Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters
Scrape Reddit comment threads, nested replies included, with author, score, depth, and moderation flags, filtered by date, score, author, or keyword. Optional parent post record. No API key or login.
Open in Apify Store$0.99 / 1K on Free
Short answer
Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters is an Apify Store Actor for Reddit data that returns 8 published output fields, including post_title, author, body, score. It lists $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Free plan (pay per event), $0.49 on the Business plan. It takes 22 input settings; one is required (postUrls). It covers 6 of the 7 core Reddit fields this site tracks. Last updated Oct 23, 2026.
From the public Store listing and published build schema, synced 2026-11-12.What it returns
8 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.
post_titleauthorbodyscoredepthis_oppermalinkcreated_at
Not in the schema among the core Reddit fields: subreddit. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.
How it differs from the other Reddit Actors
Among the 9 catalogue Actors for Reddit with a published schema, only this one returns body.
Pick another Actor if you need
| Actor | Fields it adds | Price / 1K |
|---|---|---|
| Reddit Subreddit Profile, Rules & Post Filter Scraper | dataType, subreddit_prefixed, num_comments, weekly_active_users | $0.99 |
| Reddit Keyword Search with Advanced Filters | subreddit_prefixed, num_comments, upvote_ratio, dataFreshness | $0.99 |
| Reddit Multi-Mode Scraper with Advanced Pro Filters | subreddit_prefixed, num_comments, content | $0.99 |
| Reddit Subreddit Post Filter & Moderation Scraper | subreddit_prefixed, upvote_ratio, num_comments, post_type | $0.99 |
| Reddit Subreddit Post & Comment Harvester | subreddit_prefixed, upvote_ratio, num_comments, post_type | $0.99 |
Input
| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| postUrls | array | Yes | – | Post URLs, comment URLs, share links or bare post IDs. Accepted forms: full post URL (https://www.reddit.com/r/x/comments/1abc/title/), short URL (https://www.reddit.com/comments/1abc or with ?sort=top), comment URL (.../comments/1abc/title/comment/xyz/), mobile share link (https://www.reddit.com/r/ |
| maxComments | integer | No | 100 | Maximum number of comments to scrape from each post (including nested replies). |
| commentSort | string | No | confidence | How to sort the comment threads. |
| includePost | boolean | No | false | When enabled, the parent post metadata is emitted as the first record of each thread. |
| postedAfter | string | No | – | Only keep comments created on or after this date (UTC). |
| postedBefore | string | No | – | Only keep comments created on or before this date (interpreted as the end of that day, UTC). |
| minDepth | integer | No | – | Only keep comments nested at or deeper than this depth (0 = keep everything, 1 = drop top-level comments and keep only replies, 2 = keep only replies-to-replies and deeper, etc.). Leave empty for no limit. |
| maxDepth | integer | No | – | Only keep comments nested at or above this depth (0 = top-level comments only, 1 = top-level + first-level replies, etc.). Leave empty for no limit. |
| minCommentScore | integer | No | – | Only keep comments with a score (upvotes minus downvotes) at or above this value. Leave empty for no limit. |
| maxCommentScore | integer | No | – | Only keep comments with a score (upvotes minus downvotes) at or below this value. Leave empty for no limit. |
Show the other 12 settings
| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| onlyOP | boolean | No | false | When enabled, only comments written by the post's original author are kept. |
| excludeDeletedRemoved | boolean | No | false | When enabled, comments that Reddit marks as deleted or author-deleted are dropped (no real content left to scrape). |
| excludeCollapsed | boolean | No | false | When enabled, comments Reddit collapses by default (low score or crowd control) are dropped. |
| authors | array | No | – | Only keep comments written by these Reddit usernames (case-insensitive). Leave empty to keep comments from all authors. |
| excludeAuthors | array | No | – | Drop comments written by these Reddit usernames (case-insensitive), e.g. bots like AutoModerator. Leave empty to keep comments from all authors. Applied after `authors` (an author listed in both is excluded). |
| keywords | array | No | – | Only keep comments whose body contains at least one of these keywords or phrases (case-insensitive substring match). Leave empty to keep all comments. |
| excludeKeywords | array | No | – | Drop comments whose body contains any of these keywords or phrases (case-insensitive substring match), e.g. spam/boilerplate phrases. Applied after `keywords` (a keyword listed in both still excludes the comment). Leave empty to keep all comments. |
| minAwards | integer | No | – | Only keep comments with at least this many total awards. Leave empty for no limit. |
| minCommentLength | integer | No | – | Only keep comments whose body text is at least this many characters long. Useful for filtering out one-word/emoji-only noise when building NLP datasets. Leave empty for no limit. |
| maxCommentLength | integer | No | – | Only keep comments whose body text is at most this many characters long (Reddit's hard cap is 10,000 characters). Leave empty for no limit. |
| focusOnTargetComment | boolean | No | false | When a `postUrls` item is a specific comment permalink, return that comment plus its ancestor chain (see `commentContext`). Works for deeply nested targets; the target must still be publicly visible. Has no effect on plain post URLs. |
| commentContext | integer | No | 3 | How many levels of parent comments above the target comment to include when `focusOnTargetComment` is enabled (matches Reddit's own comment-permalink page). Ignored otherwise. |
Example input
Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.
{
"postUrls": [
"https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vqukkf/"
],
"maxComments": 30,
"commentSort": "confidence",
"includePost": false,
"onlyOP": false,
"excludeDeletedRemoved": false,
"excludeCollapsed": false,
"focusOnTargetComment": false,
"commentContext": 3
} Run it from code or an AI agent
The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.
Python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
"postUrls": [
"https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vqukkf/"
],
"maxComments": 30,
"commentSort": "confidence",
"includePost": False,
"onlyOP": False,
"excludeDeletedRemoved": False,
"excludeCollapsed": False,
"focusOnTargetComment": False,
"commentContext": 3
}
run = client.actor("vexaloom-labs/reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item) pip install apify-client
JavaScript
import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
"postUrls": [
"https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vqukkf/"
],
"maxComments": 30,
"commentSort": "confidence",
"includePost": false,
"onlyOP": false,
"excludeDeletedRemoved": false,
"excludeCollapsed": false,
"focusOnTargetComment": false,
"commentContext": 3
};
const run = await client.actor("vexaloom-labs/reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items); npm install apify-client
cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/vexaloom-labs~reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score/run-sync-get-dataset-items" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"postUrls":["https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1vqukkf/"],"maxComments":30,"commentSort":"confidence","includePost":false,"onlyOP":false,"excludeDeletedRemoved":false,"excludeCollapsed":false,"focusOnTargetComment":false,"commentContext":3}' Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).
MCP (AI agents)
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=vexaloom-labs/reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
} Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.
What a run costs
The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.
| Apify plan | Per 1,000 | 10,000 results | 100,000 results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | $0.99 | $9.90 | $99 |
| Starter plan | $0.82 | $8.20 | $82 |
| Scale plan | $0.66 | $6.60 | $66 |
| Business plan | $0.49 | $4.90 | $49 |
- Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
- The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
- Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
- Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.
Where it fits among Reddit routes
It ranks 1 of 9 catalogue Actors for Reddit on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.
- 1 Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters 8 output fields, pay per event 6 of 7 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 2 Reddit Subreddit Profile, Rules & Post Filter Scraper 10 output fields, pay per event 5 of 7 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 3 Reddit Keyword Search with Advanced Filters 13 output fields, pay per event 5 of 7 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 4 Reddit Multi-Mode Scraper with Advanced Pro Filters 9 output fields, pay per event 5 of 7 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - + 8 other Store tools, combined Reference only 7 of 7 core fields
from $1.15 / 1K - API Reddit Data API Limited access fields not compared
Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.
Official route: Reddit Data API
Limited access. Reddit is moving public data access to its Developer Platform. RSS support ends November 13, 2026; new public API access requests stopped October 31, 2026; access for unregistered apps starts closing January 12, 2027; remaining public API access ends in March 2027.
Commercial use requires a data agreement. Pricing is not published as a public rate card.
Other Store tools for Reddit
Reference only, from their public listings.
| Tool | Fields | Price / 1K |
|---|---|---|
| Reddit Scraper: Posts, Comments, Subreddits & Search | 24 | $1.15 |
| Reddit Scraper | 120 | $2.00 |
| Reddit Subreddit Posts Scraper | 28 | $1.99 |
| Reddit Scraper | 12 | $2.00 |
| Reddit Post Comments Scraper | 29 | $2.99 |
What people use it for
- Analyze discussions
- Collect nested replies
- Filter comments
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Questions people ask
How much does Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters cost?
The published result rate depends on your Apify plan: $0.99 per 1,000 on Free, $0.82 per 1,000 on Starter, $0.66 per 1,000 on Scale, $0.49 per 1,000 on Business. So 10,000 results cost about $9.90 on the Free plan and $4.90 on Business, plus a start fee of $0.10 per run per GB of memory on Free. Platform usage is billed separately.
What data does Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters return?
Its published output schema lists 8 fields: post_title, author, body, score, depth, is_op, permalink, created_at. A listed field is not guaranteed to be filled in every row.
What input does Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters need?
Required: postUrls. Optional settings include maxComments, commentSort, includePost, postedAfter, postedBefore, minDepth.
What are the alternatives to Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters for Reddit?
9 catalogue Actors cover Reddit. Close alternatives: Reddit Subreddit Profile, Rules & Post Filter Scraper; Reddit Keyword Search with Advanced Filters; Reddit Multi-Mode Scraper with Advanced Pro Filters. The Reddit page compares all of them field by field.
How do I run Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters from Python or the API?
Use the Apify API client: in Python, ApifyClient(token).actor("vexaloom-labs/reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score").call(run_input=...), then read the run's default dataset (run.default_dataset_id); in JavaScript the same call is client.actor("vexaloom-labs/reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score").call(input). Without a client, POST the input JSON to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/vexaloom-labs~reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score/run-sync-get-dataset-items with your API token. Ready-to-paste code with the example input is on this page.
Sources
- Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters on Apify Store
- Published build with input and output schema (JSON)
- Reddit Data API documentation
Cite this page
Scraper Finder. "Reddit Comment Thread Scraper with Score & Keyword Filters." https://scraperfinder.com/catalogue/reddit-comment-thread-scraper-with-score/ (data checked 2026-11-12).
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