Reddit data API · Search

Reddit Search API. Pay per record.

Search posts across all of Reddit by keyword: what people are saying about a product, a brand or a problem. Sort by relevance, hot, top, newest or most commented, and each post comes back with its score, comment count and permalink.

Price: $0.0045 / post
Billed: Per record
Free to start: $0.10
Endpoint: POST /v1/reddit

Updated 21 October 2026

What people build with the Reddit Search API

Social listening

Every thread this month that mentions your product, a competitor or the pain you solve.

Product research

Find the posts where people ask for a tool like yours, and read how they describe the problem.

Give an agent real opinions

Let your agent read what Reddit says about a topic before it answers or recommends.

Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/reddit \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"electric cars","sort":"top","postedWithin":"30d","limit":25,"estimateOnly":true}'

2. the same call, run

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/reddit \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"electric cars","sort":"top","postedWithin":"30d","limit":25}'

Inputs

Everything you can send in one search call. Required inputs first.

Input	Type	What it does
query *	string	≤300 chars
sort	enum
postedWithin	enum
limit	integer	1-50

What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

Show all 21 rows

Field	Type
postId	string
author	string
subreddit	string
title	string
body	string
kind	string
flair	string
isNsfw	boolean
permalink	string
externalUrl	string
mediaUrl	string
thumbnailUrl	string
postedAt	string
editedAt	string
score	integer
upvoteRatio	number
commentsCount	integer
subredditSubscribers	integer
fullname	string
gallery	list of string
details	object

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

author	subreddit	title	kind	score	upvoteRatio
u/dataops_dan	r/dataengineering	dbt vs plain SQL for a 3-person team?	text	412	0.93
u/sofia_codes	r/analytics	Is dbt worth it for small data?	text	198	0.9
u/pipeline_pete	r/dataengineering	We dropped dbt. Here's why (and what we use now)	text	1020	0.88

Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

Request	Records	At the list price
One post	1	$0.0045
10 posts	10	$0.045
A full page	50	$0.225

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

Try it without writing code

Open the Reddit Search API in the playgroundThe playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

No login, no Reddit account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

Use it from your tools

Questions people ask.

What does the Reddit Search API return?

One row per post: author, subreddit, title, kind, score, upvote ratio, comment count, posted time, post id, whether it is NSFW, permalink, external link, media and thumbnail URLs, and when it was edited.

What do I pass in?

A query (up to 300 characters), a sort of relevance, hot, top, newest or most_commented, and a limit from 1 to 50. postedWithin (1h, 1d, 7d, 30d, 1y or any) narrows the top sort only.

How much does it cost?

$0.0045 per post at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

Can an AI agent use it without me creating an account?

Yes. An agent registers itself with one POST request, gets $0.10 free and can run calls straight away. The recipe is at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md.

Try it in a minute. $0.10 free.

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Try this endpoint in the playground

Quickstart · Every price · All platforms

Why people pick API for Agents

One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
$0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

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