Reddit Posts Search Scraper

Search Reddit by keyword across the site or one subreddit and export matching posts as JSON. Sort by relevance, top, new or hot. No code needed.

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How it works

1
Open it on Apify
Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.
2
Set the inputs
Adjust query, subreddit, sort (sensible defaults are pre-filled).
3
Click Run
The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.
4
Export the results
Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

Inputs

Field	What it does	Type
`query`	Keywords to search Reddit for. Supports Reddit search operators (e.g. "title:layoffs", "author:spez", quotes for phrases).	string
`subreddit`	Search only within this subreddit (e.g. "MechanicalKeyboards" or "r/MechanicalKeyboards"). Leave empty to search all of Reddit.	string
`sort`	How to order the search results.	string
`time`	Applies to Relevance / Top / Most-comments sorts.	string
`maxItems`	Keyless RSS returns up to ~25 newest-matching posts and leaves score, numComments, upvoteRatio, flair, thumbnail and domain null (only title, author, url, selft	integer
`includeComments`	Fetch top comments for each post. Requires Reddit app credentials (anonymous comment access is blocked by Reddit).	boolean
`commentLimit`	Maximum number of top comments to fetch per post (when Include comments is on).	integer
`redditClientId`	Optional. Create a free 'script' app at reddit.com/prefs/apps for richer fields (score, comment counts), deeper pagination, and comments. Without it the actor u	string
`redditClientSecret`	The secret for the Reddit app above.	string
`notionConnector`	Optional. Write each post as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors,	string
`notionParentId`	Optional. The Notion data source ID of the database to write into (only used if a Notion connector is set). Leave empty to create the pages privately in your wo	string

What you get

A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:

authorcreatedAtcreatedUtcdetailsdomainflairidisSelfnumCommentsover18permalinkqueryscoreselftext

Export every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

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Search Reddit by keyword — across all of Reddit or inside a single subreddit — and get back clean, structured posts. Sort by relevance, top, new, hot, or most comments over any time window.

Reddit hard-blocks the anonymous JSON API and rate-limits IPs aggressively, which is why so many Reddit scrapers return empty or fail half their runs. This one defaults to Reddit's RSS endpoints (different infrastructure, resilient by design — no proxy needed), so runs actually finish. Add a free Reddit app and it switches to the authenticated API for full scores, comment counts, deep pagination, and comments. A proxy is optional: enable one (residential recommended, a fresh IP is rotated per attempt) only if you hit IP rate limits or run the authenticated path at high volume.

Input

Field	Notes
`query`	Keywords. Supports operators like `title:`, `author:`, and quoted phrases.
`subreddit`	Optional — restrict the search to one subreddit.
`sort`	relevance / hot / top / new / most-comments.
`time`	hour … all (applies to relevance/top/comments).
`maxItems`	Keyless RSS returns ~25; with Reddit app creds it paginates to this many.
`includeComments`	Top comments per post (needs Reddit app creds).
`redditClientId` / `redditClientSecret`	Optional free `script` app from reddit.com/prefs/apps for richer data.

Output

One row per post. Each row also carries ok: true and a source field (rss or oauth) showing which data path produced it.

Always populated (both paths): title, author, subreddit, url, permalink, selftext, createdAt, isSelf, over18.

Keyless RSS (the default) leaves these null: score, numComments, upvoteRatio, flair, thumbnail, domain. Reddit's RSS feed simply doesn't expose them. Add a free Reddit app (see below) to get every field populated, plus deep pagination and comments.

Searches with no matches return a single ok: false diagnostic row and are not charged. Blocked/error runs likewise push an ok: false diagnostic row (with an errorCode) and are never charged.

Keyless vs authenticated

Keyless (default) is reliable but RSS only exposes ~25 newest-matching posts and leaves score/numComments null. For full metrics, deep pagination, and comments, drop in a free Reddit script app — takes two minutes to create and it's yours, kept private.