# Reddit Trending Posts Scraper (r/popular, r/all) (`scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper`) Actor

Scrape trending Reddit posts from r/popular and r/all, globally or by country (US, GB, CA, AU, DE, IN, BR, MX). Get rank, title, selftext, author, subreddit, score, comments and awards. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/reddit-trending-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 93.1% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $6.15 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

[![Reddit Trending Posts Scraper (r/popular, r/all)](https://scrapers.lat/banners/reddit-trending-scraper.png)](https://console.apify.com/actors/aMGb79jBfEeD4hw1B/input)

## Reddit Trending Posts Scraper (r/popular, r/all)

> Pull what is trending across all of Reddit right now from r/popular and r/all, optionally by country, with rank, full text, scores and engagement.

**📥 [Input](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/input-schema) · 📤 [Output](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/output-schema) · 💰 [Pricing](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/pricing) · ▶️ [Examples](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples)**

![Apify](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Apify-1CE1CE?logo=apify\&logoColor=white)
![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/Coverage-All%20Reddit-blue)
![Maintained](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintained-Yes-brightgreen)
![Output](https://img.shields.io/badge/Output-JSON%20%7C%20CSV%20%7C%20Excel-orange)

<table><tr>
<td align="center"><strong>31 fields</strong><br>per post</td>
<td align="center"><strong>r/popular + r/all</strong><br>cross-Reddit</td>
<td align="center"><strong>JSON / CSV / Excel</strong><br>output formats</td>
</tr></table>

<br>

### How it works

| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
| `source` | Read r/popular (curated, SFW) or r/all (everything). |
| `country` | Optional country code for the r/popular geo feed (US, GB, CA, AU, DE, IN, BR, MX and more). |
| `sort` | Order by hot, top, rising or new. |
| `timeFilter` | Time window for the top sort. |
| `withDetails` | Open each post for full self text, upvote ratio and gallery images. |
| `maxItems` | Cap the number of trending posts collected. |

### Use cases

| Use case | Who it is for |
|---|---|
| Trend and viral content detection | Newsrooms and content teams |
| Daily trending digests by country | Marketers and analysts |
| Social and meme monitoring | Growth and brand teams |
| Training and evaluation datasets | ML and NLP engineers |
| Market and culture research | Researchers |

### Frequently Asked Questions

**What is the difference between r/popular and r/all?**
r/popular is Reddit's curated, advertiser-friendly trending feed with some communities filtered out. r/all is the raw firehose of everything reaching the front page. Pick `source` to choose.

**Can I get trends for a specific country?**
Yes. Set `country` (for example `GB` or `BR`) to read the geo-filtered r/popular feed for that region. Leave it empty for the global feed.

**What is the rank field?**
`rank` is the post's 1-based position in the trending feed at the moment it was scraped, so you can reconstruct the exact ordering.

**Does it return the full post text?**
With Fetch Full Post Text enabled, every self/text post carries its complete `selftext` body. Link posts have no body text, so the external `url` is populated instead.

### Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:

- [Reddit r/all Rising Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-all-rising-posts): Scrape rising posts from r/all with titles, scores, subreddits and authors to catch early trending content across Reddit.
- [Reddit Popular Top of the Week Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-popular-top-week): Scrape the top r/popular posts of the week with titles, scores, subreddits and authors for weekly trend and content research.
- [Reddit Trending Posts Australia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-trending-australia): Scrape trending r/popular posts for Australia with titles, scores, subreddits and authors for local trend and content research.
- [Reddit Trending Posts Brazil Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-trending-brazil): Scrape trending r/popular posts for Brazil with titles, scores, subreddits and authors for local trend and content research.
- [Reddit Trending Posts Canada Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-trending-canada): Scrape trending r/popular posts for Canada with titles, scores, subreddits and authors for local trend and content research.
- [Reddit Trending Posts Germany Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-trending-germany): Scrape trending r/popular posts for Germany with titles, scores, subreddits and authors for local trend and content research.
- [Reddit Trending Posts India Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-trending-india): Scrape trending r/popular posts for India with titles, scores, subreddits and authors for local trend and content research.
- [Reddit r/all Top Today](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-all-top-today): Reddit r/all Top Today
- [Reddit Trending in the United Kingdom](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-trending-united-kingdom): Reddit Trending in the United Kingdom
- [Reddit Trending in the United States](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper/examples/reddit-trending-united-states): Reddit Trending in the United States

### Export, API and AI agents (x402 + MCP)

Export the scraped data to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, pull it as a **dataset** through the Apify **API**, or wire it into your app with **no code**. This web scraper and data extractor also works for bulk data extraction and scheduled runs.

For AI agents: this Actor is available on **x402**, Apify's agentic payment standard built with Coinbase. An AI agent can discover, pay for and run it on its own with a funded wallet and a single HTTP request: no account, no subscription, no API key and no human in the loop. It also runs as an **MCP** tool inside Claude, Cursor and other AI clients out of the box. Learn more about [x402 agentic payments on Apify](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402).

### Related scrapers

Need data from the same space? Here are other scrapers we build and maintain:

- [Reddit Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-posts-scraper): Extract Reddit posts with full text, scores, awards and gallery images from any subreddit, search query or post URL.
- [Reddit Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-comments-scraper): Extract Reddit comment threads with full text, scores, author and nesting depth from any post.
- [Reddit Posts & Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/reddit-scraper): Extract Reddit posts and comments from subreddits and search results using the public Reddit feeds.
- [X (Twitter) Profiles & Tweets Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/x-twitter-scraper): Extract public X (Twitter) tweets by tweet ID: text, author, likes, replies, media and timestamps.
- [Instagram Profile & Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/instagram-scraper): Extract public Instagram profiles and recent posts by username without login.
- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/youtube-scraper): Scrape YouTube videos and channels by search query, video URL or channel URL.

### More scrapers at scrapers.lat

This actor is built and maintained by [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat), where we publish scrapers for Latin American and US public platforms: real estate, jobs, e-commerce, company registries and government data. Browse the full catalog, see live sample output for each one, or ask us for a custom scraper at [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat).

***

> This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with Reddit, Inc. It only accesses data that is publicly available on Reddit. Use it in accordance with Reddit's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of trending posts to collect.

## `source` (type: `string`):

Which cross-Reddit trending feed to read: r/popular (curated, SFW) or r/all (everything).

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional. Country code for the r/popular geo feed (for example US, GB, CA, AU, DE, IN, BR, MX). Leave empty for the global feed. Applies to r/popular only.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Trending order.

## `timeFilter` (type: `string`):

Time window for the 'top' sort. Ignored for hot, rising and new.

## `withDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, opens each post to capture its full self text, upvote ratio and gallery images. Disable for a faster, listing-only run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxPosts": 10,
  "source": "popular",
  "sort": "hot",
  "timeFilter": "day",
  "withDetails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxPosts": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxPosts": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxPosts": 10
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapers_lat/reddit-trending-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aMGb79jBfEeD4hw1B/builds/6ea2Yhe2CzJA7uwkl/openapi.json