Free Chrome extension · Reddit
Reddit Search Results Scraper
InsightSocial's Reddit Search Results Scraper is a free Chrome extension that exports the posts a Reddit search returns to Excel, CSV, JSON or Google Sheets: title, text, author, subreddit, score, upvote ratio, comment count, flair and link. Search all of Reddit or inside one subreddit, keep the sort and time filter you set on Reddit, and add every post's comments in the same run if you want them.
- Excel
- CSV
- JSON
- Google Sheets
- 4.6 on the Chrome Web Store
See Reddit Search Results Scraper in Action
One run, start to finish: open the page, click Scrape, export the file.
- 1Run any search on Reddit
- 2Pick how many, click Scrape
- 3Export to Excel, CSV or Sheets
How it works
From install to file in four steps.
- 01
Add it to Chrome
Install InsightSocial from the Chrome Web Store and sign in. It is free and asks for no card.
- 02
Pin the icon
Click the puzzle piece in Chrome's toolbar and pin InsightSocial. On Reddit, that icon is how you open it.
- 03
Search, then click Scrape
Sign in to Reddit, search, and set the sort and time on Reddit's own results page. In the side panel pick Posts or Posts and Comments, choose how many, and click Scrape.
- 04
Export
Download Excel, CSV or JSON, or send the rows to Google Sheets. Posts and their comments land in one file.
Frequently Asked Questions
Reddit search results pages: site-wide (reddit.com/search?q=…) and searches inside one community (reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/search?q=…). A subreddit's own Hot, New or Top feed is the Reddit Subreddit Scraper's job, a single thread's discussion the Reddit Comment Scraper's, and a user's comments the Reddit User Comments Scraper's. All of them are the same extension.
About 250. Reddit stops showing results for a search at roughly 250 posts, whatever the sort, so the choices are 50, 100 and 250. To go wider, run a few narrower searches with other keywords, time ranges or subreddits. Collecting is free; only exported rows count.
Yes. Collecting and reading your results in the dashboard are free and unlimited. Only exporting uses rows, one per post or comment: the free plan exports 500 rows a month, and Pro exports 10,000 for $9.99 a month ($7.99 a month billed yearly). A row you already exported is free to export again.
No. There is no app to register and no key. You do need to be signed in to Reddit in the same browser, because Reddit refuses this data to signed-out visitors.
Two ways. To export the community itself, open it and use the Reddit Subreddit Scraper: it follows the Hot, New or Top tab and exports up to 1,000 posts. To pull one topic out of that community, use its search box instead: the export stays inside that subreddit and reaches about 250 matching posts.
Yes, on Reddit itself. Whatever sort, time range and NSFW setting you chose on the results page is what gets exported.
Yes. Pick Posts and Comments instead of Posts and choose 25, 50 or 100 posts. The run collects the posts, then every comment and reply under each one. Everything lands in one file: a Row Type column marks each line as Post, Comment or Reply, Level gives the nesting depth, and Post ID ties every comment back to its post.
This scraper finds posts that match your search, and their comments if you pick Posts and Comments. It does not search inside comments on its own. If you need comment-level search, the InsightSocial API has a Reddit comment search endpoint.
Yes, if your Reddit account can already see them: private communities you have joined and NSFW content you have opted into. It never gets around access controls.
It is unlikely at normal volumes, but no tool can promise it. The extension reads from your own session and never posts, votes or messages. Reddit limits how fast any browser can load pages; when that limit is close, the run waits for it to reset instead of pushing through, so a big run can pause for a few minutes and then carry on by itself.
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Reddit Subreddit Scraper
Open any subreddit and export up to 1,000 of its posts, or posts together with every comment under them
Learn moreReddit Comment Scraper
Export every comment and reply in a Reddit thread, with the comment each one answers and how deep it sits
Learn moreReddit User Comments Scraper
Export the comments one Reddit user has written, newest first, each with its subreddit, score and the post it was left on
Learn moreUse Cases
Guides for the jobs this scraper is used for
Open a Reddit page. Click Scrape.
Scraping and browsing your results are free. Exporting is free up to 500 rows a month, with no card asked for.