r/webscraping↗
The first rule of web scraping is... do not talk about web scraping. But if you must, you've come to the right place ••• read the sub rules before posting ••• check the community bookmarks below for a guide to getting started.
105k subscribers211 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)155 authors / mosince 2014
r/webscraping has 105k members (+34% over the last 12 months). It gets about 211 posts a month from 155 people. Top topics: Go Web Projects, Local LLMs and Browser Privacy & Security.
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How r/webscraping has grown
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Topics and brands on r/webscraping
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Go Web Projects0.6%
- Local LLMs0.6%
- Browser Privacy & Security0.5%
- AWS Serverless Functions0.5%
- Python Learning Resources0.4%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
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- Apify
- Medium
- Walmart
Everything else about r/webscraping
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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research