Reddit Scraper API — Extract Any Profile in 60 Seconds > Stop wasting hours on manual Reddit research. Join 5,000+ marketers and researchers who scrape Reddit data in clicks, not code. --- ## The Problem You Know Too Well You need Reddit data. Maybe it's competitor research, market trends, or audience insights. So you start copying and pasting... and 3 hours later, you have 47 posts in a messy spreadsheet. Sound familiar? Meanwhile, your competitors are using automated Reddit scrapers to extract thousands of posts while you're still clicking "load more." There's a better way. --- ## What If You Could... ✅ Scrape any Reddit user's complete history — posts, comments, karma — in under 60 seconds ✅ Export everything to CSV, JSON, or Excel — ready for analysis, no cleanup needed ✅ Never worry about rate limits — built-in proxy rotation handles everything ✅ Do it without writing a single line of code — just enter a username and click run This is what our Reddit Account Scraper does — and it costs less than your morning coffee. --- ## The "No-Brainer" Math | Approach | Time | Cost | Data Quality | |----------|------|------|--------------| | 🐌 Manual copy-paste | 10+ hours/week | Your sanity | Incomplete, error-prone | | 💸 Hire a VA | 5+ hours/week | $15-25/hour | Inconsistent | | 🔧 Build your own scraper | 20+ hours setup | Dev time + maintenance | Breaks when Reddit updates | | ⚡ This Actor | 60 seconds | $0.004/result | Complete, structured, reliable | → Get 1,000 Reddit posts for ~$4 (covered by your free Apify credits) --- ## Who Is This For? ### 🎯 Marketers & Brand Managers - Track brand mentions and sentiment across Reddit - Discover what your audience actually talks about (not what surveys tell you) - Find content ideas that are already proven to resonate ### 🔍 Competitive Intelligence Teams - See exactly what's working for competitors on Reddit - Monitor industry conversations in real-time - Identify emerging trends before they go mainstream ### 📊 Researchers & Analysts - Gather large datasets for sentiment analysis - Study community behavior and engagement patterns - Export structured data for academic or market research ### 📈 Growth Hackers & SEO Specialists - Find high-engagement subreddits for your niche - Analyze top-performing content formats - Build data-driven Reddit marketing strategies --- ## What Data Can You Extract? | Category | Data Points | |----------|-------------| | User Profiles | Karma scores, account age, profile descriptions, avatar/banner images | | Posts | Titles, full text, URLs, media links, timestamps, subreddit info | | Engagement Metrics | Upvotes, downvotes, upvote ratio, comment counts, awards | | Comments | Full comment text, scores, thread context, reply chains | | Subreddit Details | Subscriber counts, community descriptions, posting rules | | Media | Direct links to images, videos, and embedded content | All data exports in your choice of: CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML --- ## How It Works (3 Simple Steps) ### Step 1: Enter a Username Mark_Ruffalo or a full profile URL: https://www.reddit.com/user/Mark_Ruffalo/ ### Step 2: Choose What to Scrape - posts — All submissions by the user - comments — All comments by the user - profile — Account metadata and stats ### Step 3: Click Run & Download Results are ready in seconds. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML. That's it. No API keys. No coding. No headaches. --- ## Input Configuration json { "user": "Mark_Ruffalo", "scrapeType": "posts", "limit": 100, "sort": "top", "time": "all" } | Parameter | Description | Options | |-----------|-------------|---------| | user | Reddit username or profile URL | Any public Reddit user | | scrapeType | Type of data to extract | posts, comments, profile | | limit | Maximum results to return | Any number (optional) | | sort | How to sort results | new, top, hot | | time | Time filter for sorting | hour, day, week, month, year, all | --- ## Example Output ### Reddit Post Data json { "subreddit": "IAmA", "title": "reddit, ready for Ruffalo? AMA.", "selftext": "Hello everyone, Mark Ruffalo here! I'm doing my first AMA...", "author": "Mark_Ruffalo", "score": 10717, "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "num_comments": 3295, "created_utc": 1430856892, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/351yxe/...", "subreddit_subscribers": 22579778, "is_video": false, "over_18": false, "stickied": false } ### Reddit Comment Data json { "body": "One can only hope so! And it could DEFINITELY use a little ***SMASH.***", "author": "Mark_Ruffalo", "subreddit": "IAmA", "score": 276, "created_utc": 1430859012, "permalink": "/r/IAmA/comments/351yxe/.../cr07xvi/", "link_title": "Mark Ruffalo, back again on reddit...", "controversiality": 0 } Each result includes 30+ data fields for comprehensive analysis. --- ## Real-World Use Cases ### 💡 Content Marketing > "We used the scraper to analyze top posts in r/Entrepreneur. Found 5 content angles our competitors missed. Our next blog post got 3x more traffic." ### 🔬 Academic Research > "Extracted 50,000 comments for sentiment analysis on climate change discussions. What would have taken weeks took an afternoon." ### 📱 Influencer Vetting > "Before partnering with a Reddit influencer, we scraped their full history. Saved us from a PR disaster — their old comments didn't align with our brand." --- ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Is this legal? Yes. We only access publicly available data through Reddit's official API. No private data is ever collected. ### Will I get rate-limited or blocked? No. Built-in proxy rotation and smart request throttling handle all rate limiting automatically. You don't need to configure anything. ### What if Reddit changes their website/API? We maintain this actor regularly. When Reddit makes changes, we update the scraper — usually within 24-48 hours. Your runs keep working. ### How accurate is the data? The data comes directly from Reddit's API, so it's as accurate as Reddit itself. We don't modify or filter any content. ### Can I scrape private profiles or banned users? No. Only public profile data is accessible. Private, suspended, or deleted accounts cannot be scraped. ### How much does it cost? Approximately $4 per 1,000 results in Apify platform credits. New users get $5 free credits monthly — enough for 1,250+ results at no cost. --- ## Get Started in 2 Minutes 1. Create a free Apify account — No credit card required 2. Open the Reddit Scraper — Click "Try for free" 3. Enter a Reddit username — Any public profile 4. Click Run — Download your data in seconds --- ## Pro Tips for Best Results 🎯 Start small — Test with 50-100 results before running larger scrapes 🔄 Use proxies — Already included; Apify's datacenter proxies work great for Reddit 📅 Filter by time — Use time: "month" to focus on recent activity 📊 Combine with other tools — Export to Google Sheets, Airtable, or your data warehouse --- ## Why Thousands Choose This Scraper - ⚡ Fast — Results in seconds, not hours - 🛡️ Reliable — Proxy rotation and error handling built-in - 🧩 Simple — No coding, no API keys, no setup headaches - 💰 Affordable — Pay only for what you use ($0.004/result) - 🔄 Maintained — Regular updates for Reddit API compatibility - 📤 Flexible exports — CSV, JSON, Excel, XML --- ## Ready to Save Hours Every Week? → Try Reddit Scraper Free Your first 1,250 results are on us. No credit card required. --- ## Related Tools Looking for more Reddit data extraction? - Scrape entire subreddits (coming soon) - Monitor Reddit keywords in real-time (coming soon) - Reddit sentiment analysis integration --- ## Support & Feedback Having issues or need help? - Open an issue on the actor page - Check the Apify documentation --- Built for the Apify platform. Reliable, scalable, and ready for production workloads.