Search subreddits — Reddit API

Searches public Reddit subreddits across the platform.

GET/v1/reddit/search/subreddits1 credit per request

Example response200OK

{
  "data": {
    "type": "OrderedCollectionPage",
    "itemCount": 10,
    "orderedItems": [
      {
        "type": "Group",
        "name": "programming",
        "memberCount": 5000000,
        "slug": "programming"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Make the request.

One authenticated GET to /v1/reddit/search/subreddits. Authentication and error conventions stay consistent across endpoints. This page shows the path, parameters, response shape, limits, and credit rule for this operation.

Built for

Discover relevant communities for any topic
Market research and niche audience discovery
Identify communities for content seeding or outreach

Full reference for this endpoint

const response = await fetch("https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/reddit/search/subreddits?q=programming", {
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});

const data = await response.json();

Parameters3

qrequiredIn · QueryType · stringSearch query
countIn · QueryType · integerNumber of subreddits to fetch (maximum: 100)1–100default 25
cursorIn · QueryType · stringPagination cursor

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