What’s the best way to build a Reddit scraper without getting banned? or How reliable are free Reddit

If you're worried about bans, the official API is your safest bet, even with rate limits.

For a custom reddit scraper, you *gotta* respect the rules—use delays (like 2-3 sec between requests), rotate user agents, and avoid scraping too much at once.

Tools like Scrapy + rotating proxies can help, but it’s a gamble.

Also, check out PRAW (Python Reddit API Wrapper)—it’s way cleaner than raw scraping.