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Reddit user active communities

Read the upstream's current public active-community candidates for a username.

POST/v1/reddit/users/active-subreddits

Chinese name: Reddit 用户活跃社区 · 用户活跃社区 · 列表 按公开用户名读取上游当前给出的活跃社区候选。
reddit.users.active.subreddits@v1

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Request parameters

usernamestringrequired

pattern: "^(?:u\\/)?[a-z0-9_-]{1,20}$"

Example: "DeepFuckingValue"

Request JSON Schema
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "username": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(?:u\\/)?[a-z0-9_-]{1,20}$"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "username"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Code samples

Install the SDK with npm i @dataxapi/sdk or pip install dataxapi, and put your API key in the DATAXAPI_API_KEY environment variable.

curl -X POST https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/reddit/users/active-subreddits \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username":"DeepFuckingValue"}'

Response example

200 · application/json
{
  "code": 200,
  "request_id": "req_example_reddit_batch5",
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "t5_2th52",
        "name": "wallstreetbets",
        "prefixed_name": "r/wallstreetbets",
        "type": "PUBLIC",
        "description": "Public community description",
        "subscribers": 20252672,
        "icon_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/community-icon.png",
        "background_color": "#232534",
        "reddit_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/",
        "is_nsfw": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "listing_id": "reddit.users.active.subreddits",
    "version": "v1",
    "catalog_release_id": "catalog-production-2026-09-19.b069be57",
    "price_book_version": "pricebook-production-2026-09-19.4487e352",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "charged_amount": "0.02",
    "balance_after": "49.98",
    "currency": "CNY"
  }
}
Response fields
codenumber
const: 200
request_idstring
messagestring
const: "success"
dataobject
pageobject
warningsarray
metaobject
Response JSON Schema
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "number",
      "const": 200
    },
    "request_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "success"
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "items": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "prefixed_name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "type": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "description": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "subscribers": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": 0,
                    "maximum": 9007199254740991
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "icon_url": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "background_color": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "reddit_url": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "is_nsfw": {
                "anyOf": [
                  {
                    "type": "boolean"
                  },
                  {
                    "type": "null"
                  }
                ]
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "name",
              "prefixed_name",
              "type",
              "description",
              "subscribers",
              "icon_url",
              "background_color",
              "reddit_url",
              "is_nsfw"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "items"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "next_cursor": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "next_cursor"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "warnings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "listing_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "reddit.users.active.subreddits"
        },
        "version": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "v1"
        },
        "catalog_release_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "price_book_version": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "result_status": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "complete",
            "empty",
            "partial"
          ]
        },
        "charged_amount": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "balance_after": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "currency": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "CNY"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "listing_id",
        "version",
        "catalog_release_id",
        "price_book_version",
        "result_status",
        "charged_amount",
        "balance_after",
        "currency"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "request_id",
    "message",
    "data",
    "page",
    "warnings",
    "meta"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Usage notes

Good for

  • Use it only for a legitimate, bounded public-research need to understand community context.

Not for

  • Do not use it for surveillance, sensitive profiling, screening, deanonymization, or complete-history claims.

Known limitations

  • The upstream does not disclose a complete window, weight, or activity score.
  • Null or empty means no current candidate was returned, not no historical participation.
  • Subscriber count belongs to the community and is not a user-activity score.

Billing

¥0.02 per call. Complete and confirmed empty results are charged; partial results and failures are not.

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