Crawling API / RedditReddit Scraper.
Reddit Scraper.
Any page, fully rendered.
Send any Reddit URL and get the fully rendered HTML back, through residential proxies with anti-bot handling built in.
Turn it into JSON with the generic extractor.
Live crawl feed · Reddit1.24M req/minStreaming
200reddit.com/r/technologyBR105ms
200reddit.com/r/MachineLearningUS214ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topDE176ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topUS198ms
301reddit.com/r/technologyFR134ms
200reddit.com/user/spezAU73ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topES122ms
200reddit.com/user/spezDE210ms
200reddit.com/r/MachineLearningAU70ms
301reddit.com/r/wallstreetbetsES76ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topCA107ms
200reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1a2b3cBR55ms
200reddit.com/r/programmingFR68ms
301reddit.com/r/startups/comments/9z8y7xBR40ms
200reddit.com/r/programmingCA185ms
200reddit.com/r/marketingGB138ms
200reddit.com/r/startups/comments/9z8y7xSG49ms
200reddit.com/r/MachineLearningFR145ms
200reddit.com/r/AskReddit/topSG104ms
200reddit.com/r/marketingES212ms
200reddit.com/r/PythonES41ms
404reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1a2b3cDE199ms
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200reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1a2b3cES53ms
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200reddit.com/r/startups/comments/9z8y7xSG207ms
200reddit.com/r/technologyBR105ms
200reddit.com/r/MachineLearningUS214ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topDE176ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topUS198ms
301reddit.com/r/technologyFR134ms
200reddit.com/user/spezAU73ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topES122ms
200reddit.com/user/spezDE210ms
200reddit.com/r/MachineLearningAU70ms
301reddit.com/r/wallstreetbetsES76ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topCA107ms
200reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1a2b3cBR55ms
200reddit.com/r/programmingFR68ms
301reddit.com/r/startups/comments/9z8y7xBR40ms
200reddit.com/r/programmingCA185ms
200reddit.com/r/marketingGB138ms
200reddit.com/r/startups/comments/9z8y7xSG49ms
200reddit.com/r/MachineLearningFR145ms
200reddit.com/r/AskReddit/topSG104ms
200reddit.com/r/marketingES212ms
200reddit.com/r/PythonES41ms
404reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1a2b3cDE199ms
200reddit.com/r/artificial/topJP145ms
200reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1a2b3cES53ms
404reddit.com/r/AskReddit/topES138ms
200reddit.com/r/startups/comments/9z8y7xSG207ms
01 Live demo
Any Reddit URL in. HTML or JSON out.
The Crawling API, typed live. Get the rendered HTML, or switch to the generic extractor for JSON. Hover to pause and read.
Run your first request in minutes. Up to 10,000 free requests, no credit card.Start free
02 Capabilities
One API, everything Reddit throws at you.
Reddit is heavily JavaScript-driven and quick to block. The Crawling API renders it in a real browser, reaches it through residential IPs, and hands you clean HTML or JSON.
render
Full JavaScript rendering
A real browser executes the page, so dynamically loaded posts, comments, infinite scroll and media are all captured, not just the initial HTML.
proxies
140M residential IPs
Every request rotates a residential IP across 30 geographies, so you reach Reddit like a real local visitor.
anti-bot
Blocks handled for you
CAPTCHAs, bot walls and rate limits are cleared automatically. Nothing to solve, nothing to maintain.
format
HTML or JSON
Get the full rendered HTML, or add scraper=generic-extractor to return title, content, images and links as structured JSON.
extras
Screenshots and async
The same call can capture a full-page screenshot, or run asynchronously with webhooks and cloud storage.
one token
One API for every site
The Crawling API works on any URL, so the same token covers Reddit and everything else you crawl. See the live demo.
03 Output
Rendered HTML, or clean JSON.
By default you get the rendered HTML. Add the generic-extractor and the same page comes back as typed JSON.
{
"title": "r/programming",
"favicon": "https://www.redditstatic.com/favicon.ico",
"meta": { "description": "Computer programming", "keywords": "..." },
"content": "The latest news and discussion in the world of programming...",
"canonical": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/",
"images": [ "..." ],
"og_images": [ "..." ],
"links": [ "..." ]
}
Page
title · string canonical · string favicon · string
Meta
meta.description · string meta.keywords · string
Content
content · string
Media
images · array og_images · array
Links
links · array
04 How it works
From URL to data in one call.
Every Reddit request moves through the same path. You send a URL, we operate everything in between.
01
Send the URL
Pass any public Reddit URL with your token: a subreddit, a post, a user page or a search.
02
Rotate a proxy
A residential IP and geography that reach Reddit cleanly, drawn from 140M IPs across 30 regions.
03
Render the page
A real browser loads the page so posts, comments and infinite-scroll content render before capture.
04
Clear anti-bot
Reddit's bot checks and rate limits are handled automatically. Nothing to solve, nothing to maintain.
05
Return HTML or JSON
The fully rendered HTML comes back, or typed JSON when you add the generic extractor.
05 Use cases
What teams build on Reddit data.
USE / 01Community
Community & sentiment research
Pull posts and comments across subreddits to track sentiment, mentions and emerging discussions.
USE / 02Trends
Trend & topic monitoring
Watch subreddits and search pages to spot rising topics, products and narratives early.
USE / 03Training
Training data & RAG
Feed clean Reddit text into models, RAG pipelines and agents through one API.
USE / 04Brand
Brand & product monitoring
Monitor what communities say about your brand, competitors and category.
USE / 05Research
Market & UX research
Mine real user language, questions and complaints to inform product and content.
USE / 06Coverage
Any URL, one API
Crawl posts, comments, user pages and search, plus any other site you need.
06 Notes
Good to know when scraping Reddit.
Rendered like a real browser
Reddit is heavily JavaScript-driven; the Crawling API runs a real browser so posts, comments and infinite-scroll content load before capture.
HTML by default, JSON on request
You get the full rendered HTML. Add scraper=generic-extractor for parsed title, content, images and links, or parse the HTML yourself.
Public pages only
The Crawling API reads publicly visible pages, with no login, so you get what a logged-out visitor sees.
Reach Reddit from anywhere
Geotargeting across 30 regions and 140M residential IPs means consistent access without managing proxies.
07 Why Crawlbase
Built to crawl Reddit at scale.
The Crawling API runs on the same network that serves 46,000+ paying customers and 70,000+ developers. No proxies to buy, no browsers to run, nothing to patch when Reddit changes.
99%
Average request success rate
140M
Residential IPs, plus 98M datacenter
30
Geographies for accurate local results
20/s
Requests per second by default, more on request
One token, official SDKs for Python, Node and Ruby, and a 99.99% uptime network underneath.
08 FAQ
Reddit scraping questions.
Send the Reddit URL to the Crawlbase Crawling API with your token. Crawlbase rotates a residential proxy, renders the page in a real browser, clears bot checks, and returns the fully rendered HTML. Add scraper=generic-extractor to get structured JSON instead.
Yes. By default the Crawling API returns rendered HTML; add the generic extractor (scraper=generic-extractor) to receive title, meta, content, images and links as JSON, or parse the HTML yourself.
Yes. A real browser executes the page, so dynamically loaded posts, comments and infinite-scroll content are captured, not just the initial HTML.
Crawlbase routes each request through rotating residential IPs across 30 geographies and clears bot checks automatically. You do not manage proxies or solve CAPTCHAs, and there is nothing to maintain when Reddit changes its setup.
No. The Crawling API reads publicly visible pages only, with no login, so you receive what a logged-out visitor would see.
Any public URL: subreddits, posts and their comments, user pages, and search result pages. The same API works on any other site too.
Start free with up to 10,000 requests and no credit card. Paid plans scale with usage, and the same token works across the Crawling API and every Crawlbase scraper.
Start scraping Reddit.
Skip the proxies and blocks.
Free to begin with up to 10,000 requests. One token for the Crawling API and every scraper.