SubReddit Comments Search Scraper

SubReddit Comments Search Scraper

Extract Reddit comments from any subreddit's search results with advanced filtering. Get detailed comment data including timestamps, user info, votes, and more. Perfect for market research, trend analysis and community insights.

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SubReddit Comments Search Scraper 🔍

Extract comments from Reddit search results with rich metadata and advanced filtering options.

🎯 Features

  • Search and extract comments from any subreddit
  • Advanced sorting options (relevance, top, new, comments, hot)
  • Safe search filtering
  • Configurable maximum items limit
  • Rich metadata extraction

📊 Output Data Structure

Each scraped comment includes:

  • Comment ID and Post ID
  • Subreddit name
  • Author name and profile URL
  • Author avatar URL (when available)
  • Creation timestamp (ISO format)
  • Comment content
  • Vote count
  • Comment count
  • Post title and URL
  • Comment score

💡 Use Cases

  • Market research and sentiment analysis
  • Community feedback monitoring
  • Content discovery
  • User behavior analysis
  • Competitive research
  • Social media monitoring
  • Academic research
  • Trend identification

🔧 Input Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
queryStringSearch keyword or phrase
subRedditStringTarget subreddit name (without 'r/')
sortStringSort results by: 'relevance', 'top', 'new', 'comments', or 'hot'
safeSearchStringEnable/disable safe search ('0' for safe, '1' for unsafe)
maxItemsIntegerMaximum number of items to scrape

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "query": "ai",
3    "subReddit": "AppIdeas",
4    "sort": "relevance",
5    "safeSearch": "0",
6    "maxItems": 45
7}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2	{
3		"comment_id": "t1_lv2y3tb",
4		"post_id": "t3_1gi6v3q",
5		"subreddit": "AppIdeas",
6		"author": "tdaawg",
7		"created_time": "2024-11-02T21:30:48.658Z",
8		"score": 5,
9		"author_url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/tdaawg/",
10		"title": "What are you working on right now? Let’s share ideas!",
11		"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AppIdeas/comments/1gi6v3q/what_are_you_working_on_right_now_lets_share_ideas/",
12		"comment_content": "Looks cool.\n  \n    I’m working on https://appflows.ai - a free tool to help product managers and founders plan their apps.",
13		"votes": 6,
14		"comments": 16
15	},
16	{
17		"comment_id": "t1_lur9mgq",
18		"post_id": "t3_1ggiwgu",
19		"subreddit": "AppIdeas",
20		"author": "coconutappl",
21		"created_time": "2024-10-31T20:51:35.200Z",
22		"score": 7,
23		"author_url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/coconutappl/",
24		"title": "What are you building right now? Let’s share!",
25		"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AppIdeas/comments/1ggiwgu/what_are_you_building_right_now_lets_share/",
26		"comment_content": "not an app but i am just building free web tools on one site. i have ai, music, design, dev tools, games.\n  \n    justbuildthings.com",
27		"votes": 11,
28		"comments": 84
29	},
30    ...
31]

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal to scrape job listings or public data?

Yes, if you're scraping publicly available data for personal or internal use. Always review Websute's Terms of Service before large-scale use or redistribution.

Do I need to code to use this scraper?

No. This is a no-code tool — just enter a job title, location, and run the scraper directly from your dashboard or Apify actor page.

What data does it extract?

It extracts job titles, companies, salaries (if available), descriptions, locations, and post dates. You can export all of it to Excel or JSON.

Can I scrape multiple pages or filter by location?

Yes, you can scrape multiple pages and refine by job title, location, keyword, or more depending on the input settings you use.

How do I get started?

You can use the Try Now button on this page to go to the scraper. You’ll be guided to input a search term and get structured results. No setup needed!