Reddit Posts Scraper

Overview

This Apify actor scrapes public data from Reddit, including posts, comments, and metadata. It outputs structured data in JSON, CSV, or XLSX formats for use in analysis, research, or integration into other systems. It's designed for developers, researchers, and marketers who need to programmatically collect Reddit data at scale.

Key Features

• Extracts comprehensive data: Captures post titles, bodies, URLs, timestamps, upvotes, authors, subreddit names, top comments, media links, and awards.
• Flexible sourcing: Scrapes from specific subreddits, custom search queries, or direct post URLs.
• Configurable filters: Supports sorting (hot, top, new, controversial), date ranges, and post limits.
• Integration-ready: Outputs clean JSON for easy use with databases, NLP models, dashboards, or APIs. Compatible with automation platforms like n8n, Zapier, and Google Sheets.
• No-code operation: Fully functional via the Apify console, while also providing a developer-friendly interface for custom workflows.

How to Use

1. Access the Actor: Log into your Apify account and find the "Reddit Posts Scraper" in the store.
2. Configure Input: In the actor's input field, specify your target data using one or more methods:
   • Subreddit names (e.g., technology)
   • Direct post URLs
   • Reddit search queries
3. Set Options: Adjust parameters like sort order, post limit, and whether to include timestamps or comments.
4. Run: Start the actor. It will process the requests and collect the data.
5. Get Results: Download the dataset in your preferred format (JSON, CSV, XLSX) from the Apify dataset storage or access it via API.

Input/Output

Input Configuration:
The actor primarily uses the startUrls field. You can provide:
* Subreddit URLs: https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT_NAME/
* Search URLs: https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=YOUR_QUERY
* Direct post URLs: https://www.reddit.com/r/.../comments/...

Additional options in the input schema control sorting, limits, and which data fields to extract.

Output Data:
The actor returns an array of items, where each item represents a Reddit post. A typical item includes the following fields in structured JSON:

{
  "title": "Post Title",
  "body": "Full text of the post",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/...",
  "timestamp": "2023-10-26T14:30:00.000Z",
  "score": 150,
  "upvotes": 150,
  "author": "username",
  "subreddit": "subredditName",
  "comments": [...],
  "media": [...],
  "awards": [...]
}

This dataset can be downloaded directly or accessed programmatically via the Apify API.