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Reddit Trending Posts

Get the posts trending across Reddit (r/popular, or r/all), worldwide or in one country, sorted hot, new, top, rising or controversial. Returns the same post fields as Post Details, 25 per page.

Endpoint

GET /v1/reddit/trending

Price: $0.003 per page Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter Required Description
sort_by No Sort order: hot, most_recent, top, rising, or controversial (default: hot)
posted_ago No Time window for sort_by=top or sort_by=controversial: 1h, 24h, 7d, 30d, 12m, or all (default: 24h). Rejected with any other sort_by.
feed No popular (r/popular: the most active posts in public, non-NSFW communities) or all (r/all: every community) (default: popular)
country No One country’s r/popular, as on reddit.com: AR, AU, BG, CA, CL, CO, CZ, DE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IN, IS, IT, JP, MX, MY, NZ, PH, PL, PR, PT, RO, RS, SE, SG, TH, TR, TW or US (default: worldwide). Only with feed=popular.
pages No Number of pages to fetch, 1-20 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 25 posts.
get_sentiment No Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik’s Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per page to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Response Fields

Field Type Description
posts array Trending posts
posts[].post_id string Post ID (the base-36 ID in the post URL)
posts[].title string Post title
posts[].url string Direct link to the post
posts[].date string Publication date and time (UTC)
posts[].author string Author’s Reddit username ([deleted] for a deleted account)
posts[].author_url string Link to the author’s profile (empty for a deleted account)
posts[].source string "Reddit"
posts[].domain string "reddit.com"
posts[].snippet string Post text (the title for link, image and video posts)
posts[].subreddit string Subreddit name
posts[].upvotes integer Net upvotes (upvotes minus downvotes)
posts[].upvote_ratio number Fraction of votes that are upvotes, between 0 and 1
posts[].comments integer Number of comments
posts[].crossposts integer Number of times the post has been crossposted
posts[].flair string Post flair text, or empty string
posts[].link_url string The URL a link, image or video post shares (empty for text posts)
posts[].thumbnail string Thumbnail image URL, or empty string
posts[].is_video boolean Whether the post is a Reddit-hosted video
posts[].nsfw boolean Whether the post is marked NSFW
posts[].spoiler boolean Whether the post is marked as a spoiler
posts[].locked boolean Whether the post is locked to new comments
posts[].stickied boolean Whether the post is pinned in its subreddit
posts[].video_url string MP4 file of a Reddit-hosted video, or empty string. It can be silent (Reddit stores most video sound separately), so use video_hls_url for video with sound. Reddit can expire video links, so use them soon after fetching
posts[].video_hls_url string HLS stream (with sound) of a Reddit-hosted video, or empty string. Reddit can expire this link too
posts[].images array Image URLs: every image of a gallery post, in order, or the image of an image post (empty otherwise)
posts[].sentiment object/null Emotion analysis results. Only present when get_sentiment=true. Returns null if analysis fails.
posts[].sentiment.emotions object Plutchik emotion scores (0-100) for: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
posts[].sentiment.dominant_emotion string The emotion with the highest score.
posts[].sentiment.emotional_intensity integer Overall emotional intensity on a scale of 0-10.
posts[].sentiment.polarity string Overall sentiment polarity: positive, negative, or neutral.
sort_by string The sort order used
pages integer Number of pages returned
count integer Number of posts returned

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/trending?sort_by=hot&pages=2" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/trending",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "sort_by": "hot",
        "pages": 2
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "post_id": "1x91fou",
      "title": "Tommy asked a question. Abdul El-Sayed answered and no one physically harmed Tommy.",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleofReddit/comments/1x91fou/tommy_asked_a_question_abdul_elsayed_answered_and/",
      "date": "2026-10-18 11:58:02",
      "author": "Damiana1111",
      "author_url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/Damiana1111",
      "source": "Reddit",
      "domain": "reddit.com",
      "snippet": "**\"Answer the question, Tommy. Everybody knows the answer to it.\"**",
      "subreddit": "BlackPeopleofReddit",
      "upvotes": 12357,
      "upvote_ratio": 0.98,
      "comments": 871,
      "crossposts": 11,
      "flair": "Politics",
      "link_url": "https://v.redd.it/2krz9t3ht7wh1",
      "thumbnail": "https://external-preview.redd.it/MDU3ZnhwMmh0N3doMVwiL369t9IGvDaBgYRPof2vTwA6JFUwNQ-nlvrN4aju.png?width=140&height=140&crop=1:1,smart&format=jpg&auto=webp&s=dd43b4c3a370f0dbcf009a0de277bacdbd839ccc",
      "is_video": true,
      "nsfw": false,
      "spoiler": false,
      "locked": false,
      "stickied": false,
      "video_url": "https://v.redd.it/2krz9t3ht7wh1/CMAF_480.mp4?source=fallback",
      "video_hls_url": "https://v.redd.it/2krz9t3ht7wh1/HLSPlaylist.m3u8?a=1794925761%2COGE5NGZlNjIxNzhkYmE4Y2ZiMzU1MDU3NmIzNDViMGJjNzZjZWU5MTkyMjEzYWMxM2EwM2Y4N2JiOWQ3ZTdjZQ%3D%3D&v=1&f=sd",
      "images": [],
      "sentiment": {
        "emotions": {
          "joy": 40,
          "trust": 55,
          "fear": 0,
          "surprise": 10,
          "sadness": 0,
          "disgust": 0,
          "anger": 0,
          "anticipation": 30
        },
        "dominant_emotion": "trust",
        "emotional_intensity": 5,
        "polarity": "positive"
      }
    }
  ],
  "sort_by": "hot",
  "pages": 2,
  "count": 50
}
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