Short answer
Reddit Scraper lets you extract subreddit, post, comment, and user data from Reddit URLs or Reddit search terms. You choose the target, select the data categories you want, set output format, and download the finished result as JSON or CSV.
Only successful scraping results use Scraper Credit. Failed or errored results cost nothing, and each successful returned result costs one Scraper Credit.
How Scraper Credit works
Scraper Credit is the balance used for Reddit Scraper jobs. One returned result equals one Scraper Credit, regardless of how many fields you extract for that result.
When you submit a job through the API, the system can reserve credit first. The API field reserved_credits shows the temporary hold. After the run finishes, charged_credits shows the final successful-result cost, and unused reserved credit is returned automatically.
- Only successful results count.
- One successful result costs one Scraper Credit.
- Failed or errored results do not use Scraper Credit.
- Every pack includes unlimited data extraction per returned result.
What data you can scrape
You can choose any combination of four data categories: Post Information, Subreddit Information, Comment Information, and User Information.
Post fields include title, content, post URL, subreddit name, username, creation date, number of comments, votes, media elements, flair information, upvote ratio, media type, and NSFW status. Subreddit fields include name, title, creation date, description, members, active members, NSFW status, icon URL, moderators, rules, subreddit URL, and header image URL.
- Comment Information covers username, subreddit, content, creation date, votes, comment URL, post ID, parent ID, and number of replies.
- User Information covers username, post karma, comment karma, total karma, avatar URL, user creation date, verified status, suspended status, moderator status, description, user URL, and NSFW status.
Two ways to scrape
Use URL mode when you already know the Reddit location you want to scrape. It accepts subreddit URLs, feed URLs, user profile URLs, post URLs, and comment URLs.
Use search mode when you want Reddit to discover relevant posts, comments, and communities from a keyword. Search scraping is useful for brand monitoring, competitor research, topic monitoring, lead discovery, and trend research.
API workflow
The API workflow is submit, poll, then download. Send a POST request to /v1/scraper with Reddit URLs or search URLs, optional result limits, output format, and advanced entity settings. The response returns a runId immediately.
Poll /v1/scraper/{runId} until the status is completed or partial. Then call /v1/scraper/{runId}/download for a presigned file URL. Completed result files are kept for 7 days.
- Use /v1/me to check your remaining Scraper Credit.
- Use /v1/scraper/history to list previous runs.
- Use JSON when you need structured records for automation.
- Use CSV when you want spreadsheet-friendly output.
Common use cases
Reddit Scraper is best for turning public Reddit activity into usable research data. It can support brand monitoring, competitor tracking, industry news monitoring, lead research, trend discovery, and personalized outreach planning.
For example, you can scrape search results for a product category, extract comments and users from relevant threads, then filter for buyer questions, competitor mentions, active communities, and outreach opportunities.
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