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Reddit API Reddit Search API for product and customer research
Use SocialListeningAPI to find public Reddit posts and comments where people compare products, ask for help, or explain what they need. Get normalized content, subreddit, author, engagement, publication time, and source URL data.
- Find recommendation, comparison, and buying questions
- Search public posts and comments through separate endpoints
- Keep subreddit, engagement, and source URL data
{
"success": true,
"platform": "reddit",
"endpoint": "/api/v1/reddit/search-posts",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "1abc234",
"platform": "reddit",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing/comments/1abc234/example/",
"content": {
"title": "How are you using social listening?",
"text": "A practical guide to social listening for small teams.",
"media_urls": [],
"thumbnail_url": null
},
"author": {
"id": "author_123",
"username": "alex",
"display_name": "Alex Morgan",
"avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatar.jpg",
"verified": false
},
"engagement": {
"views": 1200,
"likes": 48,
"comments": 7,
"shares": 3,
"saves": null
},
"published_at": "2026-08-05T01:30:00.000Z",
"ext": {
"subreddit": "marketing",
"permalink": "/r/marketing/comments/1abc234/example/",
"upvote_ratio": 0.94
}
}
]
},
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 1
},
"raw": {
"posts": []
},
"request_id": "req_example123",
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 99
}Search Reddit posts and comments
The Reddit Search API finds public posts that match a keyword or phrase and returns JSON. Each result can include the title, post text, subreddit, author, score, comment count, crosspost count, upvote ratio, publication time, media, permalink, and original Reddit URL.
Send a GET request with your API key and a query such as a brand name, product category, or customer problem. Results are requested newest first. A provider cursor can be returned when another page is available, but this public endpoint currently accepts only the search query.
The comment endpoint searches comment text directly by keyword. A result can include the author, subreddit, comment text, date, comment upvotes, parent-post upvotes, parent-post comment count, and source URL. This helps find useful feedback buried inside threads without starting from a known Reddit post.
Keyword search across Reddit comments is still uncommon. Reddit's official search endpoint searches posts. Some multi-source APIs, such as UnifAPI, retrieve comments after you supply a post ID instead of offering general comment keyword search. Dedicated monitoring services such as Octolens are another exception. SocialListeningAPI provides a direct on-demand comment search endpoint.
Try Reddit post search
Choose cURL, Axios, or fetch. Add your API key, change the query, and search public posts.
curl --get 'https://api.sociallisteningapi.com/api/v1/reddit/search-posts' \
--data-urlencode 'query=social listening' \
--data-urlencode 'exact=true' \
--data-urlencode 'raw=true' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'Try Reddit comment search
Use the comment endpoint to search public Reddit comments directly by keyword.
curl --get 'https://api.sociallisteningapi.com/api/v1/reddit/search-comments' \
--data-urlencode 'query=social listening' \
--data-urlencode 'exact=true' \
--data-urlencode 'raw=true' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'Why use SocialListeningAPI for Reddit search?
Search Reddit posts and comments with the same API key, credit balance, and normalized response structure you use for LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Hacker News, TikTok, YouTube, and Google results.
Each API returns the same core response shape, so you do not need separate parsing code for every source.
Search public social posts, videos, profiles, Google results, and Discourse forums with one API key.
Failed requests do not use credits. A successful response uses the endpoint's listed credit cost.
Keep available post URLs beside results for review, citations, and follow-up work.
Use normalized fields in your app and inspect the raw provider response when you need more detail.
Playbooks
Turn Reddit posts into useful research
Use Reddit search to find recommendation requests, comparison questions, and discussions where people need product feedback. These playbooks show how to review results and plan a useful response.
Choose the right route
SocialListeningAPI vs Reddit's official Data API
Both routes can search public Reddit posts. SocialListeningAPI also adds keyword search across public comments and removes the Reddit OAuth and response-mapping work. Reddit's official API gives you direct platform access and is the better route when its approved terms and native listing controls fit your product.
SocialListeningAPI
Search public Reddit posts and comments by keyword with one server-side API key.
- Search public posts and comments without a Reddit OAuth flow
- Get comment text, subreddit, source URL, engagement, and author fields
- Use the same normalized schema as seven other search sources
- Pay 1 credit for post search and 2 credits for comment search
Reddit's official Data API
Reddit provides post search, but you manage Reddit app access, OAuth, its response format, and its data-use rules.
- Use Reddit's search listing and pagination fields
- Register an app and send approved access credentials
- Follow Reddit's storage, deletion, attribution, and use rules
- Arrange a separate agreement for commercial use or research above limits
MCP integration
Give social listening powers to your chat app
Connect SocialListeningAPI to Claude or ChatGPT. Ask a question in plain language, get actual, realtime results from social media platforms, forums and serps - with source links.
Use it to get brand mentions, scope out competitors, find leads and more - all from within your chat app.
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Reddit Search API questions
Can I search Reddit posts by keyword through an API?
Does the Reddit Search API search comments?
Is Reddit comment search common in social media APIs?
Do I need Reddit OAuth?
What does one Reddit search request cost?
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Make your first Reddit search request
Create an account, copy your API key, and use 100 free credits to test public post and comment search.