Search Reddit users by username API

One call returns Reddit user profiles matching a search query. Each item is a user with their username, karma, and profile icon. The sample shows 3 users; use `nextPage` 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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Provider	Endpoint	Price	Tested
reddit-comRapidAPI listing	search-people`GET search-people`	$0.00015$0.15 / 1k calls	✓ 2026-10-06pricing ↗

What it returns

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

One call returns Reddit user profiles matching a search query. Each item is a user with their username, karma, and profile icon. The sample shows 3 users; use `nextPage` to get more.

data[].idUser ID (t2_ prefix)data[].nameUsernamedata[].prefixedNameUsername with u/ prefixdata[].karma.totalTotal karma pointsdata[].profile.createdAtAccount creation datedata[].isAcceptingFollowersWhether user accepts followers

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-people$0.00015 / call✓ working · tested 2026-10-060.93 s latency

Parameters

Parameter	Type		Notes
nextPage	string · query	optional	- 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=`
nsfw	boolean · query	optional	- Whether to retrieve content that is not safe for work (e.g., 18+ content) - Default: `false` - The `true` is yes, the `false` is no
query	string · query	required	- Required: true - Ex: `gaming` · default gaming

HTTP

curl "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/rapidapi-reddit-com/search-people?query=gaming" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

MCP

call_endpoint("rapidapi-reddit-com.search_people", {"query": "gaming"})

Real example answer (trimmed) · 2026-10-03

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "t2_3ou7h",
      "name": "GAMING",
      "karma": {
        "total": 1
      },
      "icon_24": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_32": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_48": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_64": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_72": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_96": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "profile": {
        "isNsfw": false,
        "styles": {
          "legacyIcon": {
            "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png"
          }
        },
        "createdAt": "2009-10-23T13:40:06.910000+0000"
      },
      "icon_128": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_144": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_192": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "icon_288": {
        "url": "https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_5.png",
        "__typename": "MediaSource",
        "dimensions": {
          "width": 256,
          "height": 256
        }
      },
      "…": "6 more fields"
    },
    "… 3 more"
  ],
  "meta": {
    "nextPage": "MjQ="
  },
  "status": true,
  "message": "Successful"
}

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