Reddit's aggressive anti-spam systems shadowban accounts and block IPs at the first sign of automation. With 1.7B+ monthly visits, it's a goldmine for research, marketing, and data collection - but only with the right proxy infrastructure.
Reddit has invested heavily in bot detection. Here's what you're up against and why mobile proxies are your best defense.
Reddit's sneakiest weapon - your posts appear visible to you but are hidden from everyone else. Mobile IPs significantly reduce shadowban rates because they're trusted by Reddit's systems.
Reddit maintains blocklists of known proxy and datacenter IP ranges. Mobile IPs from real carriers aren't on these lists because they're used by legitimate mobile users.
Reddit's API has strict rate limits per IP. Mobile proxies let you distribute requests across multiple IPs to stay within limits while collecting more data.
Reddit is a treasure trove of consumer opinions, product reviews, and market trends. Mobile proxies enable large-scale data collection without blocks.
Track mentions of your brand, competitors, or industry across thousands of subreddits. Mobile proxies ensure continuous monitoring.
Manage multiple Reddit accounts for different communities, personas, or projects. Each account needs a unique IP to avoid linking.
Reddit marketing requires authentic engagement. Mobile proxies help maintain account health while participating in communities.
# Reddit scraping with PRAW and PROXIES.SX
import praw
import requests
# Configure proxy
proxies = {
'http': 'http://user:pass@gate.proxies.sx:8080',
'https': 'http://user:pass@gate.proxies.sx:8080'
}
# Create session with proxy
session = requests.Session()
session.proxies = proxies
# Initialize Reddit instance
reddit = praw.Reddit(
client_id='YOUR_CLIENT_ID',
client_secret='YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET',
user_agent='MyBot/1.0',
requestor_kwargs={'session': session}
)
# Scrape subreddit
for submission in reddit.subreddit('python').hot(limit=100):
print(f'{submission.score}: {submission.title}')
# Get comments
submission.comments.replace_more(limit=0)
for comment in submission.comments.list():
print(f' - {comment.body[:100]}')Works with PRAW, asyncpraw, and any Reddit API library.
Reddit's conversational data is invaluable for training AI models. Major AI companies have paid millions for Reddit data access. With mobile proxies, you can collect conversational data at scale for your own ML projects.
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