Reddit Profile API
Scrape Reddit Profile data with one API call. Returns one Reddit account by username: the four-way karma split, the cake day, the bio, the avatar and banner, the trophy count and the profile title. `author.likes_count` is TOTAL karma; the split that Reddit users actually reason about is at `ext.post_karma`, `ext.comment_karma` and `ext.awardee_karma`, and the three sum to the total. `author.joined_at` is the cake day. `author.display_name` carries Reddit's `t2_` fullname, which is the same value and the same encoding this API puts on `post.author.display_name` and `comment.author.display_name`, so a profile joins to that account's posts and comments on one field. `author.url` is the canonical `https://www.reddit.com/user/<name>/` profile, derived from the username rather than fetched. `author.followers` is Reddit's public follower count for the account (`subscribers` on the upstream). It is a real number: accounts nobody follows report 0, and creator accounts report a non-zero count (measured 09/09/2026: u/GallowBoob 33899, u/spez 0, corroborated by a second independent source on the same day). Reddit publishes no following count and no submission count on this surface, so `author.following` and `author.posts_count` stay null. Verification, moderator and employee flags are not available on this surface and are null rather than guessed. When the main source is unavailable, a second source answers the same call with the same fields; only when both are down does the call return a 5xx, which costs nothing. A username that does not exist returns 404 and costs nothing. Usernames are matched case-insensitively.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns one Reddit account: total karma, the post/comment/award karma split, cake day, bio, avatar, banner, trophy count and profile title.
Use it to size or vet an account before reading its posts. author.followers is null on purpose: Reddit publishes no public follower count, so karma is the reach signal.
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The Profile endpoint gives you structured Reddit data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/reddit/profile?handle=spez"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/reddit/profile",
params={
'handle': 'spez',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/reddit/profile?handle=spez",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handle | Yes | Reddit username without the u/ prefix. Case-insensitive. |
What does the Reddit Profile API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "reddit",
"endpoint": "/v1/reddit/profile",
"data": {
"author": {
"id": "spez",
"username": "spez",
"display_name": "t2_1w72",
"avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3k30p/styles/profileIcon_uj015iwx9s7g1.png?width=64&height=64&frame=1&auto=webp&crop=64:64,smart&s=0af32bd27feadee648af9434f5d8ffa782225a45",
"bio": "Reddit CEO",
"verified": null,
"followers": 0,
"following": null,
"posts_count": null,
"likes_count": 941001,
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/",
"private": null,
"joined_at": "2005-06-06T04:00:00.000000+0000",
"ext": {
"is_nsfw": false,
"post_karma": 184508,
"comment_karma": 756493,
"awardee_karma": 0,
"trophy_count": 52,
"banner_url": "",
"profile_title": "spez",
"social_links": null
}
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": null,
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
}
},
"credits_used": 1,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T15:39:24.220Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the Reddit Profile API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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