Reddit Popular API lists the posts of the Reddit popular feed (feed=popular, default) with the sorts hot, new, top, rising and controversial, or the best feed (feed=best). The best feed has no sort and no time window.
Each post has id, fullname, title, selftext (null for link posts), author, subreddit, score, upvote_ratio, num_comments, awards, flair, created_at and created_utc, permalink, url, domain, post_type (text, link, image, gallery, video or crosspost), the flags over_18, spoiler, stickied, locked and archived, removed_by_category, thumbnail_url, gallery, video and crosspost_parent. Deleted authors and removed posts show Reddit's own marker such as [deleted].
Every list has pagination with limit, after, next_after and has_more. Pass next_after as after to read the next page. A page is never another page's data under a new label. Reddit ends every list after about 1000 items.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
This endpoint has no required query parameters.
5 optional filters available.
string
Optional
popular (default) or best. Example: popular.
example
string
Optional
hot (default), new, top, rising or controversial. Not with feed best. Example: hot.
relevance
string
Optional
Time window: hour, day, week, month, year or all. Only with sort top or controversial. Items outside the window are never returned. Example: week.
example
string
Optional
Cursor from pagination.next_after of the previous page. Example: t3_1xhv532.
example
integer
Optional
Items per page, 1 to 100 (default 25). Example: 25.
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Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"feed": "popular",
"sort": "hot",
"time": null,
"posts": [
{
"id": "1xi3p7g",
"url": "https://hologram.page/blog/local-first-means-three-different-things",
"flair": null,
"score": 28,
"title": "Local-First Means Three Different Things",
"video": null,
"author": "BartBlast",
"awards": [],
"domain": "hologram.page",
"locked": false,
"gallery": null,
"over_18": false,
"spoiler": false,
"archived": false,
"fullname": "t3_1xi3p7g",
"selftext": "Author here. I've been designing a local-first data layer for most of this year, and I kept having the same conversation. I'd say \"local-...",
"stickied": false,
"edited_at": null,
"permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1xi3p7g/localfirst_means_three_different_things/",
"post_type": "link",
"subreddit": "programming",
"created_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:53+00:00",
"created_utc": 1793229173,
"preview_url": null,
"author_flair": null,
"num_comments": 0,
"subreddit_id": "t5_2fwo",
"upvote_ratio": 0.81,
"distinguished": null,
"thumbnail_url": null,
"num_crossposts": 0,
"author_fullname": "t2_1bgrwwfuj4",
"crosspost_parent": null,
"is_original_content": false,
"removed_by_category": null,
"subreddit_subscribers": 6930652,
"total_awards_received": 0
}
],
"pagination": {
"after": null,
"limit": 2,
"has_more": true,
"next_after": "t3_1xi16s3"
}
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "popular"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A required parameter or a value is invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"query": [
"The query field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Upstream Unavailable
Reddit could not be reached or returned data that does not match the request. This response is not billable and is retryable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "popular"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Reddit could not be reached. Please retry shortly."
},
"success": false
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