Social — entry 025 of 38
Reddit's Data API exposes the same read/write surface — posts, comments, votes, subreddits — that powers reddit.com and its official apps, authenticated with OAuth2 against oauth.reddit.com. Since Reddit's 2023 pricing overhaul, a free tier still covers low-volume, non-commercial use, but any commercial product or higher request volume now needs a paid Enterprise agreement instead of the historically open access this entry describes.
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/reddit/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/reddit.svg" alt="Scored 54 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- Register an app / run the OAuth flow to obtain a bearer token.
- Send it as an Authorization header
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.
Developer reference
100 requests per ~10-minute rolling window per OAuth client ID (commonly summarized as 100 QPM), confirmed live via x-ratelimit-remaining/-reset response headers on reddit.com/dev/api; unauthenticated access has no meaningful free bucket today