Reddit Trending Posts Scraper (r/popular, r/all)

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (the galleryImageUrls array is trimmed to its first 3 of 13 real URLs for readability):

{
  "thumbnail": "https://preview.redd.it/lauan5y51jih1.png?width=140&height=140&crop=1:1,smart&auto=webp&s=cbdca351f771ddfffe1a5a41b067819b433b4177",
  "title": "Movie Night",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1vkhbgl",
  "id": "1vkhbgl",
  "selftext": null,
  "subreddit": "comics",
  "author": "Miles_the_new_kid",
  "authorFullname": "t2_8rc4h",
  "score": 19000,
  "upvoteRatio": 0.96,
  "numComments": 344,
  "numCrossposts": 2,
  "totalAwards": 0,
  "linkFlairText": null,
  "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1vkhbgl/movie_night/",
  "domain": "old.reddit.com",
  "isSelf": false,
  "isVideo": true,
  "isNsfw": false,
  "isSpoiler": false,
  "isOriginalContent": false,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isLocked": false,
  "isArchived": false,
  "edited": "2026-08-10T13:53:11+00:00",
  "galleryImageUrls": [
    "https://preview.redd.it/lauan5y51jih1.png?width=108&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=47cd8d03de48b9c8d3bb470f800cf8243d13e6ba",
    "https://preview.redd.it/6vwxu5y51jih1.png?width=108&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=76f9f17c338cdf4aa144a091a89757808667d769",
    "https://preview.redd.it/qxao96y51jih1.png?width=108&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4faa1bdd626212c229d71fb146b94026ea3d3e06"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-08-10T10:42:57.000Z",
  "rank": 1,
  "trendingSource": "popular",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:18:37.335Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete Reddit trending scraper available. It reads the cross-Reddit trending feeds (r/popular and r/all), globally or by country, and returns every field Reddit exposes for each post, including its live rank, score, upvote ratio, comment and crosspost counts, award totals, gallery images and full flag set, so you can snapshot what is trending across all of Reddit in one run.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor reads a cross-Reddit trending feed (r/popular, curated and SFW, or r/all, everything), optionally scoped to a country, applies the sort and time window you pass, and writes one normalized record per trending post to the run's dataset. Each record carries its live rank in the feed and the trendingSource it came from. When Fetch Full Post Text is enabled it opens each post to capture its full selftext, upvote ratio and gallery images. Timestamps are normalized to ISO 8601 and missing source values are returned as null.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the 10 hottest posts on r/popular right now.

{
  "maxPosts": 10,
  "source": "popular",
  "sort": "hot",
  "timeFilter": "day",
  "withDetails": true
}

Set source to all for the unfiltered r/all feed. Set country (for example US, GB, DE) to read the geo-scoped r/popular feed. Set withDetails to false for a faster, listing-only run.

Input reference

Every field is optional. With an empty input the actor reads the global r/popular hot feed.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxPosts	integer	no	10	Maximum number of trending posts to collect.
source	enum	no	popular	Which cross-Reddit feed to read: popular (r/popular, curated, SFW) or all (r/all, everything).
country	string	no	(global)	Country code for the r/popular geo feed, for example US, GB, CA, AU, DE, IN, BR, MX. Empty reads the global feed. Applies to r/popular only.
sort	enum	no	hot	Trending order: hot, top, rising, new.
timeFilter	enum	no	day	Time window for the top sort: hour, day, week, month, year, all. Ignored for hot, rising and new.
withDetails	boolean	no	true	When enabled, opens each post to capture full self text, upvote ratio and gallery images. Disable for a faster, listing-only run.

Output reference

One dataset item per trending post. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, string[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
rank	integer	Position of the post in the trending feed (1 = top).
trendingSource	string	Feed the post came from: popular or all.
id	string	Reddit post id.
title	string	Post title.
selftext	string	Full body text of a self (text) post, or null. Populated when withDetails is on.
url	string	Outbound or content URL of the post.
subreddit	string	Subreddit the post is in (without prefix).
author	string	Username of the post author.
authorFullname	string	Reddit author id (t2_...).
score	integer	Net vote score.
upvoteRatio	number	Fraction of votes that are upvotes. Populated when withDetails is on.
numComments	integer	Comment count on the post.
numCrossposts	integer	Number of crossposts.
totalAwards	integer	Total awards received.
linkFlairText	string	Link flair text, or null.
permalink	string	Full reddit.com permalink of the post.
domain	string	Domain of the linked content.
thumbnail	string	Thumbnail image URL, or null.
isSelf	boolean	true for text (self) posts.
isVideo	boolean	true for native video posts.
isNsfw	boolean	true when the post is flagged NSFW.
isSpoiler	boolean	true when marked spoiler.
isOriginalContent	boolean	true when marked OC.
isPinned	boolean	true when pinned.
isLocked	boolean	true when the post is locked.
isArchived	boolean	true when the post is archived.
edited	string	ISO 8601 edit timestamp, or false when never edited.
galleryImageUrls	string[]	Image URLs for gallery posts, or null. Populated when withDetails is on.
createdAt	string	ISO 8601 creation timestamp.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record (rank 2) from the same run (input {"source": "popular", "sort": "hot"}). The galleryImageUrls array is trimmed to its first 3 of 7 real URLs:

{
  "thumbnail": "https://preview.redd.it/0qem30653jih1.jpg?width=140&height=140&crop=1:1,smart&auto=webp&s=af5a457419e8ba481629184188fff29eec4fc117",
  "title": "My boy works part time as a backdrop. Paid in chimkens",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1vkhiji",
  "id": "1vkhiji",
  "selftext": null,
  "subreddit": "aww",
  "author": "Pa-hi-ma-kas",
  "authorFullname": "t2_v1znvynl",
  "score": 9086,
  "upvoteRatio": 0.98,
  "numComments": 78,
  "numCrossposts": 1,
  "totalAwards": 0,
  "linkFlairText": null,
  "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/1vkhiji/my_boy_works_part_time_as_a_backdrop_paid_in/",
  "domain": "old.reddit.com",
  "isSelf": false,
  "isVideo": true,
  "isNsfw": false,
  "isSpoiler": false,
  "isOriginalContent": true,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isLocked": false,
  "isArchived": false,
  "edited": false,
  "galleryImageUrls": [
    "https://preview.redd.it/0qem30653jih1.jpg?width=108&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1d312f61ff7dbeec1c95ef555e7b1837eb012f68",
    "https://preview.redd.it/t9qsc5j53jih1.png?width=108&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9ba89f5c24ec4408494dd4738448d3da2d39495b",
    "https://preview.redd.it/01tmbunhbjih1.jpeg?width=2725&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce943463643a3aed7c8ecd902116c8d00aaf5700"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-08-10T10:54:00.000Z",
  "rank": 2,
  "trendingSource": "popular",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:18:37.407Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~reddit-trending-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"source":"popular","sort":"hot","maxPosts":25,"withDetails":false}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~reddit-trending-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"source":"all","sort":"top","timeFilter":"week","maxPosts":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper \
  --input '{"source":"popular","country":"US","sort":"hot"}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per trending post returned (result event). When withDetails is on and a post page is successfully enriched, an add-on details event is also charged. See the pricing tab for current prices.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 posts per run. Upgrade for higher maxPosts.
• Turn off enrichment to save. Set withDetails to false for listing-only results with no details charge.

FAQ and troubleshooting

What is the difference between r/popular and r/all? popular is Reddit's curated, SFW cross-Reddit feed (and supports country scoping). all is the unfiltered feed of everything trending. Choose with source.

Does the country filter work for r/all? No. Country scoping applies to r/popular only. For r/all the country value is ignored and the global feed is returned.

A run returned fewer posts than maxPosts. Why? The feed had fewer items available for the chosen sort and time window, or a free-plan cap applied. Trending feeds are finite at any moment.

Why is selftext null on some posts? Only self (text) posts carry selftext, and it is captured when withDetails is enabled. Link and gallery posts store their content in url and galleryImageUrls.

How do I snapshot trends over time? Schedule the actor to run on an interval. Each run stamps rank, observedAt and the live score so you can track how posts rise and fall.

Is this an official Reddit tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with Reddit. It reads only data that is publicly available on Reddit. Use it in accordance with Reddit's terms.

Related scrapers

• Reddit Posts & Comments Scraper: full subreddit feeds and comment trees.
• Reddit Keyword Search & Mentions Scraper: Reddit search results and mention tracking.
• Reddit User Scraper: a user's posts, comments and profile.
• Hacker News Scraper: Hacker News stories, comments and points.
• Google News Scraper: news articles by keyword and topic.

More scrapers at scrapers.lat

Built and maintained by scrapers.lat, where we publish scrapers for US and Latin American public platforms: company registries, government data, finance, e-commerce and more. Browse the catalog or request a custom scraper at scrapers.lat.

---

Independent tool, not affiliated with Reddit. Accesses only publicly available Reddit data. Use in accordance with Reddit's terms.