# Reddit User & Profile Scraper ($0.50/1k) 👤 (`unitbytes/reddit-user-scraper`) Actor
⚡ Fast & Cheap ($0.50/1k): Monitor & scrape Reddit user profiles, post history, submitted threads, comments & HD media. No API keys; export clean CSV/Excel or JSON for OSINT & AI.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/unitbytes/reddit-user-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [UnitBytes | Enterprise Web Data](https://apify.com/unitbytes) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, AI
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $0.50 / 1,000 result scrapeds
This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.
## How to integrate an Actor?
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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.
For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.
Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).
# README
⚡ 1-Click Free Trial: Scrape any Reddit user's submitted posts, activity & media • No API keys required • Instant results
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## 👤 Reddit User & Profile Scraper \[From $0.50💰] — User Post History & Activity Intelligence
The fastest way to extract submitted posts, community activity, and permanent media from any Reddit user profile.
Audit creator histories, track power users, verify B2B prospects, and export complete user submission archives without API keys, accounts, or developer approvals.
Quick Start •
Use Cases •
Key Advantages •
Pricing •
Workflows •
Input Parameters •
Output Schema •
AI Agents (MCP) •
FAQ
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### ⚡ 30-Second Quick Start (No Code Required)
Extract any Reddit user's submission history in 3 easy steps:
1. **Enter Reddit Username**: Type the username in **`username`** (e.g. `spez`, `u/spez`) or paste one or more user profile URLs in **`startUrls`**.
2. **Set Your Limit**: Choose **`maxItems`** (e.g. `25`, `100`, or `1,000`) and optionally enable **`scrapeComments`** to include comment threads on the user's posts.
3. **Click "Start" & Export**: Hit **Start**. Your dataset is ready in 1–2 seconds. Download your spreadsheet as **Excel**, **CSV**, or **JSON** with 1 click.
> 💡 **Multi-User Batch Auditing**: Want to audit 20 Reddit users in one run? Paste their profile links (`https://www.reddit.com/user//`) into `startUrls` and extract all their submissions into a single dataset.
***
### 💡 How Reddit User Scraping Unlocks Business Value
- 🎯 **B2B Lead & Prospect Qualification** — Review a prospect's public post history across technical and business communities (`r/SaaS`, `r/devops`, `r/smallbusiness`) to understand their stack and needs.
- 🛡️ **Spam, Bot & Astroturfing Audits** — Inspect account submission histories, cross-subreddit posting patterns, and upvote ratios to identify coordinated promotional accounts.
- 🤝 **Creator & Thought-Leader Discovery** — Analyze top contributors in your niche to see which topics, formats, and communities drive their highest engagement.
- 🧠 **Author-Specific AI & LLM Datasets** — Build clean, structured corpora of public posts and discussions from domain experts.
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### ⭐ Key Advantages & What You Get
- 👤 **1-Field Username or Multi-URL Batching** — Scrape a single user by typing their username (`spez`) or batch-scrape dozens of profiles via `startUrls`.
- 🖼️ **100% Permanent HD Media Links** — Expiring Reddit media links are automatically converted to permanent high-definition CDN links (`i.redd.it` / `v.redd.it`).
- 📊 **Zero-Cleaning Exports (Excel, CSV, JSON)** — Clean flat rows with subreddit, title, full text, score, upvote ratio, comment count, flair, and timestamps.
- ⚡ **Lightning-Fast Execution** — Extracts 50–100 user submissions in 1–2 seconds with automatic cursor pagination.
- 💰 **Fair & Predictable Pricing** — From **$0.50 per 1,000 items** with zero startup penalties and an unconditional **$0.00 guarantee on non-existent or suspended users**.
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### 💎 Predictable Pricing & Volume Discounts
We use Apify **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing with active **Store Discounts**. Users on higher subscription tiers automatically unlock substantial volume discounts:
| Plan Tier | Apify Discount Tier | Unit Price per Item | Price / 1,000 Items | Included Monthly Capacity |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 🟢 **Free Plan** | `FREE` | **$0.0010** | **$1.00** | **Up to 5,000 items/mo FREE** ($5 credit) |
| 🥉 **Starter Plan** | `BRONZE` | **$0.0008** | **$0.80 (20% OFF)** | **Up to 23,750 items/mo** ($19 credit) |
| 🥈 **Scale Plan** | `SILVER` | **$0.0006** | **$0.60 (40% OFF)** | **Up to 331,600 items/mo** ($199 credit) |
| 🥇 **Business Plan** | `GOLD` / `PLATINUM` | **$0.0005** | **$0.50 (50% OFF)** | **Up to 1,998,000 items/mo** ($999 credit) |
> **Fair Billing Guarantee**: Zero charges on non-existent, suspended, or empty user profiles. Startup fee is capped at the platform minimum ($0.00005).
***
### 🚀 3 Ready-to-Run Workflows
#### Workflow 1: Single User Submission Archive
Extract a complete timeline of posts submitted by a specific user:
```json
{
"username": "spez",
"maxItems": 50,
"scrapeComments": false
}
```
#### Workflow 2: Multi-User Batch Audit
Scrape post histories from multiple Reddit users in one run:
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{ "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/" },
{ "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/AutoModerator/" }
],
"maxItems": 100,
"scrapeComments": false
}
```
#### Workflow 3: User Posts + Full Comment Threads
Extract a user's posts along with the community comment threads beneath each post:
```json
{
"username": "spez",
"maxItems": 10,
"scrapeComments": true,
"maxCommentsPerPost": 25
}
```
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### 📥 Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `username` | String | `"spez"` | Reddit username to scrape (e.g. `spez`, `u/spez`). |
| `startUrls` | Array | `[]` | Optional direct user profile URLs (`https://www.reddit.com/user/...`) for multi-user scraping. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `50` | Maximum number of posts to extract (1 – 5,000). |
| `scrapeComments` | Boolean | `false` | Whether to also extract comment threads on the user's posts. |
| `maxCommentsPerPost` | Integer | `20` | Maximum comments to extract per post if enabled. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | `Default` | Recommended proxy settings for high-speed, reliable extraction. |
| `customProxyUrl` | String | `""` | Optional custom proxy URL if you prefer your own provider. |
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### 📤 Sample Output Datasets
Every extracted user post is delivered as a clean, flat record ready for immediate analysis:
```json
{
"itemType": "post",
"id": "1x0b0f5",
"title": "Community platform update and Q&A",
"subreddit": "announcements",
"author": "example_user",
"score": 1420,
"upvoteRatio": 0.91,
"numComments": 318,
"postType": "text",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/1x0b0f5/...",
"permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/1x0b0f5/...",
"createdAt": "2026-10-11T10:15:00.000Z",
"selftext": "Full post body text extracted cleanly with zero truncation.",
"flair": "Official",
"isOver18": false,
"isPinned": false,
"mediaUrls": [],
"scrapedAt": "2026-10-11T16:00:00.000Z"
}
```
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### 📊 Instant Analysis in Excel, Google Sheets, Python & AI Agents
#### Use with AI Agents — Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor (Apify MCP Server)
Connect this actor directly to **Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or ChatGPT** via the [Apify MCP Server](https://mcp.apify.com/):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"reddit-user": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=unitbytes/reddit-user-scraper"]
}
}
}
```
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### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
#### Can I scrape multiple Reddit users in one run?
**Yes.** Add multiple profile URLs (`https://www.reddit.com/user//`) into `startUrls`, or pass a list of usernames via the API.
#### What happens if a Reddit user is suspended or does not exist?
The actor detects suspended or non-existent profiles on the first request, exits cleanly with exit code `0`, outputs an empty dataset, and **charges $0.00**.
***
### 🔗 Specialized Reddit Scrapers by UnitBytes
Explore our complete Reddit data suite on the Apify Store:
- 🚀 **[Reddit Scraper (All-in-One)](https://apify.com/unitbytes/reddit-scraper)** — Posts, Subreddits, Users, Nested Comments & 5 Search Tabs in one actor.
- 💬 **[Reddit Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/unitbytes/reddit-comments-scraper)** — Dedicated deep nested comment tree & reply hierarchy extractor.
- 🔍 **[Reddit Search Scraper](https://apify.com/unitbytes/reddit-search-scraper)** — Real-time keyword & brand mention search across all 5 Reddit tabs.
- 📈 **[Reddit Subreddit Scraper](https://apify.com/unitbytes/reddit-subreddits-scraper)** — Hot, New, Top & Rising community feed monitor.
### ⚖️ Compliance & Privacy
This scraper extracts only publicly accessible user submissions that Reddit provides to web visitors. Personal data is protected by regulations such as GDPR and CCPA—see Apify's guide on [the legality of web scraping](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) and ensure your usage complies with applicable data privacy laws.
#### Disclaimer
This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Reddit, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries.
# Actor input Schema
## `username` (type: `string`):
Reddit username to scrape (e.g. 'spez', 'u/spez', 'DeepFuckingValue').
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
Direct Reddit user profile links (e.g. https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/) to scrape multiple users in one batch.
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of user submissions to extract.
## `scrapeComments` (type: `boolean`):
Whether to also extract comment threads on the user's submitted posts.
## `maxCommentsPerPost` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of top-level and nested comments to extract per user post when Extract Comments is enabled.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Residential proxy configuration. Reddit blocks datacenter IPs, so residential proxies are automatically enforced by default for high reliability.
## `customProxyUrl` (type: `string`):
Optional custom residential proxy URL. If provided, it will be prioritized before falling back to Apify Residential.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"username": "spez",
"startUrls": [],
"maxItems": 50,
"scrapeComments": false,
"maxCommentsPerPost": 20,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `redditDataset` (type: `string`):
Structured dataset of extracted Reddit user submissions, post histories, and comment threads with permanent media links.
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"username": "spez",
"startUrls": []
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("unitbytes/reddit-user-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"username": "spez",
"startUrls": [],
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("unitbytes/reddit-user-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"username": "spez",
"startUrls": []
}' |
apify call unitbytes/reddit-user-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,unitbytes/reddit-user-scraper"
}
}
}
```
The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).
## OpenAPI specification
Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hATEzL10YqshtfjmV/builds/7iUYvIEd8jlJcLZKb/openapi.json