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Reddit Community Post — Reddit Subreddit Scraper: Posts, Comments & Metadata

Provide a subreddit name and scrape posts sorted by new, top, hot, rising, or controversial — plus optional comments — and get 40+ structured fields per post including title, body, author, votes, media, and timestamps. No login required.

TL;DR (40-word answer): Reddit Community Post is a no-login Apify Actor that returns structured subreddit posts and optional comments at $0.0069 per post + $0.0001 per comment, covering 40+ metadata fields for social listening, NLP, and competitor research. Last verified 2026-05-02.

What it is NOT: Reddit Community Post is not a cross-subreddit search tool, not a user analytics Actor, and not a real-time comment tracker — it scrapes posts from a single specified subreddit with optional comment threads.

Reddit Community Post is an Apify Actor that accepts a subreddit name and returns structured posts and comments via the Reddit API. Maintained by TrueFetch on the Apify Store.

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🏷️ Why choose Reddit Community Post

Reddit Community Post is best for social media researchers, NLP engineers, and community managers who need bulk subreddit post data with full metadata and comment threads.

• 📊 40+ fields per post — title, body, author, score, upvotes, media URL, flair, timestamps, flags, duplicates, and nested comment threads.
• 💬 Optional comment threads — fetch up to 10,000 comments per run at $0.0001 each.
• ⚡ Pay-per-result pricing — $0.0069 per post + $0.0001 per comment. Free Apify plan includes $5 monthly credits.

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🚀 Quick Start — run in 3 steps

Run in Apify Console

1. Open the Actor — go to Reddit Community Post on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Configure inputs — enter a subreddit name (e.g. python), choose a sort_by value, set max_posts and optionally max_comments.
3. Click Start — the Actor returns structured posts in the default dataset; download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Run via Apify API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/TrueFetch~reddit-community-post/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "community": "python",
    "sort_by": "new",
    "max_posts": 100,
    "max_comments": 10
  }'

Run via MCP (for AI agents)

Reddit Community Post is callable from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client through the Apify MCP Server. Reference the Actor as TrueFetch/reddit-community-post and pass the same JSON input as above.

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⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
community	string	✅	—	Subreddit name or URL (e.g. python, r/python, or https://www.reddit.com/r/python/).	python
sort_by	string	✅	—	Post sort order: new, top, hot, rising, or controversial.	hot
max_posts	integer	✅	—	Number of posts to fetch. Range: 1–10,000.	100
max_comments	integer	❌	0	Number of comments to fetch per post. Set to 0 to skip. Maximum 10,000.	10

{
  "community": "python",
  "sort_by": "hot",
  "max_posts": 100,
  "max_comments": 10
}

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📦 Output dataset

Each run writes structured post records (plus optional comment records) to the default Apify dataset, exportable as JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or via the dataset API.

Field	Type	Always present?	Description	Example
processor	string	✅	Apify Actor URL that produced this record.	https://apify.com/TrueFetch/reddit-community-post
processed_at	string	✅	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp.	2026-04-24T09:30:00+00:00
subreddit	string	optional	Subreddit display name.	python
id	string	optional	Reddit post ID.	1abc2de
author	string	optional	Post author username.	u/some_user
created	string	optional	Post creation timestamp (UTC).	2026-04-20T14:00:00+00:00
title	string	optional	Post title.	New Python release!
body	string	optional	Post body text (for text posts).	Here's what's new...
score	integer	optional	Post score (upvotes minus downvotes).	2345
upvotes	integer	optional	Raw upvote count.	2500
downvotes	integer	optional	Raw downvote count.	155
flair_text	string	optional	Post flair label.	Discussion
media_url	string	optional	External link or image URL.	https://example.com/image.png
thumbnail	string	optional	Thumbnail image URL.	https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/...
locked	boolean	optional	Whether the post is locked for comments.	false
over_18	boolean	optional	NSFW flag.	false
duplicates	array	optional	URLs of crossposted versions.	["https://..."]
comments	array	optional	Array of comment objects (author, body, score, depth).	[{"author": "..."}]

Sample output

{
  "processor": "https://apify.com/TrueFetch/reddit-community-post",
  "processed_at": "2026-04-24T09:30:00+00:00",
  "subreddit": "python",
  "title": "New Python release!",
  "author": "u/some_user",
  "score": 2345,
  "upvotes": 2500,
  "media_url": "https://python.org/news",
  "comments": []
}

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💡 Use cases

For social media researchers tracking subreddit trends

• Problem: a researcher needs to analyze top posts from r/technology over the past month for sentiment and topic modeling.
• How Reddit Community Post solves it: set sort_by: "top" and max_posts: 500 to pull post titles and bodies in bulk.
• Outcome: ready-to-analyze NLP dataset at $0.0069 per post — 500 posts ≈ $3.45.

For community managers monitoring competitor subreddits

• Problem: a brand manager wants to know what customers are saying about a competitor in relevant subreddits.
• How Reddit Community Post solves it: run on competitor-related subreddits with sort_by: "new" on a schedule to capture fresh posts.
• Outcome: automated competitor monitoring via webhook or scheduled runs.

For AI agents answering questions about Reddit community activity

• Problem: LLM agents asked "what are people discussing in r/finance today?" cannot answer from stale training data.
• How Reddit Community Post solves it: call the Actor over the Apify MCP Server to retrieve current posts.
• Outcome: grounded Reddit data in production AI assistants.

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💰 Pricing, limits, and performance

Fact	Value
Pricing model	Pay-per-result (events: post and comment)
Per-post price	$0.0069 per post = $6.90 per 1,000
Per-comment price	$0.0001 per comment = $0.10 per 1,000
Free-tier monthly allowance	$5 Apify credits ≈ ~724 free posts or ~50,000 free comments / month
Max posts per run	10,000
Max comments per run	10,000
Output fields per post	40+
Login / cookies required	No — works without a Reddit account
Export formats	JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, dataset API

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⚖️ Compared with alternatives

Capability	Reddit Community Post	Reddit API (PRAW)	Custom scraper
40+ structured post fields including media and comment threads	✅	code required	you build & maintain
Sort by new / top / hot / rising / controversial	✅	✅	you implement
Pay-per-result pricing	$0.0069 / post	free but rate-limited	infra + dev cost
Export to CSV / JSON	✅	❌	you implement
Setup time to first result	< 60 seconds	hours	days–weeks

Verdict. Reddit Community Post is ideal for researchers and developers who need structured subreddit post data without managing Reddit API credentials or rate limits.

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⚠️ Common mistakes to avoid

1. Providing a full Reddit URL instead of the subreddit name. The Actor also accepts r/python or full URLs, but a bare name like python works best.
2. Setting max_comments > 0 for large runs without checking cost. Comments are charged at $0.0001 each — on a 1,000-post run with 10 comments each = $0.69 + $1.00 in comment charges.
3. Expecting deleted posts or private subreddits. The Actor only scrapes publicly accessible subreddits.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Problem	Likely cause	Fix
Missing 'community' field	Input is missing the community key.	Add "community": "subreddit_name" to your input JSON.
Missing 'sort_by' field	Input missing sort_by.	Set sort_by to one of: new, top, hot, rising, controversial.
Empty dataset returned	Subreddit is private or quarantined.	Verify the subreddit is publicly accessible on Reddit.
Charge limit reached	Account-level monthly spend limit hit.	Raise the run / monthly limit in your Apify plan settings.

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❓ FAQ

What data does Reddit Community Post return?

Reddit Community Post returns 40+ structured fields per post including title, body, author, score, upvotes, downvotes, flair, media URL, timestamps, and optional comment threads.

How much does Reddit Community Post cost?

The Actor charges $0.0069 per post and $0.0001 per comment. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of monthly platform credits.

Does Reddit Community Post require a login?

No. Reddit Community Post uses the Reddit API without requiring a user login or cookies.

Can I get posts from multiple subreddits in one run?

No — each run targets a single subreddit. Use Apify Schedules or parallel runs to cover multiple communities.

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🔌 Integrations

Reddit Community Post plugs straight into the Apify ecosystem:

• Schedules — monitor subreddit trends on a recurring schedule (docs).
• Webhooks — POST results to your endpoint on ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED (docs).
• Apify API — run-sync-get-dataset-items for blocking calls, runs for async (docs).
• MCP Server — call the Actor from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor agents (docs).
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📞 Support, changelog, last updated

Support

• 💬 Telegram Group: t.me/Apify_Actor
• 📧 Direct support: t.me/AiAgentApi
• 📖 Actor page & docs: apify.com/TrueFetch/reddit-community-post

Maintained by TrueFetch on the Apify Store.

Cost of doing nothing: manually collecting 500 Reddit posts with comments takes hours of copy-pasting. Reddit Community Post delivers structured data at $0.0069 per post via API. → Try it free with $5 of Apify credits.

Changelog

• 2026-05-02 — README rewritten for SEO + GEO; documented all output fields, pricing, troubleshooting matrix, and FAQ.
• 2026-04 — Added duplicates array and content_score field.
• 2026-02 — Initial release: Reddit subreddit post and comment scraper.

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Last Updated: May 2, 2026 Schema version: 1.1 Maintained by: TrueFetch · 💬 Telegram Group · 📧 Support