SubReddit Comments Search Scraper

SubReddit Comments Search Scraper

by easyapi

Scrape and filter Reddit comments from any subreddit's search results. Get timestamps, user info, votes, and text for market research and community analysis.

459 runs
37 users
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About SubReddit Comments Search Scraper

Need to know what people are *really* saying in a Reddit community? This scraper digs into any subreddit's search results to pull out the raw, unfiltered comments. You tell it which subreddit and what to search for, and it handles the rest, collecting full comment threads with all the useful metadata attached. I use it to grab timestamps, author details, upvote/downvote scores, and the full comment text. The real value is in the filtering—you can narrow down by date, popularity, or specific keywords to find exactly the conversations that matter, not just a data dump. It’s become my go-to for a few specific jobs. If I’m doing market research on a product niche, I’ll scrape relevant subreddits to see what pain points users mention. For tracking how a news story or trend evolves within a community, the timestamp and vote data are perfect. And if you’re trying to understand the tone or common questions in a forum, having this structured data beats manually reading through pages of posts. You get a clean JSON or CSV output that’s ready for analysis in spreadsheets, BI tools, or your own scripts. It just saves the hours of tedious copying and pasting.

What does this actor do?

SubReddit Comments Search Scraper is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.

Key Features

  • Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
  • Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
  • API access for integration with your applications
  • Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
  • Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation

How to Use

  1. Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
  2. Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
  3. Configure the input parameters as needed
  4. Run the actor and download your results

Documentation

SubReddit Comments Search Scraper

Scrapes comments from Reddit search results within a specific subreddit. It extracts rich metadata for each comment and offers configurable search parameters.

Key Features

  • Targeted Search: Scrape comments from any subreddit based on a search query.
  • Sorting & Filtering: Sort results by relevance, top, new, comments, or hot. Includes a safe search toggle.
  • Configurable Limits: Control the number of items scraped with maxItems.
  • Rich Metadata: Extracts comprehensive data for each comment, including author details, timestamps, scores, and post context.

How to Use

Configure the actor using the input parameters below. The scraper will execute the search on the specified subreddit and return matching comments with their full metadata.

Input / Output

Input Parameters

Provide input as a JSON object with the following fields:

Parameter Type Description
query String Search keyword or phrase.
subReddit String Target subreddit name (omit the 'r/').
sort String Sort order: 'relevance', 'top', 'new', 'comments', or 'hot'.
safeSearch String '0' enables safe search, '1' disables it.
maxItems Integer Maximum number of comments to scrape.

Example Input:

{
  "query": "ai",
  "subReddit": "AppIdeas",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "safeSearch": "0",
  "maxItems": 45
}

Output Data

Results are saved to the dataset in the Storage tab and can be downloaded as JSON, JSONL, Excel, CSV, HTML, or XML.

Each item in the output is a comment object containing:

  • comment_id, post_id
  • subreddit
  • author, author_url
  • author_avatar_url (when available)
  • created_time (ISO format)
  • comment_content
  • score, votes, comments
  • title, url (of the parent post)

Example Output (JSON excerpt):

[
  {
    "comment_id": "t1_lv2y3tb",
    "post_id": "t3_1gi6v3q",
    "subreddit": "AppIdeas",
    "author": "tdaawg",
    "created_time": "2024-11-02T21:30:48.658Z",
    "score": 5,
    "author_url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/tdaawg/",
    "title": "What are you working on right now? Let’s share ideas!",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AppIdeas/comments/1gi6v3q/what_are_you_working_on_right_now_lets_share_ideas/",
    "comment_content": "Looks cool. I’m working on https://appflows.ai - a free tool to help product managers and founders plan their apps.",
    "votes": 6,
    "comments": 16
  }
]

Categories

SOCIAL_MEDIA

Common Use Cases

Market Research

Gather competitive intelligence and market data

Lead Generation

Extract contact information for sales outreach

Price Monitoring

Track competitor pricing and product changes

Content Aggregation

Collect and organize content from multiple sources

Ready to Get Started?

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Actor Information

Developer
easyapi
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
459
Active Users
37

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