Reddit Subreddits — Info, Rules, Browse, Search

Eight self-contained subreddit endpoints — info, rules, full sidebar, browse Reddit's directories, autocomplete, search names, popular feed and post listings. All eight are anonymous: no Reddit account, no token, no proxy.

Pick the endpoint, fill the matching section, hit Start.

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What you can fetch

Subreddit names accept AskReddit, r/AskReddit, /r/AskReddit, or the full subreddit URL — paste whichever you have.

Endpoints (no Reddit account needed)

1. Subreddit Info — about / metadata

The standard "about" payload Reddit exposes for any community.

Input: subreddit name.

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

Use it when: profiling a community in a single call, sizing audiences, importing a subreddit's settings into your own DB.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "subreddit_info",
  "info_subreddit": "Wordpress"
}

Output (one dataset record)

{
  "endpoint": "subreddit_info",
  "id": "2qhjq",
  "name": "t5_2qhjq",
  "display_name": "Wordpress",
  "display_name_prefixed": "r/Wordpress",
  "title": "WordPress",
  "subscribers": 303183,
  "created_utc": 1205874670.0,
  "lang": "en",
  "subreddit_type": "public",
  "over18": false,
  "public_description": "The place for news, articles and discussion regarding WordPress, the open source software.",
  "description": "###Welcome to r/WordPress\n>The place for news, articles and discussion regarding WordPress.…",
  "submit_text": "Don't forget to set a link flair on your post after submitting.…",
  "url": "/r/Wordpress/",
  "primary_color": "#00749a",
  "banner_background_color": "#000000",
  "wiki_enabled": true,
  "submission_type": "any",
  "allow_videos": false,
  "allow_images": true
}

2. Subreddit Rules

The community's posted rules.

Input: subreddit name.

Returns per rule: subreddit, priority, short name, full description, violation reason, kind (link / comment / both), created timestamp.

Use it when: building rule-aware moderation pipelines, posting bots that need to respect each subreddit's rules, compliance audits, content classifiers.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "subreddit_rules",
  "rules_subreddit": "Wordpress"
}

Output (one dataset record per rule)

{
  "endpoint": "subreddit_rules",
  "subreddit": "wordpress",
  "priority": 0,
  "short_name": "No promotions of products or services",
  "description": "We do not allow posts or comments intended for promotion or advertising. These will be removed.…",
  "violation_reason": "No promotions of products or services",
  "kind": "all",
  "created_utc": 1728968309
}

3. Subreddit Sidebar — full about payload

The full sidebar payload (a richer superset of Subreddit Info — includes the same metadata plus theme, banner styling, public description, submit guidelines, allowed post types, contributor flags, more).

Input: subreddit name.

Returns: complete subreddit settings record. Effectively a one-shot way to mirror a community's identity (theme, branding, posting permissions, allowed content types).

Use it when: theme audits, building branded clones / mirrors, capturing every public knob a subreddit has set.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "subreddit_sidebar",
  "sidebar_subreddit": "Wordpress"
}

Output (one dataset record)

{
  "endpoint": "subreddit_sidebar",
  "id": "2qhjq",
  "name": "t5_2qhjq",
  "display_name": "Wordpress",
  "display_name_prefixed": "r/Wordpress",
  "title": "WordPress",
  "subscribers": 303183,
  "created_utc": 1205874670.0,
  "subreddit_type": "public",
  "over18": false,
  "public_description": "The place for news, articles and discussion regarding WordPress.…",
  "description": "###Welcome to r/WordPress…",
  "submit_text": "Don't forget to set a link flair on your post.…",
  "url": "/r/Wordpress/",
  "primary_color": "#00749a",
  "banner_background_color": "#000000",
  "wiki_enabled": true,
  "submission_type": "any",
  "allow_videos": false,
  "allow_images": true
}

4. Browse Subreddits — popular / new / default directory

Reddit's curated directories.

Inputs:

• Directory — popular (default), new, or default.
• Limit — 1 to 100 (default 25).

Returns: one Subreddit Info record per community, in the order Reddit ranks them.

Use it when: discovery dashboards, leaderboards (popular vs new vs Reddit's default seed list), competitive audits.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "browse_subreddits",
  "browse_directory": "popular",
  "browse_limit": 3
}

Output (one dataset record per subreddit — sample of the first row)

{
  "endpoint": "browse_subreddits",
  "id": "2qs0k",
  "name": "t5_2qs0k",
  "display_name": "Home",
  "display_name_prefixed": "r/Home",
  "title": "Home",
  "subscribers": 405521,
  "created_utc": 1232850357.0,
  "subreddit_type": "public",
  "over18": false,
  "description": "Everything home related: interior design, home improvement, architecture.…",
  "url": "/r/Home/",
  "wiki_enabled": false,
  "submission_type": "any",
  "allow_videos": true,
  "allow_images": true
}

5. Autocomplete — match names by prefix

Subreddit name suggestions for a prefix string. Returns rich Subreddit Info records, not just names.

Inputs:

• Query — prefix to match (e.g. ask).
• Limit — 1 to 10 (default 10).
• Include NSFW results — off by default. Tick to include NSFW communities.

Returns: up to 10 Subreddit Info records ranked by relevance.

Use it when: building search-as-you-type pickers, validating that a subreddit exists, surfacing "did you mean…" suggestions.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "autocomplete",
  "autocomplete_q": "ask",
  "autocomplete_limit": 3,
  "autocomplete_include_over_18": false
}

Output (one dataset record per suggestion — sample of the first row)

{
  "endpoint": "autocomplete",
  "id": "2qhlj",
  "name": "t5_2qhlj",
  "display_name": "ask",
  "display_name_prefixed": "r/ask",
  "title": "/r/Ask",
  "subscribers": 1274860,
  "created_utc": 1206117360.0,
  "subreddit_type": "public",
  "over18": false,
  "public_description": "This is a place to ask specific, closed-ended, non divisive questions.",
  "url": "/r/ask/",
  "primary_color": "#ff0000",
  "wiki_enabled": true,
  "submission_type": "self"
}

6. Popular Posts — feed of r/popular

Posts directly from r/popular. Supports sort, time window, and country filter.

Inputs:

• Sort — hot (default), new, top, rising, best, controversial.
• Time filter (optional) — hour / day / week / month / year / all. Only used with top or controversial.
• Country (optional) — GLOBAL or any of 50 country codes (US, GB, CA, AU, DE, FR, JP, IN, BR, etc.). Only used with best or hot.
• Limit — 1 to 100 (default 25).

Returns per post: ID, fullname, title, body, author, subreddit, score, ups, comment count, created timestamp, permalink, URL, domain, flags, flair, thumbnail.

Use it when: trending feeds, geo-targeted listicles ("what's hot in Japan / Germany / Brazil right now"), regional newsfeeds, content syndication.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "popular_posts",
  "popular_sort": "hot",
  "popular_limit": 3
}

Output (one dataset record per post — sample of the first row)

{
  "endpoint": "popular_posts",
  "id": "1tc5auo",
  "name": "t3_1tc5auo",
  "title": "Found this wierd red thing in my room",
  "author": "Parking-Cheek7779",
  "subreddit": "whatisit",
  "score": 9035,
  "ups": 9035,
  "num_comments": 3901,
  "created_utc": 1778690740.0,
  "permalink": "https://reddit.com/r/whatisit/comments/1tc5auo/found_this_wierd_red_thing_in_my_room/",
  "url": "https://i.redd.it/jv5fvavrox0h1.jpeg",
  "domain": "i.redd.it",
  "over_18": false,
  "spoiler": false,
  "locked": false,
  "stickied": false,
  "link_flair_text": "Solved!",
  "selftext": ""
}

7. Search Names — search subreddit names

Free-text search across subreddit names. Returns matching names (string list), faster than autocomplete for "is this name taken" checks.

Inputs:

• Search query — text to match (e.g. python).
• Include NSFW results — off by default.

Returns: one record per matching name.

Use it when: validating availability of a new community name, building a name resolver, surfacing communities matching a topic keyword.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "search_names",
  "search_names_q": "python"
}

Output (one dataset record per name — sample of the first row)

{
  "endpoint": "search_names",
  "name": "Python"
}

8. Post Listings — feed of posts from a given subreddit

Pull the post feed for any subreddit. Supports the same sort + time filter as Reddit's own subreddit pages.

Inputs:

• Subreddit — community name (e.g. Wordpress).
• Sort — hot (default), new, top, rising, controversial.
• Time filter (optional) — hour / day / week / month / year / all. Only used with top or controversial.
• Limit — 1 to 100 (default 25).

Returns per post: ID, fullname, title, body / selftext, score, comment count, created timestamp, subreddit, permalink, URL, domain, flags (NSFW, spoiler, locked, stickied), flair, author.

Use it when: mirroring a subreddit's feed, building community dashboards, comparing competing communities, archiving daily top-of-sub posts.

Example

Input

{
  "endpoint": "post_listings",
  "post_listings_subreddit": "Wordpress",
  "post_listings_sort": "hot",
  "post_listings_limit": 3
}

Output (one dataset record per post — sample of the first row)

{
  "endpoint": "post_listings",
  "id": "1r80vkz",
  "name": "t3_1r80vkz",
  "title": "Monthly AMA - Suggestions wanted!",
  "author": "RealKenshino",
  "subreddit": "Wordpress",
  "score": 29,
  "ups": 29,
  "num_comments": 12,
  "created_utc": 1771415293.0,
  "permalink": "https://reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1r80vkz/monthly_ama_suggestions_wanted/",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1r80vkz/monthly_ama_suggestions_wanted/",
  "domain": "self.Wordpress",
  "over_18": false,
  "stickied": true,
  "link_flair_text": null,
  "selftext": "We're launching a monthly AMA series featuring people from across the WordPress ecosystem.…"
}

How to run

1. Pick an endpoint in the "What to fetch" dropdown at the top.
2. Open the matching section below it and fill its fields.
3. Click Start.

Each endpoint section is independent — fields outside your chosen section are ignored, so you can leave them as-is between runs. Default endpoint is Subreddit Info on AskReddit, so the actor runs out of the box.

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Output

Results are pushed to the actor's default dataset. View them as a table or download as JSON / CSV / Excel / XML.

• Subreddit Info / Subreddit Sidebar push one record per run.
• Subreddit Rules push one record per rule (typically 5–15).
• Browse / Autocomplete / Search Names / Popular Posts / Post Listings push one record per item (up to your limit).

The most useful columns are placed first (endpoint, id, name, display_name, title, subscribers, etc.) so the dataset Table view is readable without horizontal scrolling.

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Common edge cases

• Private subreddits — not accessible. Reddit hides their about / rules / sidebar from anonymous calls.
• Quarantined subreddits — return Reddit's quarantine notice rather than full data.
• Banned subreddits — return an error stub.
• Lenient name matching — AskReddit, r/AskReddit, /r/AskReddit, and https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/ all resolve to the same community.
• Autocomplete / Search Names NSFW filter — by default NSFW results are excluded. Tick Include NSFW results to include them.
• Popular Posts country filter — only honored when sort is best or hot. With other sorts, Reddit returns the global feed regardless.
• Empty results — return zero records. The actor reports an empty result rather than failing.

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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. Built for reliability behind the scenes — just paste your inputs and run.

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Status & error reference

Run status (Apify-side, shown on the run page)

Status	Apify message	Meaning	What to do
	"Actor succeeded with N results in the dataset"	Run finished. Some or zero records pushed.	Open the dataset to view results.
	"The Actor process failed…"	Validation error or upstream Reddit fault.	Check the run log. You are NOT charged for failed runs.
	"The Actor timed out. You can resurrect it with a longer timeout to continue where you left off."	Run exceeded its timeout.	Re-run with a smaller limit or fewer inputs.
	"The Actor process was aborted. You can resurrect it to continue where you left off."	You stopped the run manually.	No charge for unpushed results.

Common in-run conditions (visible in run log)

Condition	Cause	Result
Empty result set	No matching data for the chosen endpoint.	Run SUCCEEDED, 0 records, no charge.
Private / quarantined subreddit	Reddit hides these from anonymous reads.	Run SUCCEEDED, those rows skipped.
Banned subreddit	Subreddit has been banned by Reddit.	Run SUCCEEDED, 0 records for that input.
Validation error: missing subreddit	Required input not provided.	Run FAILED immediately, no charge.

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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.

Event	Trigger	Price (per 1,000)
result	Each subreddit / rule / suggestion / post record pushed to the dataset	$1.99

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Need a different shape of data?

• Reddit Users V2 — single-user lookups (profile, trophies, posts, comments)
• Reddit Search V2 — search Reddit by query (posts, comments, communities, users)
• Reddit Bulk Scrape V2 — paste up to 10000 IDs / names / URLs in a single run
• Reddit Scraper V2 — single & bulk reads for posts, comments, profiles, communities
• Reddit Posts V1 — front-page feed, crosspost duplicates, pinned posts
• Reddit Subreddits V2 — flairs, custom emojis, style & widgets, wiki pages, highlights

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Support and feedback

Found a bug, want a feature, hit a Reddit error code we don't translate clearly? Open an issue via the actor's Apify Console feedback link, or reach out at the RedCrawler support channel.

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Reddit Subreddits is part of the RedCrawler family of Reddit actors. RedCrawler is independent — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Reddit, Inc. Use it within Reddit's API terms.