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Search Reddit communities by name API

One call returns subreddits matching a search query. Each item is a subreddit with its name, subscriber count, and description. The sample shows 3 communities; use `nextPage` with the cursor value to get more.

1 live route on Reddit, from $0.00015 per call. Every route below answered our last live test on 2026-10-06; the gateway re-tests them daily.

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ProviderEndpointPriceTested
reddit-comRapidAPI listing
search-communitiesGET search-communities$0.00015$0.15 / 1k calls✓ 2026-10-06pricing ↗

What it returns

From a real call to the route: reddit-com.

One call returns subreddits matching a search query. Each item is a subreddit with its name, subscriber count, and description. The sample shows 3 communities; use `nextPage` with the cursor value to get more.
data[].idSubreddit ID (t5_ prefix)data[].nameSubreddit name without r/ prefixdata[].prefixedNameSubreddit name with r/ prefixdata[].subscribersCountNumber of subscribersdata[].publicDescriptionTextSubreddit descriptiondata[].isNsfwWhether subreddit is marked NSFWmeta.nextPageCursor for next page

Call it

HTTP with your key in x-api-key, or the call_endpoint tool of our MCP server.

GET /api/gw/rapidapi-reddit-com/search-communities$0.00015 / call✓ working · tested 2026-10-060.87 s latency
Parameters
ParameterTypeNotes
nextPagestring · queryoptional- The page index, for paging purpose - Leave it blank for the first time - The `nextPage` can be retrieved from response of this endpoint(meta->nextPage) - Ex: `MjQ=`
nsfwstring · queryoptional- Whether to retrieve content that is not safe for work (e.g., 18+ content) - Default: `false` - The `true` is yes, the `false` is no
querystring · queryrequired- Required: true - Ex: `gaming` · default gaming
HTTP
curl "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/rapidapi-reddit-com/search-communities?query=gaming" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"
MCP
call_endpoint("rapidapi-reddit-com.search_communities", {"query": "gaming"})
Real example answer (trimmed) · 2026-10-03
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "t5_2qh03",
      "name": "gaming",
      "isNsfw": false,
      "styles": {
        "icon": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh03/styles/communityIcon_fsva5osi6gaf1.png?width=64&frame=1&auto=webp&s=9e83e37c058d7250aea04d088f214903905b65ff",
        "legacyIcon": {
          "url": "https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/0PgZl68jAxA6T1BH6uvUQ5Bz1F1GrrJLCL8oi2Gz0Ak.png"
        }
      },
      "__typename": "Subreddit",
      "isSubscribed": false,
      "prefixedName": "r/gaming",
      "isQuarantined": false,
      "subscribersCount": 47332756,
      "publicDescriptionText": "The Number One Gaming forum on the Internet."
    },
    {
      "id": "t5_2qhwp",
      "name": "Games",
      "isNsfw": false,
      "styles": {
        "icon": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qhwp/styles/communityIcon_xirfqw6qgs811.png?width=64&frame=1&auto=webp&s=214e466ffd7a46ae1e2fa0bf6b4511a60c1caa03",
        "legacyIcon": {
          "url": "https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/vmReMufuukMUfefMg27hvnHCx_a-tnujLN7JglhLjz4.png"
        }
      },
      "__typename": "Subreddit",
      "isSubscribed": false,
      "prefixedName": "r/Games",
      "isQuarantined": false,
      "subscribersCount": 3577886,
      "publicDescriptionText": "The goal of /r/Games is to provide a place for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions.\n\nSubmissions should be for the purpose of informing o…"
    },
    "… 2 more"
  ],
  "meta": {
    "nextPage": "MjQ="
  },
  "status": true,
  "message": "Successful"
}

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