How to scrape Reddit without the API (and without code)
Reddit's API now needs an approved app, OAuth and rate-limit handling, and most "Reddit scraper" scripts break regularly. If you just need the posts and comments of some threads or subreddits in a spreadsheet or an AI dataset, a browser extension that reads Reddit like you do is far simpler.
بقلم Pierre Carron · تم التحديث أكتوبر 2026

خطوة بخطوة
- Install Thread Exporter for Reddit. Add it to Chrome, Edge or Brave. No account, no API key.
- Paste a subreddit, search or thread link. For a subreddit, choose the sort (top of the week, month, year or all time, hot, new) and how many posts, up to 1,000.
- Include the comments. Tick "with all their comments": every thread is loaded completely, hidden replies included, at the pace Reddit allows.
- Export. CSV for spreadsheets (one row per comment), JSON for code, Markdown or chunked JSONL for AI tools, or a ZIP with one file per thread.
API vs extension
The API is right for apps that run on a server around the clock. For research, market analysis or building a dataset once in a while, an extension avoids the setup: it uses Reddit's public JSON pages from your own browser and follows Reddit's rate-limit headers.
What you can export
Threads (every comment, with depth, score, author, date and parent), subreddit listings, searches inside a subreddit or across Reddit, and a user's submitted posts.
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