Reddit API pricing in 2026: free tier, fees and options

How much does the Reddit API cost?

Reddit has published one price. In June 2023 it announced that apps needing more than the free limits would pay $0.24 per 1,000 API calls from July 1, 2023. Its current Data API Terms keep the right to charge fees "at Reddit’s sole discretion" and send commercial users to a separate agreement.

Who can still get Reddit API access?

Fewer people than before. Reddit’s API wiki says you must read its Responsible Builder Policy, Developer Terms and Data API Terms before using any developer tool. It calls the Developer Platform the official way to build apps on Reddit.

For the Data API, the wiki says some apps still run on it, and that you should submit a request if you have a valid moderation use case. Existing bots must also be registered. Plan for an approval step, not a sign-up form.

What do the Reddit Data API Terms restrict?

Price is often the smaller problem. The terms limit what you can do with the data.

• AI training: you may not use Reddit user content to train a machine learning or AI model without permission from the rightsholders.
• Resale: you may not sell, lease or sublicense API access, or earn revenue from it, without Reddit’s written approval.
• Retention: you must delete data you do not need for your approved use case.
• Limits: Reddit may cap your requests or the number of users you serve, and can permanently block apps that exceed limits.
• Commercial use and research beyond the rate limits need a separate agreement.

What does $0.24 per 1,000 calls add up to?

At the 2023 rate, 1 million calls a month cost $240 and 50 million cost $12,000. The free limit of 100 queries a minute works out to 144,000 requests a day per OAuth client, if you can get approved.

In its 2023 post Reddit estimated the paid rate at less than $1.00 per user a month for a typical third-party app. Apollo, Reddit is Fun and Sync decided the pricing did not work and said they would close.

What third-party Reddit data APIs are there?

Several vendors sell Reddit posts and comments by API. Check whether a vendor has an agreement with Reddit before you build on it. Reddit’s User Agreement allows crawling within its robots.txt, but prohibits scraping without its prior written consent.

The Locus listings below are paid from one prepaid credit balance, with no account at each vendor. Scrape Creators can also cost less per call with your own Scrape Creators account and API key.

Should an AI agent read Reddit through Locus Pro?

For a few lookups, it works. An agent can search posts or fetch a thread from one prepaid balance, with a ceiling on each call. But every Reddit endpoint in the Locus catalog is either an unreviewed third-party listing or a site API built over reddit.com. Locus cannot promise they stay available, and none of them is Reddit’s official API.

For a product that depends on Reddit data, Locus Pro is the wrong choice. Apply to Reddit, or sign a data agreement with it. For general web research where Reddit is one source among many, Brave web search in the catalog, from a reviewed vendor, returns a discussions section next to normal web results.

• X data without a separate subscription
• Browse the tool catalog

Which Reddit data option should I choose?

Pick by how much risk your project can carry.

• A moderation bot: request Data API access and stay within 100 queries a minute.
• An app built on Reddit itself: the Developer Platform.
• A commercial product built on Reddit content: a separate agreement with Reddit.
• Occasional research by an agent: search tools that surface discussions, or a few calls to third-party listings with the terms risk in mind.