Community research teams
Topic discovery
Favorable to scraping
Export subreddit posts for a niche community, sort by score or comments, and identify recurring questions before planning content, product research, or moderation dashboards.
Social Media$50Free
Reddit Subreddit Scraper for CSV Export
This Reddit subreddit scraper turns Old Reddit listing pages, such as https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/, into a structured CSV of post-level metadata. It is built for researchers, community analysts, marketers, and data teams that need to scrape subreddit posts without writing a Reddit API client or sending every run through a hosted scraping actor.
Export
CSV
Columns
10
Pages
Loops next
Source
Old Reddit
Access
No API key
At a glance
A local Reddit data extractor for subreddit listings
Export Reddit posts to CSV
Collect subreddit, post URL, outbound article/media URL, title, author, post time, score, comment count, and flair into reddit-subreddit-scraper.csv.
Follow pagination automatically
After each Structured Export block, the workflow checks for Old Reddit's next-page control, clicks it, waits for the page to reload, and loops back to collect the next batch.
Keep runs inside your own browser session
The template runs in the UScraper local desktop app and writes to your configured save folder, instead of pushing query history and raw rows through a shared cloud pool.
Start from a plain subreddit URL
Replace the sample /r/cats/ URL with another Old Reddit subreddit listing, then run the same graph. Hot, new, or top pages can be configured by changing the starting URL.
Who it helps
Use cases for subreddit posts to CSV
Marketing and social listening teams
Campaign monitoring
Favorable to scraping
Download subreddit posts from relevant communities, then pair the CSV with sibling tools such as the Social Media Finder or Google SERP export for wider research context.
Automation builders
No-code workflows
Nuanced outcome
Use it as a practical n8n Reddit scraper alternative when the job is a repeatable desktop export, not a server-side webhook pipeline. Keep the CSV local, then import it into your own reporting stack.
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 grouped blocks: Page Load, Pagination Loop, Data Extraction, and Control Flow.
3
Set the subreddit URL
Replace the sample https://old.reddit.com/r/cats/ Navigate URL with the Old Reddit listing you want to export.
4
Confirm the save folder
The Structured Export block writes reddit-subreddit-scraper.csv with headers and append mode. Change the folder if your team keeps exports somewhere else.
5
Run and open the CSV
The graph waits, checks for post rows, exports them, follows pagination, and stops gracefully when no posts or no next page are available.
Output preview
What the Reddit CSV export includes
reddit-subreddit-scraper.csvColumn
subreddit
Subreddit name, pulled from row metadata or the current URL.
Column
subreddit_url
Canonical Old Reddit subreddit URL.
Column
post_url
Full Reddit comments/permalink URL for the post.
Column
article_url
Outbound article, media, or self-post URL when available.
Column
post_title
Visible post title.
Column
author
Reddit username shown on the listing row.
Column
post_time
Timestamp from the listing time element.
Column
upvote
Visible score or data-score value.
Column
comment_count
Parsed comment count, with no comments normalized to 0.
Column
post_flair
Link flair text when the subreddit provides it.
Sample rows
2 of many
| subreddit | subreddit_url | post_url | article_url | post_title | author | post_time | upvote | comment_count | post_flair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cats | Neighborhood cat claimed my porch chair | sample_user_42 | 2026-05-31 09:12:44 UTC | 1842 | 97 | Cat Picture | |||
| cats | Advice for introducing two adult cats? | another_reader | 2026-05-31 08:45:10 UTC | 213 | 34 | Advice |
Headers included - each Old Reddit listing page appends one row per non-promoted post
For broader social and community collection, compare this workflow with the Ruliweb community scraper, the Theqoo posts scraper, or the full UScraper template library.
Frequently asked questions
Public Reddit pages can still be governed by Reddit terms, robots rules, API policies, privacy law, copyright, and subreddit moderation expectations. Use modest pacing, avoid restricted or private content, keep source URLs, and get legal advice before redistributing posts or using the data in client dashboards, resale datasets, or model training.
Before you run
Practical limits and maintenance notes
Guardrails for reliable subreddit exports
Rate limits
Keep pagination polite
The template includes waits around page loads and clicks. Increase pacing for large subreddits, and stop runs that trigger repeated network-security or verification pages.
Layout drift
Old Reddit selectors can change
This workflow relies on Old Reddit listing rows and next-button markup. Empty exports usually mean Reddit blocked the session or the page structure needs a template refresh.
Compliance
Do not treat public as permissionless
Avoid private, deleted, sensitive, or login-restricted content. Keep collection proportional to your use case and review Reddit's current platform rules before sharing downstream datasets.
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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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