Reddit Trends

Reddit conversation-data endpoint for audience questions, pain points, repeated phrases, and rising threads.

Overview

Pulls Reddit search results for a topic, optionally constrained to specific subreddits, then returns rising threads, repeated questions, pain-point language, repeated phrases, mentioned products, subreddit breakdowns, and source URLs.

Reference

POST/v1/reddit/trends

$0.05 · flat per call

Parameters

`topic`required	string	Topic, category, product, or audience to research on Reddit.
`subreddits`optional	string[]	Optional subreddit names to focus on, without the r/ prefix.
`timeframe`optional	string	Conversation window, e.g. "past_7_days", "past_30_days", "past_90_days". Default: `"past_30_days"`.

Request

curl https://www.cite42.dev/api/v1/reddit/trends \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITE42_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"topic":"AI search optimization","timeframe":"past_30_days"}'

Response

{
  "topic": "AI search optimization",
  "timeframe": "past_30_days",
  "provider": "reddit",
  "subredditsSearched": [
    "all"
  ],
  "risingThreads": [
    {
      "title": "How are people tracking AI citations?",
      "subreddit": "SEO",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/example",
      "permalink": "/r/SEO/comments/example",
      "score": 83,
      "comments": 21,
      "createdAt": "2026-07-18T10:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "repeatedQuestions": [
    {
      "question": "How do I track AI citations?",
      "count": 3,
      "examples": [
        "How are people tracking AI citations?"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "painPoints": [
    {
      "phrase": "Confused",
      "count": 2,
      "examples": [
        "Confused about measuring AI visibility"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "repeatedPhrases": [
    {
      "phrase": "ai citations",
      "count": 6
    }
  ],
  "mentionedProducts": [
    {
      "name": "Cite42",
      "count": 2
    }
  ],
  "subredditBreakdown": [
    {
      "subreddit": "SEO",
      "posts": 8,
      "totalScore": 214,
      "totalComments": 63
    }
  ],
  "sourceUrls": [
    "https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/example"
  ],
  "fetchedAt": "2026-07-20T12:00:00.000Z",
  "requestId": "…",
  "billing": {
    "cost": {
      "microCredits": 5000,
      "usd": "0.05"
    },
    "balance": {
      "microCredits": 1336000,
      "usd": "13.36"
    }
  }
}