Reddit Trending Posts Scraper

Scrape Reddit posts from any subreddit, search results, or user profile. Extract titles, scores, comment counts, authors, flairs, thumbnails, and self-post previews as structured JSON. No API key, OAuth, or Reddit login required.

This actor scrapes old.reddit.com (the lightweight HTML interface) using CheerioCrawler for fast and reliable extraction, with built-in proxy support and automatic pagination to reach your desired item count. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or via API.

Features

• Three modes: subreddit, search, and user profile
• Subreddit sort options: hot, new, top, rising
• Time period filter for top posts: hour, day, week, month, year, all
• Full-text search across all of Reddit
• Automatic pagination to reach maxItems
• Built-in input validation with clear error messages
• Proxy rotation support for reliable access and rate-limit avoidance
• Extracts post ID, rank, title, author, score, URL, permalink, comment count, subreddit, timestamp, flair, NSFW flag, domain, thumbnail, self-post indicator, and body preview

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	String	subreddit	Scrape mode: subreddit, search, or user
subreddit	String	popular	Subreddit name (required for subreddit mode, without r/ prefix)
sort	String	hot	Sort order for subreddit mode: hot, new, top, rising
timePeriod	String	all	Time filter for top posts: hour, day, week, month, year, all
searchQuery	String	""	Search query (required for search mode)
searchSort	String	new	Sort for search mode: new, hot, top, relevance, comments
username	String	""	Reddit username (required for user mode)
maxItems	Integer	100	Maximum number of posts to scrape
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify proxy	Optional custom proxy configuration

Example input

{
    "mode": "subreddit",
    "subreddit": "programming",
    "sort": "top",
    "timePeriod": "week",
    "maxItems": 100
}

Output

{
    "id": "t3_vx2k4p",
    "rank": 1,
    "title": "The state of Rust in 2026",
    "author": "rustacean",
    "score": 3420,
    "url": "https://example.com/article",
    "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/vx2k4p/the_state_of_rust_in_2026/",
    "numComments": 512,
    "subreddit": "programming",
    "createdAt": "2026-06-30T14:22:00.000Z",
    "flair": "Discussion",
    "isStickied": false,
    "isNSFW": false,
    "domain": "example.com",
    "thumbnail": "https://...",
    "isSelfPost": false,
    "bodyPreview": "",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-04T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

• Market research — monitor what products and topics are trending in niche communities
• Brand monitoring — track mentions of your brand, product, or competitors across subreddits
• Content discovery — surface viral content for newsletters, social media, or aggregation
• Sentiment analysis — collect post data for NLP pipelines to gauge community sentiment
• Lead generation — identify active community members and influencers in specific niches
• Trend detection — track rising posts before they hit the front page

How to use

1. Open the actor on the Apify Store.
2. Choose a mode: subreddit, search, or user.
3. Fill in the required field for your mode (subreddit name, search query, or username).
4. Set sort, timePeriod, and maxItems as needed.
5. Click Start and export results to JSON, CSV, Excel, or via API.

Schedule recurring runs to monitor subreddits continuously or track search terms over time.