Reddit Subreddit Search API. Subreddits matching your search.

Subreddits by keyword, with weekly visitors. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Searches public subreddits by keyword and returns them a page at a time, in Reddit's relevance order. Each has its name, ID, link, description and icon, whether it is marked NSFW or quarantined, and the exact weekly visitors and contributions Reddit shows beside it. Queries in any language work.

GET /v1/reddit/search_subreddits

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17 typed fields null when unknown
10 subreddits per page, Reddit's relevance order
query is all it needs, e.g. golang

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$ npm install socialtap

query = golang

Open in playground

GET /v1/reddit/search_subredditsTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "golang",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits",
    params={"query": "golang"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'golang')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'query' => 'golang',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "golang")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits?query=golang' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2rc7j/styles/communityIcon_wy4riduoe9k11.png?width=64&frame=1&auto=webp&s=b35b0d214c4c3462cd4d4e0966f04f005cbe2576",
      "banner_url": null,
      "categories": [],
      "created_at": null,
      "description": "Ask questions and post articles about the Go programming language and related tools, events etc.",
      "id": "t5_2rc7j",
      "is_nsfw": false,
      "metrics": {
        "member_count": null
      },
      "moderators": [],
      "name": "golang",
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "is_quarantined": false,
          "member_nickname": null,
          "weekly_contribution_count": 680,
          "weekly_visitor_count": 74052
        }
      },
      "privacy": null,
      "rules": [],
      "title": null,
      "unknown_fields": [
        "categories",
        "moderators",
        "rules"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3hpdu/styles/communityIcon_g9aiugyvoo7b1.jpg?width=64&frame=1&auto=webp&s=5419ac02a033662bff6352aa4e1c91d0034e4188",
      "banner_url": null,
      "categories": [],
      "created_at": null,
      "description": "/r/golang2: an unofficial plan B subreddit in case they decide to screw the official one",
      "id": "t5_3hpdu",
      "is_nsfw": false,
      "metrics": {
        "member_count": null
      },
      "moderators": [],
      "name": "golang2",
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "is_quarantined": false,
          "member_nickname": null,
          "weekly_contribution_count": 0,
          "weekly_visitor_count": 5
        }
      },
      "privacy": null,
      "rules": [],
      "title": null,
      "unknown_fields": [
        "categories",
        "moderators",
        "rules"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang2/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2fwo/styles/communityIcon_1bqa1ibfp8q11.png?width=64&frame=1&auto=webp&s=2545f3c0332e412c8635f5f2a5868c0e857ef040",
      "banner_url": null,
      "categories": [],
      "created_at": null,
      "description": "Computer Programming",
      "id": "t5_2fwo",
      "is_nsfw": false,
      "metrics": {
        "member_count": null
      },
      "moderators": [],
      "name": "programming",
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "is_quarantined": false,
          "member_nickname": null,
          "weekly_contribution_count": 1735,
          "weekly_visitor_count": 217174
        }
      },
      "privacy": null,
      "rules": [],
      "title": null,
      "unknown_fields": [
        "categories",
        "moderators",
        "rules"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "reddit",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 660,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.reddit.searchSubreddits.list({ query: "golang" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "query=" + encode("golang");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("golang"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subreddits")
        .query(&[("query", "golang")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_subredditsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 3 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Reddit doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
Words to find subreddits by, matched by Reddit's community search against their names and descriptions (golang, home brewing, fußball).
Write one parser
Reddit, Facebook and X answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (reddit, facebook, …).
idstring: Platform-native community ID (string): Reddit's subreddit ID with its t5_ prefix, Facebook's numeric group ID.
namestring: The name its links use, without a prefix (golang for r/golang; a Facebook group's vanity name); null when it has none (a Facebook group known only by its number).
titlestring: The community's title as its page shows it ("The Go Programming Language"; what Facebook calls a group's name); null when it has none.
descriptionstring: Its short description as plain text; null when it has none.
urlstring: Canonical community URL (https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/<id>/).
avatar_urlstring: The community's icon or picture; null when it has none. Platform CDN URLs can expire.
banner_urlstring: Header or cover image URL; null when it has none.

What teams build with the Reddit Subreddit Search API.

Find where a topic or brand is discussed
Build a list of communities to monitor
Compare subreddits on one subject by activity
Resolve a topic to subreddit names

Good to know before you build.

Reddit ranks relevance per visitor. A walk keeps one logged-out session, so its pages follow one ranking, but two walks of the same query can differ.
Reddit's search leaves NSFW and quarantined subreddits out logged out, so they aren't found here. The Reddit Subreddit API reads one by name.
Results show only what Reddit's search shows: title, creation date, privacy, banner, member nickname and rules are null (rules listed in unknown_fields). The Reddit Subreddit API returns them.
Reddit shows no subscriber count logged out, so metrics.member_count is null. platform_specific.reddit.weekly_visitor_count and weekly_contribution_count are the activity Reddit shows instead.
Reddit's community search matches loosely: a query no subreddit name or description contains still returns Reddit's nearest matches.
Reddit serves a limited number of result pages per search. A walk that reaches the last one ends with end_reason platform_limit.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.

Plans and packs How this endpoint is priced How credits work

Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Public page `page`	1 credit	$0.75–$1.97

Cache hits are free.
Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.

Questions about the Reddit Subreddit Search API.

Try it with your own search.

Type it in the playground, or copy the request into your code.

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Reddit Subreddit Search API. Subreddits matching your search.

Reddit Subreddit Search API at a glance

Send one request. Get up to 10 subreddits back.

One schema on 3 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the Reddit Subreddit Search API.

Find where a topic or brand is discussed

Build a list of communities to monitor

Compare subreddits on one subject by activity

Resolve a topic to subreddit names

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the Reddit Subreddit Search API.

Communities on 2 more platforms.

Reddit API. 13 endpoints, one key.

Try it with your own search.