Reddit Search Extractor

PhantomBuster's Reddit Search Extractor Automation captures titles, engagement metrics, subreddit info, and text content directly from Reddit searches, saving hours of manual collection. It is typically the starting point of a Reddit research workflow. No coding required, ready to run in minutes.

Note: This Automation extracts posts as they appear in Reddit search results. To enrich posts with media URLs, reward counts, and full tags, use the Reddit Post Scraper. To capture full comment threads, use the Reddit Post Comments Export.

What you give / What you get

You provide search URLs, keywords, or a spreadsheet. PhantomBuster delivers back structured, exportable post data you can use immediately.

In short, you bring the searches. PhantomBuster handles the rest, structuring your data for immediate action.

What you can automate with Reddit Search Extractor

Here's what PhantomBuster's Reddit Search Extractor Automation can do automatically for you:

• Extract posts from Reddit searches: Collect titles, engagement scores, subreddit info, and text content exactly as they appear in search results

• Process searches at scale: Run multiple searches from a spreadsheet or enter keywords and let the Phantom generate the search automatically

• Remove duplicates: Eliminate repeated posts between searches to keep your dataset clean

• Schedule recurring extractions: Set launch frequency (Manual, Repeated, etc.) to monitor topics, communities, or keywords over time

• Export structured data: Push results directly to Google Sheets or CSV for analysis, enrichment, or integration with other tools

• Build research workflows: Use extracted posts as inputs for Reddit Post Scraper, Reddit Post Comments Export, or Reddit Profile Scraper

Perfect for teams conducting market research, monitoring brand mentions, or building Reddit-based lead generation workflows.

How teams use PhantomBuster's Reddit Search Extractor Automation

Researchers, marketers, and community managers use the Reddit Search Extractor Automation to accelerate discovery, monitoring, and outreach across Reddit.

• Brand monitoring: Track mentions of your product, competitors, or industry keywords across multiple subreddits. Extract posts daily to identify customer feedback, feature requests, and sentiment trends.

• Market research: Discover what communities are discussing about specific topics, pain points, or solutions. Use extracted data to validate product ideas, identify unmet needs, or surface authentic customer language.

• Lead generation: Find users posting about specific problems your product solves. Extract their posts, validate engagement signals (score, nbOfComments), and build targeted outreach lists.

• Competitor intelligence: Monitor posts mentioning competitors, track engagement patterns, and identify switching signals or dissatisfaction trends.

• Content strategy: Identify high-performing posts in your niche. Extract titles, textContent, and engagement metrics to inform content creation, headline testing, or messaging strategy.

Best practices

Get the most out of this Phantom while staying safe and efficient:

Important: Results depend on the sort/filter of your search URL. Broad searches without filters produce noisy results. Start with small volumes to validate filters before scaling up.

• Start small: Begin with a single search or 25 posts (the default) to confirm your filters, sort order, and data quality before increasing volume.

• Use precise search URLs: Leverage Reddit's search filters (subreddit, date range, sort by relevance or top) to focus your extraction and reduce noise.

• Spread extractions across the day: Schedule repeated launches at intervals to avoid rate limit issues and maintain safe extraction patterns.

• Enable "Remove duplicate posts": When running multiple searches or recurring extractions, this option keeps your dataset clean and avoids redundancy.

• Scale safely: Rate Limit: Extracts 25 posts by default; can increase to 200 posts per search. Execution Time: ~45 seconds per 1,000 posts.

• Free Plan limitations: Free Plan: Max 10 rows export, no CSV upload. Upgrade to process larger datasets and export to Google Sheets.

Troubleshooting: If results are irrelevant or overwhelming, refine your search URL with specific subreddit filters, date ranges, or sort parameters. Avoid broad keyword-only searches without additional constraints.

Frequently asked questions

Can the Reddit Search Extractor process multiple searches at once?

Yes. You can provide a spreadsheet (Google Sheet/CSV) with search URLs, and the Automation will process each search sequentially, extracting posts from all provided URLs in a single launch.

Does this Automation extract full post content, images, or videos?

The Reddit Search Extractor captures textContent, titles, and engagement metrics (score, nbOfComments) as they appear in search results. For detailed post data including media URLs, reward counts, and tags, use the Reddit Post Scraper.

What is the Reddit Session Cookie and how do I get it?

The Reddit Session Cookie authenticates your Reddit account with PhantomBuster. You can verify and extract your cookie using the PhantomBuster browser extension or manually from your browser's developer tools. This is required to access Reddit data.

Can I extract posts from private or restricted subreddits?

The Automation can only extract posts from subreddits accessible to the Reddit account associated with your Reddit Session Cookie. If your account cannot view a subreddit, the Automation cannot extract posts from it.

How does the "Remove duplicate posts" option work?

When enabled, this option identifies and removes posts that appear in multiple searches within the same launch, ensuring each post appears only once in your final dataset. This is useful when running multiple related searches or recurring extractions over time.

Can I automate this to run daily or weekly?

Yes. Step 4: Set launch frequency (Manual, Repeated, etc.) allows you to schedule the Automation to run at specific intervals. This is ideal for monitoring topics, tracking brand mentions, or collecting ongoing research data.

What happens if I enter keywords instead of a search URL?

If you enter keywords, the Phantom generates the search URL automatically and extracts posts matching those keywords. This is a faster way to start if you do not want to manually construct Reddit search URLs.

How do the extraction limits work on the Free Plan?

Free Plan: Max 10 rows export, no CSV upload. This means you can test the Automation and extract up to 10 posts, but you cannot upload spreadsheets or export larger datasets. Upgrade to unlock full extraction and spreadsheet input.

Can I use this Automation with other Reddit Phantoms?

Yes. The Reddit Search Extractor is typically the starting point of a Reddit research workflow. After extracting posts, you can use the Reddit Post Scraper to enrich posts with media/tags, the Reddit Post Comments Export to analyze sentiment, or the Reddit Profile Scraper to validate authors.

Ready to try it?

Start extracting Reddit posts in minutes.

Try the Reddit Search Extractor free. No setup or coding required. Connect your Reddit account, enter a search URL or keywords, and launch. Your first extraction runs in under a minute.