished status, removal category, link & author flair, thumbnail, media (images / video / gallery), awards.

Use it when: brand monitoring (mentions of your product), trend discovery (top over week / month), competitor research, content discovery for a niche.

2. Subreddits

Subreddit communities matching the query.

Inputs:

• Query — search string (subreddit names + descriptions).
• Limit — 1 to 250.

Returns per subreddit: ID, fullname, display name (raw + prefixed), title, subscriber count, active user count, public + full description, created timestamp, language, type (public / private / restricted), NSFW flag, URL, header / icon / banner images, primary + key colors, submit text, allowed submission types (videos / images / polls / galleries).

Use it when: discovering communities for a topic before you post, building niche directories, finding the right place to advertise.

Note: Sort, time filter, and subreddit scope are ignored for this type — Reddit returns subreddit results in its own default order.

3. Users

Reddit user accounts matching the query.

Inputs:

• Query — search string (matched against usernames + profiles).
• Restrict to subreddit (optional) — only return users active in that subreddit.
• Limit — 1 to 250.

Returns per user: ID, name, total karma split into post / comment / award / awardee karma, account creation timestamp, employee / mod / Reddit-Gold / verified / verified-email flags, profile icon, snoovatar image, mini subreddit info, accept-followers flag.

Use it when: finding influencers in a niche, brand accounts, lead generation, mapping who's active in a community.

Note: Sort and time filter are ignored for this type.

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How to run

1. Pick the search type — Posts, Subreddits, or Users.
2. Enter your query.
3. Optionally narrow with subreddit scope (Posts / Users), sort + time (Posts only), or limit.
4. Click Start.

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Output

Results are pushed to the actor's default dataset, one record per result. View as a table or download as JSON / CSV / Excel / XML.

Every record is tagged with a result_kind field (post, subreddit, or user) so you can tell them apart at a glance and route them downstream. The most useful columns are placed first (id, title / name, score / subscribers / karma, created date, etc.) so the dataset Table view is readable without scrolling.

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Common edge cases

• Safe Search is always ON. NSFW results are filtered out at the source — there is no toggle. If you need NSFW search results, use Reddit Search V2 which has a safe_search toggle.
• Hard cap of ~250 results. Reddit's search index returns at most ~250 unique items per query, regardless of how high you set limit.
• One run = one search. For multiple queries, kick off separate runs (or use the Apify scheduler / API).
• Private subreddits / quarantined content — not searchable from anonymous calls.
• Empty results — return zero records. The actor reports an empty result rather than failing.
• Sort + time filter on non-Post types — silently ignored. Reddit ranks subreddit / user results in its own order.

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Why this actor is fast

• Speed — 1–3 seconds per call, end-to-end. Pure HTTP to Reddit's API. No browser to boot, no Playwright / Selenium / Puppeteer overhead. Competing browser-based scrapers typically take 15–60 seconds per call.
• Reliability — zero browser flakiness. No headless-Chromium crashes. No JS-render timeouts. No captcha pages. No surprise mid-run failures from a browser quirk.
• Footprint — under 100 MB RAM per run. Most browser-based scrapers need 1–4 GB. We're a thin async dispatcher — Reddit auth, proxy rotation, retry, and GraphQL handling all happen off-actor on our backend.

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Pricing

Pay-per-result. You're only charged for records actually pushed to the dataset — failed runs, validation errors, and empty results cost nothing. See the actor's pricing tab for the current per-result rate.

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Need a different shape of data?

• Reddit Search V2 — adds comment / media / topic search, NSFW toggle, comment search (triangular_triangle/reddit-search-v2).
• Reddit Scraper V2 — 15 single & bulk reads for posts, comments, profiles, communities (triangular_triangle/reddit-scrape-v2).
• Reddit Scraper — pull a subreddit's feed, a post's comments, or a single post / comment by URL (triangular_triangle/reddit-content-fetcher).
• Reddit Bulk Scrape — paste up to 1500 IDs / names / URLs in a single run (triangular_triangle/reddit-bulk-scrape).
• Reddit Users / Reddit Users V2 — single-user lookups with profile + trophies + posts + comments (triangular_triangle/reddit-users, triangular_triangle/reddit-users-v2).
• Reddit Subreddits — about / rules / sidebar / popular-feed / autocomplete (triangular_triangle/reddit-subreddits).
• Reddit Posts — front-page feed, crosspost duplicates, pinned posts (triangular_triangle/reddit-posts).
• Reddit Wiki, Emojis & Widgets — wiki pages, custom emojis, sidebar widgets (triangular_triangle/reddit-wiki-emojis-widgets).