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Reddit Scraper
reddit.comScrape Reddit posts, comments and subreddit data at scale with MrScraper's reddit scraper. Clean structured JSON, built-in residential proxies, and no API rate limits.
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No-code or API - run it from the dashboard or call it from your stack.
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Managed unblocking - rotating residential proxies and CAPTCHA solving built in.
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Structured output - clean JSON or CSV, ready for your pipeline.
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Free to start - try any scraper on the free tier before paying.
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Data this scraper extracts
- Title
- Content
- Upvote
- Timestamps
- User Profile
- Post
- Comment
What the Reddit scraper collects
The Reddit scraper extracts structured data from any subreddit, search query or discussion thread—no selectors to maintain, no commercial API tier, and no proxy setup. The scraper renders dynamic React pages on managed residential proxies, handles Fastly edge blocking, and extracts post and comment fields automatically.
Want a full walkthrough? Read the Reddit scraper guide
How it works
- Paste a reddit.com URL or enter a search query.
- MrScraper routes the request through residential proxies, handles bot challenges, and extracts the data.
- Export JSON or CSV, or pull results straight from the Web Scraper API.
Why developers choose MrScraper as a Reddit API alternative
Following Reddit's commercial API pricing shift ($0.24 per 1,000 calls and a 100 req/min free OAuth cap), teams building sentiment analysis, market monitoring, or LLM pipelines face sudden rate limits and high bills. MrScraper operates as a direct reddit api alternative by handling residential IP rotation and browser TLS fingerprints, allowing you to perform continuous reddit data extraction without account suspensions.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it legal to scrape Reddit?
MrScraper only accesses publicly available discussions and threads. Scraping public web data is widely recognized as lawful under established legal precedents, provided you collect information accessible without logging into a private account. Review our guide on [is web scraping legal](https://mrscraper.com/blog/is-web-scraping-legal) for operational compliance.
Does Reddit have an official API, and why would I use a scraper instead?
Reddit provides an official OAuth2 API, but access is heavily restricted: non-commercial apps are capped at 100 queries per minute, and commercial enterprise tiers cost thousands of dollars per month. Teams use MrScraper as a **reddit api alternative** to collect public posts and comments at scale without developer approval delays, strict rate limits, or volume paywalls.
Will I get blocked scraping Reddit?
Direct requests from data center servers (AWS, DigitalOcean) get blocked by Reddit's Fastly CDN and anti-bot mitigation. MrScraper eliminates blocking by routing all requests through managed rotating residential proxies with automatic TLS fingerprint impersonation, allowing you to **scrape Reddit** at scale without bans.
What data can you extract from Reddit?
You can extract post titles, author usernames, self-text bodies, scores, upvote ratios, publication timestamps, flairs, external link targets, image/video URLs, and full nested comment hierarchies across any public subreddit or search term.
How much does it cost to scrape Reddit at scale?
Every account starts with [1,000 free Plan Tokens](https://app.mrscraper.com/auth/signup) every month with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $199/month for 200,000 Plan Tokens on Scraper Pro, with predictable pay-as-you-go overages at $0.001 per token and residential proxy bandwidth starting from $2.50/GB. See full details on our [pricing page](https://mrscraper.com/pricing).
Can I scrape Reddit without writing code?
Yes. You can paste any Reddit URL into the dashboard and use ScrapeGPT with natural language prompts or the visual selector to choose fields. You can also schedule recurring daily or hourly runs and export directly to CSV or JSON, or review our [developer documentation](https://docs.mrscraper.com/docs/getting-started/overview) for API integration.
What are Reddit's API rate limits?
Reddit limits authenticated OAuth clients to 100 requests per minute for standard access. Unauthenticated endpoints are severely throttled at the IP level and trigger HTTP 429 Too Many Requests errors after minimal traffic. High-volume access requires formal enterprise agreements with Reddit.
Can I scrape Reddit comments and threads?
Yes. MrScraper acts as a recursive **reddit comment scraper**, automatically expanding comment trees and capturing parent-child comment hierarchies, author handles, timestamps, karma scores, and depth levels. Discover more pre-built templates in the [marketplace hub](https://mrscraper.com/scrapers).
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