Runnable examples for the Reddit Scraper — Posts & Comments | from $1.50/1K on Apify.
Scrape Reddit posts, comments, and user activity from any public subreddit. Returns 25+ fields: score, upvote ratio, flair, author, timestamps, parse_confidence. No API key needed — backed by Arctic Shift archive with unlimited historical depth. MCP-callable.
author · body · created_utc · depth · domain · flair_text · id · is_self · is_submitter · link_id · num_comments · over_18 · parent_id · parse_confidence · permalink · score · scraped_at · spoiler · stickied · subreddit · subreddit_subscribers · title · type · upvote_ratio · url · warnings
- Social listening — track brand/keyword mentions across subreddits in near-real-time.
- Trend & demand research — what communities are asking for before it hits the mainstream.
- Content & lead sourcing — find threads where your product is the answer.
- Get your Apify token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations
- Run a language example below. Both call the actor and print the results.
| Example | File |
|---|---|
Python (apify-client) |
examples/python/run.py |
JavaScript (apify-client) |
examples/javascript/run.js |
| Sample output (real records) | examples/sample_output.json |
{
"subreddits": [
"python"
],
"maxItems": 100,
"sort": "new",
"includeComments": false,
"maxCommentsPerPost": 50,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
}- Actor on Apify Store: https://apify.com/bovi/reddit-scraper
- Apify client docs: Python · JavaScript
MIT-licensed examples. The actor runs on the caller's Apify account (you pay platform compute + per-result).