Reddit Posts Scraper

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from $0.50 / 1,000 reddit actors

Reddit Posts Scraper

Scrapes Reddit posts and comments by searching Google with `site:reddit.com` queries. No Reddit API key needed. Outputs structured post data including title, score, upvote ratio, comments, and top-level replies.

Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 reddit actors

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What it does

This Actor bypasses Reddit's restrictive API by leveraging Google search with site:reddit.com queries. For each keyword, it finds the top Reddit posts via Google, then navigates to each Reddit page using Playwright to extract the full post data — title, author, score, upvote ratio, comment count, subreddit, flair, and a configurable number of top-level comments. No Reddit API credentials required.

Use cases

Community sentiment analysis — understand what real people say about your product or brand
Trend & product discovery — mine subreddit discussions for emerging products and ideas
Brand monitoring — track mentions across Reddit communities
Content research — find popular topics, pain points, and frequently asked questions
Competitive intelligence — read honest user reviews and product recommendations

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`keywords`	array	Yes	—	Search keywords — each triggers a `site:reddit.com` Google search
`maxPostsPerKeyword`	integer	No	`10`	Max Reddit posts per keyword (1–100)
`maxTopComments`	integer	No	`10`	Max top-level comments per post (0–50)
`proxyConfiguration`	object	No	No proxy	Apify Proxy — recommended to avoid Google rate limiting

Example input

{
"keywords":["trends 2025","best laptops 2024"],
"maxPostsPerKeyword":10,
"maxTopComments":5
}

Output

Each Reddit post is pushed as a separate record to the Apify dataset.

Field	Type	Description
`keyword`	string	The search keyword that found this post
`subreddit`	string	Subreddit name (e.g. `"r/laptops"`)
`title`	string	Post title
`author`	string	Post author (e.g. `"u/techreviewer"`)
`score`	number	Post score (upvotes − downvotes)
`upvoteRatio`	number	Upvote ratio (0.0–1.0)
`numComments`	number	Total comment count
`createdUtc`	string	Post creation date (UTC)
`flair`	string	Post flair/tag
`url`	string	Full post URL
`permalink`	string	Reddit permalink path
`topComments`	array	Top-level comment texts
`extracted_at`	string	ISO 8601 date-time of extraction

Example output

{
"keyword":"best laptops 2024",
"subreddit":"r/laptops",
"title":"What are the best laptops for programming in 2024?",
"author":"u/techreviewer",
"score":1842,
"upvoteRatio":0.96,
"numComments":432,
"createdUtc":"2024-11-15T08:30:00Z",
"flair":"Discussion",
"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/laptops/comments/abc123",
"permalink":"/r/laptops/comments/abc123/what_are_the_best_laptops",
"topComments":[
"ThinkPad X1 Carbon is unbeatable for dev work",
"MacBook Pro M3 if you can afford it",
"Framework Laptop 16 for repairability",
"Dell XPS 15 still going strong",
"Check out the ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED"
],
"extracted_at":"2026-03-06T14:30:00.000Z"
}

How to run

On Apify Platform

Go to the Actor's page on Apify Console
Enter your search keywords and configure limits
Click Start and wait for the run to finish
Download results from the Dataset tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format

Locally

$apify run

Deploy to Apify

apify login
apify push

Built with

Apify SDK — actor framework and dataset management
Playwright — browser automation for Google search and Reddit page scraping

Reddit Scraper

janbruinier/jan-reddit-scraper

Scrape posts and comments from Reddit

URL: https://apify.com/data_ops_main/reddit-posts-scraper