USE CASE:
Collecting the posts and comments about a topic
Everything below is about collecting the posts and comments about a topic, and about which thread collection method holds up on a list rather than one record. Mamba Labs writes Apify actors for this kind of work, and Reddit Search Thread Scraper is the one aimed at thread collection.
Last updated November 2, 2026
What is actually going wrong
Researchers, marketers and product teams all want the same thing from Reddit: every post and comment matching some terms, with dates and links, in a table. The site search is weak. The official data access now needs approval and a paid plan for real volume. Copying threads by hand loses the comments, which is where the substance sits.
Traditional Search Tools
- Reddit's own data access. Official and complete for approved uses. Approval takes time, and volume is billed.
- Academic archives. Older research dumps cover past years in bulk. They stop well before today and rarely cover new subreddits.
- Search and copy. Search the subreddit, open each thread and copy what matters. Accurate and slow. Deep comment trees take minutes each.
Mamba Labs Apify Actors
These are the actors we built for this job. If yours is not covered here, search from the bar at the top of the page or contact us here and tell us what you need.
- Reddit Search Thread ScraperRuns from its Apify Store page on your own list.