Subreddit finder
The subreddits where your audience asks for help.
Type a topic, a problem or a product category. OpenReach searches Reddit for it in several phrasings and ranks the subreddits where it keeps coming up, with the threads behind each one.
- Ranked by threads and replies
- Example threads
- How recent the activity is
A search costs about $0.06, paid per lookup from your own key. What it costs
What you get
Subreddit search, ranked by activity
Threads found
How many matching threads each subreddit has, across every phrasing of your topic.
Replies
Roughly how many comments those threads got: a subreddit where questions get answered is worth joining.
Recency
When the newest matching thread was posted, so you skip subreddits that went quiet.
The threads themselves
Every thread behind the ranking, linked, with its intent score.
How it works
How to use the subreddit finder
- 1
Type a topic
A problem, a category or an audience: “freelance invoicing”, “home espresso”.
- 2
Read the ranking
Subreddits by threads, replies and recency, with example threads.
- 3
Join and listen
Read the rules, answer questions, and set up a monitor for new threads.
Use it to
Subreddit finder use cases
Plan community marketing
Pick three subreddits to become a helpful regular in, before you ever mention your product.
Validate an idea
See whether people discuss the problem at all, and where.
What it costs
Subreddit finder pricing
A search costs about $0.06. The software is free. You pay the data provider for the lookups a search runs, from your own key, under a monthly limit you set. Free on a self-hosted install with Reddit API credentials.
| Part of the search | Price |
|---|---|
| Three phrasings, 20 Google results each | $0.06 |
Search data
Start with $5 of free search data
Creator, Google Maps and search data in OpenReach comes from YepAPI. Sign up there and new accounts get $5 in free credit, for a limited time. That is enough to try every tool before you spend anything.
- 1
Sign up at YepAPI
New accounts get $5 in free credit, for a limited time.
- 2
Copy your API key
It is on your YepAPI dashboard once you sign in.
- 3
Paste it into OpenReach
During account setup, or later in Settings. Every tool works from there.
The free credit is YepAPI’s limited-time offer and may end. After it, you pay YepAPI per lookup at its price. OpenReach lists every call with its cost and a monthly limit caps what you spend. See pricing
Subreddit finder FAQ
Does it show subscriber counts?
Not yet. The ranking is based on how often your topic is discussed in each subreddit and how active those threads are, which tells you more about where your audience asks for help than subscriber counts do.
Which communities does it search?
More than 60: Reddit, Quora, Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange sites, DEV, Indie Hackers, Product Hunt, X, LinkedIn, Facebook groups, review sites such as G2, Capterra and Trustpilot, app stores and forums. You pick them per search or per monitor.
How does it search Reddit and Quora?
Through Google search results restricted to each site, and through the free official APIs of Hacker News, GitHub and Stack Exchange. A self-hosted install can also use Reddit’s official API with its own app credentials. OpenReach never works around a site that blocks automated visits.
Does OpenReach post, comment or send messages for me?
No. OpenReach finds people, businesses and conversations and keeps them organised. You reach out yourself, in your own words. That keeps your accounts safe and your outreach honest.
Terms to know
A subreddit is a community on Reddit dedicated to one topic, such as r/smallbusiness, with its own rules, moderators and culture.
Reddit karma is a score reflecting the upvotes your posts and comments received. Many subreddits require some karma before you can post.
Self-promotionGrey hat
Self-promotion in communities is posting about your own product. Many communities limit or ban it, so check each one’s rules first.
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