Reddit User Profile Posts And Comments Scraper

Reddit User Profile Posts And Comments Scraper

by scraper-engine

Instantly scrape any Reddit user's public posts and comments into clean JSON. Perfect for research, sentiment analysis, and tracking community behavior.

3 runs
2 users
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About Reddit User Profile Posts And Comments Scraper

Need to pull a Reddit user's entire public history? This actor grabs every post and comment they've ever made, delivering it all in clean, structured JSON. It's the fastest way to get a complete dataset without wrestling with rate limits or pagination yourself. I use it for my research projects when I need to analyze user behavior or track how discussions evolve in specific communities. The output is ready to go—just plug it into your analysis scripts, visualization tools, or a database. It's perfect for academics studying online discourse, marketers understanding audience sentiment, or developers building datasets for machine learning models. You just provide the target Reddit username, and it handles the rest, organizing everything chronologically. It saves you the days of manual scraping and data cleaning, letting you focus on the actual insights. If you've ever needed to map out a user's activity on Reddit, this is the tool that makes it a one-click process.

What does this actor do?

Reddit User Profile Posts And Comments 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

Reddit User Profile Posts And Comments Scraper

Overview

This Apify actor scrapes public data from Reddit user profiles. It extracts a user's posts, comments, and associated metadata into structured datasets. It's built for automation, data analysis, and integration into data pipelines, replacing manual data collection.

Key Features

  • Comprehensive Data Extraction: Collects posts, comments, subreddit activity, upvotes, timestamps, and direct URLs.
  • Structured Output: Delivers clean, ready-to-use data in JSON, CSV, or Excel formats.
  • Flexible Scraping: Configure to scrape only posts, only comments, or both.
  • Scalable Performance: Efficiently handles scraping large volumes of user activity.
  • Developer Integration: Works seamlessly with Python and other workflows, fitting into existing automation or analysis scripts.

How to Use

  1. Locate the Actor: Find "Reddit User Profile Posts And Comments Scraper" in the Apify Store.
  2. Provide Input: In the actor's input, add the public Reddit profile URL(s) to the startUrls field.
  3. Configure Run: Select your desired content type (posts, comments, or both).
  4. Execute: Start the actor. It will run autonomously on the Apify platform.
  5. Get Results: Download the collected dataset from the actor's run dataset in your preferred format.

Input/Output

Input:
The primary input is one or more Reddit user profile URLs via the startUrls field.
Example input configuration:

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/user/example_username/"]
}

Output:
The actor outputs a structured dataset containing the following fields for each scraped item (post or comment):

  • username
  • type (post or comment)
  • text (post title/body or comment text)
  • subreddit
  • score (upvotes)
  • timestamp
  • url
  • country (if available in the profile)

The data is available for download as JSON, CSV, or XLSX directly from the Apify console.

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

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Actor Information

Developer
scraper-engine
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
3
Active Users
2
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