Community researchers
Topic discovery
Favorable to scraping
Export subreddit posts by URL, sort by comment count, and identify repeated questions, product complaints, or emerging terms before running deeper qualitative review.
Social Media$50Free
Reddit Subreddit Scraper for CSV Export
This Reddit subreddit scraper turns a subreddit feed URL, such as https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/.rss?limit=100, into a structured CSV of post metadata. It is built for teams that need to scrape subreddit posts, export Reddit posts, or build a lightweight Reddit data extractor without writing API code.
Export
CSV
Columns
8
JSON pages
Up to 25
Input
Subreddit RSS URL
Access
No API key
At a glance
A local Reddit data extractor for subreddit posts
Export Reddit posts to CSV
Collect subreddit name, subreddit URL, post URL, title, author, timestamp, upvote score, and comment count into reddit-subreddit-scraper-by-url.csv.
Built for repeatable subreddit inputs
Edit the Navigate block's URL list to add feeds such as /r/news/.rss?limit=100, then let UScraper continue through each input in the loop.
Uses JSON first, feed fallback second
The injected JavaScript tries hot.json pagination for complete metadata, then parses Atom or RSS entries if Reddit blocks JSON for that browser session.
Runs in your local desktop app
The browser session and output file stay on your machine by default, which is useful when subreddit research should not be routed through a hosted scraping dashboard.
Who uses it
Use cases for Reddit posts to CSV
Marketing and social listening teams
Campaign checks
Favorable to scraping
Download Reddit posts from relevant communities, then compare conversation themes with broader search data from the Google SERP scraper or DuckDuckGo scraper.
Analysts building no-code workflows
CSV pipelines
Nuanced outcome
Use this as a practical subreddit posts scraper when the deliverable is a local spreadsheet for Excel, Sheets, BI imports, or a review queue rather than a long-running hosted actor.
How to use
Scrape subreddit posts in five steps
1
Download the JSON template
Use the page CTA or download the hosted file from the Reddit subreddit scraper JSON.
2
Import it into UScraper
Open the local desktop app, import the JSON, and review the graph groups: Page Load, Interaction, Pagination Loop, and Data Extraction.
3
Add subreddit feed URLs
Replace the sample https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/.rss?limit=100 URL or add more subreddit feeds to the Navigate block's URL array.
4
Confirm the export location
The Structured Export block writes reddit-subreddit-scraper-by-url.csv with headers enabled and append mode on.
5
Run and inspect the rows
UScraper navigates, waits, injects the parser, checks for rendered post rows, exports structured fields, and continues to the next input URL.
Output preview
What the Reddit CSV export includes
reddit-subreddit-scraper-by-url.csvColumn
Subreddit
Subreddit name parsed from the URL, JSON response, or feed entry.
Column
Subreddit_URL
Canonical old.reddit.com subreddit URL generated by the workflow.
Column
Post_URL
Full Reddit comments/permalink URL when available.
Column
Post_title
Post title from JSON, Atom, or RSS content.
Column
Author
Username from JSON or feed author fields.
Column
Post_time
ISO timestamp from JSON or published/updated feed time.
Column
Upvote
Score from JSON, or a parsed value when the feed exposes it.
Column
Comment_count
Comment count from JSON, RSS comments, or parsed feed text.
Sample rows
2 of many
| Subreddit | Subreddit_URL | Post_URL | Post_title | Author | Post_time | Upvote | Comment_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cats | Neighborhood cat claimed my porch chair | sample_user_42 | 2026-06-03T09:12:44.000Z | 1842 | 97 | ||
| news | City council publishes new transit plan | civic_reader | 2026-06-03T08:45:10.000Z | 213 | 34 |
Headers included - each detected Reddit post becomes one CSV row
For broader collection workflows, browse the UScraper template library, pair subreddit exports with the Social Media Finder, or compare community scraping patterns with the Ruliweb community scraper.
Frequently asked questions
Reddit data may be public, but collection can still be governed by Reddit terms, robots rules, API policies, privacy law, copyright, and subreddit expectations. Use conservative pacing, avoid private or restricted content, keep source URLs, and get legal advice before redistribution, resale, client reporting, or model training.
Before you run
Practical limits and maintenance notes
Guardrails for reliable subreddit exports
Rate limits
Keep feed and JSON requests modest
Increase pauses for large batches, avoid parallel runs against the same community, and stop if Reddit returns repeated blocks, empty responses, or verification pages.
Fallback fields
RSS may not expose every metric
JSON responses usually provide better upvote and comment data. Feed fallback can still recover titles, authors, URLs, and timestamps, but score or comment fields may be blank.
Compliance
Do not treat public posts as permissionless data
Avoid restricted, deleted, sensitive, or login-gated content. Review Reddit's current platform rules before sharing downstream datasets, client dashboards, or AI training corpora.
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What's Included
- Template JSON file ready to import
- Pre-configured scraping nodes
- Works with UScraper desktop app
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