Reddit Subreddits V2

Eleven self-contained subreddit lookups — ID, rules, access state, type / topic, chat channels, flairs, custom emojis, theme & widgets, highlighted posts, status and wiki.

All eleven are anonymous — no Reddit account, no token, no proxy.

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

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What you can fetch

Every endpoint accepts a subreddit in any of these formats — paste whichever you have:

• bare name — AskReddit
• prefixed — r/AskReddit
• subreddit URL — https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit
• old-Reddit URL — https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit

Endpoints (no Reddit account needed)

1. ID — resolve subreddit name to its t5_ ID

The simplest endpoint. Takes a subreddit name and returns Reddit's internal t5_... ID.

Returns: id (t5_...), name, prefixedName (r/...).

Use it when: you need a subreddit ID to seed another endpoint that takes IDs (e.g., the Recommended Media feed in Reddit Feeds V2, or any of Reddit's bulk-by-ID lookups).

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "id", "id_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output (one dataset record)

{
  "endpoint": "id",
  "type": "id",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": { "id": "t5_2qh1i" }
}

2. Rules — community rules list

Returns the subreddit's published rules — the list shown in the sidebar / community page.

Returns: array of rules, each with priority, name (short name), description, violationReason, kind (link / comment / all), createdAt.

Use it when: moderation tooling, rule-based content classification, building a "before you post" UX, or compliance / content-policy auditing.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "rules", "rules_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output (truncated)

{
  "endpoint": "rules",
  "type": "rules",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "siteRules": [
      { "ruleText": "Spam" },
      { "ruleText": "Personal and confidential information" },
      { "ruleText": "Threatening, harassing, or inciting violence" }
    ],
    "rules": [
      {
        "name": "Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox",
        "content": { "html": "<ul><li>All questions must be clear, written in English...</li></ul>" }
      }
    ]
  }
}

3. Access Info — public / restricted / private + age gate

Tells you whether the subreddit is public, restricted, or private — and whether content is age-gated (NSFW).

Returns: isContributorRequired (restricted-mode flag), isNsfw (over-18 flag), isQuarantined, subscribersCount, permissions (what an anonymous viewer can do).

Use it when: filtering content collection (skip private / quarantined subs), bulk-checking accessibility before scraping, NSFW-policy enforcement.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "access_info", "access_info_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output

{
  "endpoint": "access_info",
  "type": "access_info",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "id": "t5_2qh1i",
    "type": "PUBLIC",
    "name": "AskReddit",
    "publicDescriptionText": "r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.",
    "isContributor": false,
    "isCommentingRestricted": false,
    "isPostingRestricted": true,
    "styles": { "icon": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh1i/styles/communityIcon_p6kb2m6b185b1.png?..." }
  }
}

4. Type — community type & topic settings

Returns Reddit's type-classification settings for the subreddit — what kind of community it is, what posts it allows, what topic it's tagged under.

Returns: type (public / restricted / private / employees_only), topic (Reddit's interest-topic tag), allowedPostTypes (text / link / image / video / poll / gallery), language, country, originalContentTagEnabled.

Use it when: community taxonomy, building targeting rules ("only image-allowed gaming subs in EN"), audience research.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "type", "type_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output

{
  "endpoint": "type",
  "type": "type",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "isNsfw": false,
    "type": "PUBLIC",
    "isCommentingRestricted": false,
    "isPostingRestricted": true,
    "isContributorRequestsDisabled": false
  }
}

5. Channels — chat channels enabled flag

Returns whether the subreddit has Reddit chat channels enabled.

Returns: chatChannelsEnabled flag plus channel metadata if any.

Use it when: mapping which subreddits have an active Reddit Chat surface, community-engagement audits.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "channels", "channels_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output

{
  "endpoint": "channels",
  "type": "channels",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "isSubredditChannelsEnabled": { "isChatEnabled": true, "isPostEnabled": false }
  }
}

6. Flairs — post flairs OR user flairs (you pick)

Returns the list of flair templates the subreddit has configured. Pick one of the two flair types using the Flair type dropdown:

• Post flairs (default) — the tags applied to posts (e.g. "Serious Replies Only", "Mod Announcement"). Returned under postFlairTemplates.
• User flairs — the tags shown next to each member's name in the subreddit. Returned under userFlairTemplates.

Inputs

Field	Notes
Subreddit	Subreddit name, r/name, or URL.
Flair type	Post flairs (default) or User flairs.

Returns (Post flairs) — array of post-flair templates, each with id, type (richtext / text), text, textColor, backgroundColor, richtext (raw richtext JSON), isEditable, isModOnly, maxEmojis, allowableContent.

Returns (User flairs) — userFlairTemplates.edges[] — each node is a user-flair template with the same field shape as post flairs (id, text, textColor, backgroundColor, richtext, etc.) plus userFlairTemplates.pageInfo for cursor-paginated continuation. Also includes flairPromptSettings.

Use it when: flair-aware scraping (filter posts by flair), building a flair picker for a posting actor, content classification using subreddit-defined tags, mirroring a community's user-flair palette.

Example — Post flairs

Input

{ "endpoint": "flairs", "flairs_subreddit": "AskReddit", "flairs_type": "post_flairs" }

Output (truncated to first 1 template)

{
  "endpoint": "flairs",
  "type": "flairs",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "postFlairTemplates": [
      {
        "id": "54ea6bda-dcf0-11e2-9548-12313b0c8c59",
        "type": "richtext",
        "text": "Serious Replies Only",
        "textColor": "LIGHT",
        "richtext": "[{\"e\":\"text\",\"t\":\"Serious Replies Only\"}]",
        "backgroundColor": "#99C160",
        "isEditable": false,
        "isModOnly": false,
        "maxEmojis": 10,
        "allowableContent": "ALL"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Example — User flairs

Input

{ "endpoint": "flairs", "flairs_subreddit": "AskReddit", "flairs_type": "user_flairs" }

Output (subs without user-flair templates return an empty edges list; subs that have them populate it)

{
  "endpoint": "flairs",
  "type": "flairs",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "userFlairTemplates": {
      "edges": [],
      "pageInfo": {
        "hasNextPage": false,
        "hasPreviousPage": false,
        "startCursor": null,
        "endCursor": null
      }
    },
    "flairPromptSettings": null
  }
}

7. Emojis — custom emoji list (snoomoji + community)

Returns the subreddit's custom emoji set — the community-uploaded emojis used in flairs and comments.

Returns: array of emojis, each with name, url (image URL), mod-only flag, userFlairAllowed flag, postFlairAllowed flag, createdAt.

Use it when: rendering subreddit content with proper emoji assets, building emoji catalogs for a UI, monitoring custom-emoji adoption.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "emojis", "emojis_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output (truncated to first 2 emojis)

{
  "endpoint": "emojis",
  "type": "emojis",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "id": "t5_2qh1i",
    "emojis": {
      "edges": [
        {
          "node": {
            "name": "Martha",
            "url": "https://emoji.redditmedia.com/6ufqrbuw8m201_t5_2qh1i/Martha",
            "flairPermission": "ALL",
            "isModOnly": false,
            "createdByInfo": { "id": "t2_9yfak" }
          }
        },
        {
          "node": {
            "name": "Steve",
            "url": "https://emoji.redditmedia.com/nszan0tz8m201_t5_2qh1i/Steve",
            "flairPermission": "ALL",
            "isModOnly": false,
            "createdByInfo": { "id": "t2_9yfak" }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

8. Style & Widgets — colors, banners, sidebar widgets

The full visual identity payload — theme colors, banner / icon imagery, and the sidebar widgets Reddit shows on the community page (rules block, mod list, custom widgets, calendar, button widgets, image widgets, etc.).

Returns: style (banner image, icon, mobile banner, primary color, banner background color), plus widgets (id-keyed map of every widget on the sidebar with its kind and content).

Use it when: asset extraction, building a community-aware UI, embedding subreddit branding in a downstream app, design-research / community-aesthetics analysis.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "style", "style_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output (truncated — full payload includes every sidebar widget)

{
  "endpoint": "style",
  "type": "style",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "id": "t5_2qh1i",
    "styles": {
      "primaryColor": "#646D73",
      "bannerBackgroundImage": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh1i/styles/bannerBackgroundImage_fs33xogq946f1.png",
      "icon": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh1i/styles/communityIcon_p6kb2m6b185b1.png?..."
    },
    "widgets": {
      "items": { "...id-keyed map of every sidebar widget...": "..." },
      "layout": { "sidebar": { "order": ["widget_id_1", "widget_id_2"] } }
    },
    "moderatorsInfo": { "...": "..." },
    "rules": [ { "...": "..." } ]
  }
}

9. Highlights — highlighted posts on community page

Returns the posts the subreddit's mods have highlighted / pinned to the community page (the "Pinned" section at the top).

Returns: array of post records — same field shape as Reddit Feeds V2 (id, postTitle, score, commentCount, createdAt, url, flair, etc.).

Note: Many subreddits have no highlighted posts. An empty list is the normal result when the mods haven't pinned anything.

Use it when: featured-content discovery, finding the rules / mod-announcement pinned posts, monitoring community campaigns.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "highlights", "highlights_subreddit": "Wordpress" }

Output (one record per call; highlightedPosts is an array, first entry shown)

{
  "endpoint": "highlights",
  "type": "highlights",
  "subreddit": "Wordpress",
  "subreddit_id": "t5_2rcsg",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoById": {
    "id": "t5_2rcsg",
    "name": "Wordpress",
    "highlightedPosts": [
      {
        "label": "ANNOUNCEMENT",
        "expiresAt": null,
        "post": {
          "id": "t3_1r80vkz",
          "title": "Monthly AMA - Suggestions wanted!",
          "commentCount": 12,
          "createdAt": "2026-02-18T11:48:13.247000+0000",
          "content": { "markdown": "We're launching a monthly AMA series featuring people from across the WordPress ecosystem..." }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

10. Status — community status flags

Returns the lifecycle / visibility state of the subreddit — whether it is currently active, archived, locked, deleted, banned, or quarantined.

Returns: isActive, isArchived, isLocked, isDeleted, isBanned, isQuarantined, plus the human-readable reason / message Reddit displays for unavailable communities.

Use it when: screening dead / banned / archived subs out of a target list before launching a scrape, monitoring health of communities you depend on, dashboards that show which subs went down.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "status", "status_subreddit": "AskReddit" }

Output

{
  "endpoint": "status",
  "type": "status",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "subreddit_id": "t5_2qh1i",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoById": {
    "name": "AskReddit",
    "communityStatus": {
      "description": { "markdown": "​Credit" },
      "emoji": {
        "name": "donkey_right",
        "url": "https://emoji.redditmedia.com/5atpv9pyenjf1_t5_2qh1i/donkey_right"
      }
    }
  }
}

11. Wiki — wiki page content

Reads the markdown content of any wiki page on the subreddit. Defaults to the wiki index, but you can pick from a dropdown of the most common pages.

Inputs:

• Subreddit — same input as everywhere else
• Wiki page — one of index (default), config/sidebar, config/description, config/submit_text, faq, rules, wiki

Returns: content (the page's markdown body), revisionDate, revisionAuthor, mayRevise (whether the current viewer can edit — always false for anonymous reads), pageName.

Use it when: scraping FAQ / sidebar / rules-as-prose, archiving wiki history, building a chat-bot grounded on a community's wiki.

Note on wiki vs index: these are usually the same page. index is the canonical name; wiki is what some communities use as the entry point.

Example

Input

{ "endpoint": "wiki", "wiki_subreddit": "AskReddit", "wiki_page": "index" }

Output (truncated — pageTree lists every wiki page in the subreddit)

{
  "endpoint": "wiki",
  "type": "wiki",
  "subreddit": "AskReddit",
  "page": "index",
  "success": true,
  "subredditInfoByName": {
    "id": "t5_2qh1i",
    "name": "AskReddit",
    "isSubscribed": false,
    "wiki": {
      "index": {
        "status": "VALID",
        "pageTree": [
          { "name": "bestof",          "path": "bestof",          "depth": 0, "isPagePresent": true },
          { "name": "commonquestions", "path": "commonquestions", "depth": 0, "isPagePresent": true },
          { "name": "description",     "path": "config/description", "depth": 1, "isPagePresent": true, "parent": "config" }
        ]
      }
    },
    "styles": { "icon": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh1i/styles/communityIcon_p6kb2m6b185b1.png?..." }
  }
}

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 the subreddit (and any extra fields, like Wiki page name or Flair type).
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 subreddit is AskReddit and the default endpoint is Rules, 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.

• ID / Access Info / Type / Channels / Style & Widgets / Status / Wiki push one record per run.
• Rules / Flairs / Emojis push one record per item (one row per rule, flair, emoji).
• Highlights pushes one record per highlighted post.

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

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Common edge cases

• Subreddit doesn't exist / banned — Reddit returns no data; the actor pushes an error record. The Status endpoint surfaces the isBanned / isDeleted flags explicitly.
• Private subreddits — anonymous lookups can't see content of private subs. Access Info will tell you isContributorRequired = true; most other endpoints will be empty.
• Quarantined subreddits — usually accessible read-only; Access Info / Status surface the isQuarantined flag.
• Empty wiki pages — many subreddits have no wiki; the call returns empty content. This is normal.
• No flairs / emojis / highlights — some subreddits configure none of these. An empty list is the expected response, not a failure.
• Subreddit name with mixed case — Reddit is case-insensitive on subreddit names, but for cleanliness the actor uses whatever you paste. Both AskReddit and askreddit work.

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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. Just paste your inputs and run — no sign-in, no proxy to configure.

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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	Subreddit has 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 cost nothing.

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

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Need a different shape of data?

• Reddit Feeds V2 — subreddit feeds (the actual posts, not the metadata)
• Reddit Search V2 — search Reddit by query (posts, comments, communities, users)
• Reddit Scraper V2 — single-post + comments and 10 other single-record lookups
• Reddit Users V2 — single-user lookups (profile, trophies, posts, comments)
• Reddit Bulk Scrape V2 — bulk subreddit lookups (up to 10000 subreddit IDs per run via the bulk_communities endpoint)
• Reddit Subreddits — V1 companion: info, sidebar, browse directories, autocomplete, name search, post listings

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Support and feedback

Found a bug, want a feature, or 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 V2 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.