Per-call pricing adds up fast
Reddit's official API charges roughly $0.24 per 1,000 calls, and even token refreshes count against your quota. SocialiQ is usage-based across every platform on one bill — no surprise metering.
SocialiQ — Reddit data & analytics for AI agents
Reddit API
The Reddit API alternative built for AI agents
Fetch Reddit posts, full comment trees, user activity, and subreddit feeds through one REST API that returns normalized JSON. No OAuth dance, no approval queue, no scrapers or proxies — just a single key and clean data your AI agents can consume today.
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const res = await fetch( "https://api.socialiq.dev/v1/reddit/feeds/trending?sort=top&within=day", { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer sc_live_..." } });// Today's top Reddit posts as normalized JSONconst { data, page, source } = await res.json();
No approval queueNo scrapers or proxiesNormalized JSON
Why teams move off the official Reddit API.
Approval queues, quotas, and brittle scrapers stand between your agents and Reddit data. SocialiQ removes them.
Registration and approval gates
The official API requires app registration, OAuth credentials, and use-case review before you get meaningful access. With SocialiQ you sign up, grab one key, and start pulling normalized data in minutes.
Aggressive rate limits
The free tier caps out near 100 queries per minute, and the limits that priced out third-party tools in 2023 still bite. SocialiQ handles the upstream plumbing so you query at the pace your product needs.
Every Reddit surface, one endpoint shape.
Real Reddit coverage on SocialiQ — each capability is a single normalized REST call.
Trending feed
Pull hot, new, top, best, rising, or controversial posts across a time window.
GET
/v1/reddit/feeds/trendingGet a post
Fetch any single post as normalized JSON by its id.
GET
/v1/reddit/posts/{id}Full comment tree
Retrieve a post's complete, nested comment thread in one call.
GET
/v1/reddit/posts/{id}/commentsUser posts & comments
Get everything a Reddit user has posted or commented on by handle.
GET
/v1/reddit/users/{handle}/postsSubreddit feed
Read a subreddit's metadata and its post stream by name.
GET
/v1/reddit/subreddits/{name}/postsTrending searches
Surface what's trending on Reddit right now for discovery and research.
GET
/v1/reddit/trendsOne request
Call Reddit, get normalized JSON.
Authenticate with a single SocialiQ key and hit one REST endpoint. The response is the same envelope you get on every platform — so your agents parse Reddit exactly like the rest.
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const res = await fetch( "https://api.socialiq.dev/v1/reddit/feeds/trending?sort=top&within=day", { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer sc_live_..." } });// Today's top Reddit posts as normalized JSONconst { data, page, source } = await res.json();
Built for agents, not approval queues.
Point your agents at one endpoint and ship — SocialiQ runs the upstream access, retries, and normalization for Reddit.
Normalized JSON, every platform
Posts, comments, and users come back in one consistent shape across Reddit and every other platform SocialiQ covers — so you write parsing logic once, not per source.
One API, one key
No app registration, no OAuth tokens to rotate, no per-platform credentials. A single SocialiQ key unlocks Reddit and the rest of your social data.
No scrapers or proxies to babysit
We handle upstream access, retries, and rate limits. You get a stable REST endpoint instead of a brittle scraping stack to maintain.
Usage-based and agent-ready
Pay for what you call, with clean responses designed for AI agents, analysts, and researchers to consume directly. Ship today.
Reddit API questions.
What SocialiQ's Reddit API does and how it compares to the official one.
Is SocialiQ a drop-in Reddit API alternative?
It's a normalized alternative, not a 1:1 mirror of Reddit's endpoints. You get the data that matters most — posts, full comment trees, user posts and comments, subreddits, trending feeds, and trending searches — through one REST API with consistent JSON, instead of wiring up Reddit's OAuth, registration, and per-endpoint quirks.
How is pricing different from the official Reddit API?
Reddit's API charges roughly $0.24 per 1,000 calls and gates higher access behind approval. SocialiQ is usage-based: you pay for the calls you make across all platforms on a single bill, with no registration or use-case review to get started.
Can I get a post's full comment tree?
Yes. GET /v1/reddit/posts/{id}/comments returns the post's complete, nested comment thread as normalized JSON in a single call — no manual pagination through Reddit's listing endpoints.
Do I need a Reddit account, app, or OAuth credentials?
No. SocialiQ handles all upstream access. You authenticate with one SocialiQ key — there are no scrapers, proxies, Reddit app registrations, or OAuth tokens for you to manage.
Ship your Reddit integration today.
One key, normalized JSON, usage-based pricing. No approval, no scrapers.