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Lemmy Keyword Monitor — Track Mentions on the Open Reddit Alternative

Know when Lemmy talks about your product, your competitor, or the problem you solve. Lemmy Keyword Monitor is a no-code lemmy keyword monitor and mention tracker for Lemmy — the open-source, federated Reddit alternative where many communities migrated. It watches any keyword across Lemmy and delivers fresh posts as clean, structured data. Powered by the open Lemmy API — no key, no auth.

Great for lead generation, brand monitoring, and community research on a fast-growing, developer- and privacy-friendly network.

What you get

{
"keyword":"self hosted",
"source":"lemmy",
"type":"post",
"id":"https://lemmy.world/post/123",
"title":"Best self-hosted alternative to X?",
"snippet":"I've been looking for a lightweight, privacy-friendly option …",
"author":"alice",
"community":"selfhosted",
"score":42,
"numComments":18,
"createdAt":"2026-06-12T08:14:03Z",
"url":"https://example.com/tool",
"lemmyUrl":"https://lemmy.world/post/123",
"matchedIn":"title"
}

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel, or via the Apify API.

Use cases

• Lead generation — catch people on Lemmy asking for a tool like yours.
• Brand monitoring — track mentions of your product across federated communities.
• Competitor tracking — follow what users say about rivals.
• Community research — discover the questions and pain points of a niche audience.

How to use

1. Enter your keywords.
2. (Optional) Pick a Lemmy instance — lemmy.world by default; it federates content network-wide.
3. Run it — or schedule it daily.
4. Export or automate — CSV/Sheets, or Slack/webhook/Make/Zapier via Apify integrations.

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Scheduling & integrations

Built to run daily on autopilot via Apify Schedules, with Google Sheets, Slack, email, webhooks, Make, and Zapier integrations.

Pricing

Simple pay-per-event: a small fee per run start + a small fee per post found. A typical daily run costs a few cents; empty runs are near-free.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. Lemmy's API is fully open.

Which instance should I use? lemmy.world is the largest and federates content from across the network, so it's a good default. You can point it at any instance.

How fresh is the data? Real-time. sort = new returns the newest posts first.

What if a run finds nothing? It writes one informational item per keyword, at near-zero cost.

Keywords: lemmy keyword monitor, lemmy mention tracker, reddit alternative monitor, lemmy scraper, lead generation lemmy, brand monitoring lemmy, fediverse monitoring.