Reddit User & Profile Scraper ($0.50/1k) 👤

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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/<username>/) into startUrls and extract all their submissions into a single dataset.

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💡 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).

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🚀 3 Ready-to-Run Workflows

Workflow 1: Single User Submission Archive

Extract a complete timeline of posts submitted by a specific user:

{
  "username": "spez",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "scrapeComments": false
}

Workflow 2: Multi-User Batch Audit

Scrape post histories from multiple Reddit users in one run:

{
  "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:

{
  "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:

{
  "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:

{
  "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/<username>/) 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.

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🔗 Specialized Reddit Scrapers by UnitBytes

Explore our complete Reddit data suite on the Apify Store:

• 🚀 Reddit Scraper (All-in-One) — Posts, Subreddits, Users, Nested Comments & 5 Search Tabs in one actor.
• 💬 Reddit Comments Scraper — Dedicated deep nested comment tree & reply hierarchy extractor.
• 🔍 Reddit Search Scraper — Real-time keyword & brand mention search across all 5 Reddit tabs.
• 📈 Reddit Subreddit 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 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.