Reddit Search & Comments Scraper – Posts + Threads

Collect public Reddit posts and nested comments without creating a Reddit API application. Search topics, restrict a query to selected subreddits, or crawl hot, new, and top subreddit feeds into one normalized dataset.

Start in under a minute

{
  "queries": ["electric vehicles"],
  "subreddits": ["electricvehicles"],
  "sort": "new",
  "time": "month",
  "includeComments": true,
  "maxPosts": 20,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 50
}

Start with comments disabled for a fast post search. Enable comments only when you need full discussion context.

Example post row

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "t3_example",
  "parentId": null,
  "postId": "example",
  "subreddit": "electricvehicles",
  "author": "public_username",
  "title": "What changed your mind about EVs?",
  "text": "Discussion text...",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/example/",
  "permalink": "/r/electricvehicles/comments/example/",
  "score": 42,
  "commentsCount": 18,
  "createdAt": "2026-08-09T09:00:00.000Z",
  "query": "electric vehicles",
  "depth": null,
  "source": "reddit-live",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-09T10:37:46.000Z"
}

Comments use the same schema with type: "comment", parentId, and depth.

Why use this Actor

• No Reddit API application or OAuth setup.
• Search queries and subreddit feeds in one input.
• Optional nested comment collection with hard per-post caps.
• Deduplication across queries and subreddit targets.
• Partial success: one failed target does not discard successful rows.
• Explicit source field on every row.

Live and archive behavior

The Actor first requests public live Reddit data. When Reddit blocks a cloud request for a subreddit target, it can fall back to the public Arctic Shift archive. Archive rows are labeled source: "arctic-shift"; live rows are labeled source: "reddit-live". Archive freshness and coverage can differ from live Reddit, and global searches without a subreddit do not have this fallback.

Pricing and responsible use

Current launch pricing starts at $1 per 1,000 Reddit items; check the Pricing tab for every billable event and exact run cost.

Use conservative limits and collect only public content. Do not use the data for harassment, sensitive-person profiling, or attempts to re-identify deleted users. Deleted or removed authors are returned as null.

Free product guide

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