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Instant Reddit Comment Exporter

Paste any Reddit thread URL — export every comment, including the full reply tree, to CSV, Excel, or JSON. Works on www, old.reddit.com, and mobile share links. No Reddit login.

Need bulk export? Paste up to 20 links at once, one per line.

10,500+

users

10,800+

exports delivered

2.5M+

comments in 30 days

No login required CSV · Excel · JSON All comments & replies

How to export Reddit comments without the Reddit API

Paste the Reddit thread URL into ZocialComment and download every comment, including the full nested reply tree, as CSV, Excel or JSON. No Reddit account, API key or developer app is needed; www, old.reddit.com and mobile /s/ share links all work, and the first 100 comments of any thread are free with no signup.

  1. Copy the thread link from reddit.com, old.reddit.com or the app's share button.
  2. Paste it into the box above and click Export Comments.
  3. Download the thread as CSV, Excel or JSON; parent_id and depth columns keep every reply attached to the comment it answers.
  4. With a pass, paste up to 20 links, one per line, and get one file per thread.
See It Before You Try It

The whole export, start to finish

Three screenshots of the actual tool exporting a real Reddit post — not a mockup, not a redesign of what we wish it looked like.

Reddit comment exporter form with a Reddit thread URL pasted in and the Export Comments button ready

1. Paste the thread URL

One Reddit thread link — www, old.reddit.com or a mobile /s/ share link. No Reddit login.

Reddit comment count and live preview showing authors, likes and reply counts before download

2. See the real count first

We count the thread and show you live comments before you pay a cent — so you know exactly what you are getting.

Export complete screen with CSV, Excel and JSON download buttons for the exported Reddit comments

3. Download CSV, Excel or JSON

The finished file, in the format you want. Paid exports stay downloadable for 30 days.

Sample Output

Real rows from a real export

These are unedited comments from a public r/todayilearned thread we exported on 31 July 2026 — 163 comments including nested replies.

usernametextlikes
@Suspicious-WhippetBe vewy vewy quiet.3427
@HansGutentagThey have no idea they're orange.191
@Ska-TeaIs that why they made the sabertooth green in he-man?166
@ABobby077Apparently, tigers are also dichromats in their vision128
@greenknight884Does that give them dichromatic immunity?99
@PreciousRoiContrary to popular belief, it is, in fact, easy to be green.41

Clean mode ships 11 columns — these plus timestamp, comment ID and parent ID, so the full reply tree rebuilds exactly. Raw mode adds score breakdown, awards, permalink, OP, stickied and distinguished flags.

Every comment includes 15+ fields

Comment ID
Parent ID
Depth
Author
Body
Score
Ups
Downs
Created UTC
Edited
Is OP
Stickied
Distinguished
Permalink
Awards

Clean mode: 17 columns optimized for humans. Raw mode: 15 fields including full thread reconstruction metadata.

How fast is the Reddit comment export? Measured on 183 real exports

ZocialComment delivers a free 100-comment Reddit export in a median of 7 seconds, measured across 183 real Reddit exports run between 8 September and 8 October 2026. 74% of free exports finish in under 10 seconds, and counting the comments before you pay takes a median of 4 seconds.

7 sec

median time to a 100-comment free file

74%

of free exports finish in under 10 seconds

4 sec

to count the comments before you pay

183

Reddit exports measured, 13,209 comments

Export time by size — 183 Reddit exports, 8 Sep – 8 Oct 2026

Time from starting the export to the file being ready. Counting runs first.

Comments exportedExportsMedian time90% finish within
First 100 comments (free)1137 seconds25 seconds
Up to 1,000 comments701.4 minutes2.5 minutes

Timings come from ZocialComment's own export logs. Bigger posts take longer because Reddit serves comments a page at a time.

Features

Built for people who actually use the data

Not just a comment dump — the fields, filters, and formats real workflows need.

CSV, Excel & JSON

Download every comment in the format you need. CSV opens cleanly in Excel and Sheets. JSON is ready for data pipelines.

Full Thread + Depth

Every reply at every depth level — flattened into rows with parent_id and depth columns so you can rebuild the tree.

Score & OP Filter

Filter by minimum score, OP-only comments, distinguished (mod) comments. Cut signal from noise before export.

Old, New, Mobile URLs

Works on www, old.reddit.com, new.reddit.com, and mobile share links (/s/). One exporter, every Reddit URL.

No Reddit Login

We never ask for your Reddit credentials. Public data only — your account stays anonymous.

AI Sentiment (Paid Tier)

Upgrade to add AI sentiment classification and a one-paragraph thread summary. See the takeaway from 2,000-comment threads instantly.

How It Works

Export Reddit comments in 3 steps

01

Paste the URL

Drop any public Reddit URL into the box above.

02

We fetch the comments

Live progress over WebSocket — see comments arriving in real time, no waiting in the dark.

03

Download CSV, Excel, or JSON

One click — the file is on your computer. Open in Excel, Sheets, or pipe into your script.

Export + AI

Export the comments. Let AI read them for you.

Download the CSV, drop it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and paste one of these prompts. Thousands of comments, answered in seconds.

Research & sentiment

Find out what people actually say in your Reddit comments — top themes, questions, complaints, and how the mood splits.

This CSV is every comment on one Reddit post (columns: author, username, text, likes, replies, created_at, language). Summarise the 5 main themes with an example comment for each, the overall sentiment split (positive / neutral / negative, as %), the most-asked questions, and the 10 most-liked comments.

Check giveaway rules

Let the AI flag who followed the rules — tagged enough friends, commented once, used the keyword — before you draw a winner.

This CSV is every comment on my Reddit giveaway post (columns: username, text, created_at). Rules: tag at least 2 friends (@mentions) and include the word "WIN". List every username that meets all rules, once each. Separately list usernames that broke a rule and which one, and anyone who commented more than once.

Change the rules or questions to fit your post — the AI only needs the file and plain English.

Use Cases

Who exports Reddit comments?

Product / Brand Monitoring

Track how Redditors discuss your product, brand, or category in subreddits like r/buyitforlife, r/gadgets, r/personalfinance.

Market Research

Mine niche subreddits for raw consumer voice. Comments are unfiltered, long-form, often expert-level — perfect for qualitative research.

Crisis / Trend Detection

When something blows up on Reddit, export the comments fast to understand sentiment, key themes, and ringleader accounts.

Content Strategy

See which questions, frustrations, and ideas dominate a subreddit. Build content that addresses real reader needs.

Competitive Intelligence

Export comment threads where competitors are mentioned. Find weaknesses, pricing complaints, and switching triggers.

Academic Research

Reddit is a goldmine for discourse analysis, longitudinal studies, and sentiment research. Full Unicode, raw text, structured metadata.

Is This Safe?

What we do — and don't do — with your data

The short version: we never touch your Reddit account, and we don't keep your exports around.

We never ask for your Reddit password

No login, no OAuth to your account, no browser extension reading your session. We only read public posts — the same data anyone sees without logging in.

Payments handled by Stripe

Card details go straight to Stripe and never touch our servers. One-time payments only — no subscription, no auto-renew, nothing to cancel later.

Money back if the export fails

If a paid export does not deliver the comments, email us and we refund it. You also see the exact comment count before you pay, so there are no surprises.

Your exports get deleted

Free exports are removed after 24 hours, paid exports after 30 days. We do not sell exported comment data or share it with anyone.

Nothing is posted from your account

The tool only reads. It never comments, likes, follows, or messages anyone — there is no account of yours for it to act from.

Public data only

Private accounts and posts you cannot see in a logged-out browser are not exportable, by design.

Secured by Stripe No Reddit password Money-back if the export fails Exports auto-deleted Talk to a human

Free to start. Pay only when you need volume.

First 100 comments of any post are free — no signup, no card. Then $1 per 100 comments ($3 minimum per export), or grab an unlimited pass when you need volume.

Free

First 100 comments per post

$0
  • No signup required
  • 3 free exports a day
  • Then $1 per 100 comments ($3 min)
  • Unlimited giveaway picks

You're on Free. Paste a link above.

Most popular

3-Day Pass

Up to 10,000 comments per post

$14$9one-time
  • Export 20 links at once
  • Unlimited posts for 3 days
  • Unlimited giveaway picks
  • One-time, no subscription

3-Day Pro Pass

Up to 100,000 comments per post

$49$39one-time
  • Export 20 links at once
  • Unlimited posts for 3 days
  • Unlimited giveaway picks
  • One-time, no subscription

Both passes include

AI analysis
Audience insights
CSV, Excel & JSON
Claude & ChatGPT
All 7 platforms

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything people ask before exporting Reddit comments for the first time.

Paste the Reddit post URL into the form above and click Export. We fetch every comment (including nested replies) from the public thread and let you download as CSV, Excel, or JSON. No Reddit login required.

Yes. You get 3 free exports a day, and the first 100 comments of any thread are free — no signup. Beyond that, pay $1 per 100 comments (one-time, $3 minimum per export), or get the $9 3-Day Pass for unlimited threads up to 10,000 comments each, or the $39 3-Day Pro Pass for threads up to 100,000 comments plus AI analysis. No subscription.

Each comment includes the body, author, score (ups/downs), created_utc, edited flag, OP flag, stickied flag, distinguished (mod/admin) status, permalink, awards count, parent_id, depth, and full thread reconstruction columns.

Yes. Every reply at every depth is included in the export, with parent_id and depth columns so you can rebuild the conversation tree exactly. No replies lost.

Yes. Works on www.reddit.com, old.reddit.com, new.reddit.com, np.reddit.com, and mobile share links (/s/). Paste any URL — we handle the rest.

Every comment Reddit shows publicly, up to the plan cap: 100 per thread free, 10,000 per thread on the $9 3-Day Pass, and 100,000 per thread on the $39 3-Day Pro Pass. AskReddit threads with 20,000+ comments export in full on the Pro Pass.

Yes, with a pass. Paste several Reddit thread links — one per line — and each runs as its own export, downloading as its own CSV, Excel, or JSON file. Without a pass, exports run one URL at a time.

Completely safe. We never ask for your Reddit username or password, we never log in, we never touch your account. The tool reads public comment data — same as visiting the thread in incognito mode.

No — we only export what Reddit serves publicly. If a comment was deleted by the user or removed by a moderator, it won't appear (Reddit doesn't expose deleted content via their public API).

No. There's no setup, no API keys, no quota management. Paste a URL, click Export, download the file. That's the entire workflow.

Across 183 Reddit exports run on ZocialComment between 8 September and 8 October 2026, a free 100-comment export was ready in a median of 7 seconds, 74% finished in under 10 seconds, and counting the comments before paying took a median of 4 seconds.

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