The Reddit Search API
Perform full-text searches across all of Reddit or specific subreddits. Get paginated results with sorting and time filters in structured JSON.
Discover the exact content you need
A unified API for searching everything on Reddit.
Search Posts
Find posts matching any keyword. Filter by time (hour, day, year) and sort by relevance, top, or new.
Search Communities
Looking for new subreddits in your niche? Search for communities by keyword to find where your audience hangs out.
Search Users
Look up Reddit users by name or keyword to retrieve their profile information, karma, and account age.
Find relevant discussions instantly
Our /search endpoint is perfect for social listening, market research, and finding leads.
- Target specific subreddits
- Pagination handled via SDK
- Built-in residential proxy network
import { SubScraperClient } from '@subscraper/sdk';
const client = new SubScraperClient({ apiKey: 'sk-your-api-key' });
// Find people looking for alternative services
const results = await client.searchPosts({
query: '\"alternative to\" AND \"pricing\"',
subreddit: 'SaaS',
sort: 'new',
time: 'week',
limit: 50
});
console.log(\`Found \$results.data.length recent posts\`);
How it works
Integrate powerful Reddit search in minutes.
Get API Key
Sign up in seconds to receive your unique authentication key.
Send a Query
Call the /search endpoint with your keywords and filters.
Receive Data
Get a clean JSON array of matching posts, users, or communities.
Who uses the Reddit Search API?
Sales Teams
Search for users asking for recommendations in your product category to find warm leads.
Market Researchers
Discover how people talk about specific brands or problems across different communities.
Product Managers
Search for feature requests and common complaints about competitor products.
AI Agents
Allow LLMs to search Reddit dynamically for the most up-to-date human opinions via our MCP server.
Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing
Prepaid credit packs that never expire, or monthly Pro for production scale.
Hobby
Free forever for experimenting and personal projects.
- 30 free requests
- All 14 endpoints
- MCP server access
- No credit card required
Starter
One-time purchase. Credits never expire.
- 1,000 prepaid requests
- Credits stack & never expire
- All 14 endpoints
- MCP server access
Growth
One-time purchase. Credits never expire.
- 10,000 prepaid requests
- Credits stack & never expire
- All 14 endpoints
- MCP server access
Pro
Best ValueFor production apps needing a fixed monthly budget.
- 100,000 requests/mo
- Resets every month
- Premium residential proxies
- Priority support
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I search within a specific subreddit?
Yes, our search API allows you to pass a 'subreddit' parameter to restrict your search to a specific community, or you can search globally across all of Reddit.
What filtering options are available?
You can sort search results by relevance, hot, top, new, or comments. You can also filter results by time frame: hour, day, week, month, year, or all-time.
Can I search for users and communities too?
Yes! In addition to searching for posts, we provide dedicated /search-users and /search-communities endpoints to help you discover subreddits and Reddit profiles.
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