r/scraping

2k members
r/scraping is a subreddit with 2k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses web scraping, scraping, data scraping, data, and python.
Scraping is fun.

Popular Themes in r/scraping

#1
Solution Requests
: "No-code & Low-code web scrapers - the ultimate list"
32 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "DOs and DON'Ts of Web Scraping"
9 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Is creating tutorials about web scraping a good idea?"
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "For some reason, selenium won't find elements on this page"
2 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Wrote a blog on - Suckerbug: A python script to scrape photos from facebook's public pages"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/scraping

#1

Web Scraping

: "Data And Web Scraping For Dummies"
61 posts
#2

Scraping

: "DOs and DON'Ts of Web Scraping"
50 posts
#3

Data Scraping

: "Yelp Data Scraping"
46 posts
#4

Data

: "I need to scrape tons of Data. Are proxies the unique and best way to avoid ban (e.g. from social media) ? If yes, how can I get anonymous, safe, responsive ones ?"
37 posts
#5

Python

: "Python free proxies scraper"
24 posts
#6

Scraping Services

: "Data Scraping Services for harvesting data from website"
23 posts
#7

Web

: "DOs and DON'Ts of Web Scraping"
21 posts
#8

Proxies

: "Python free Proxies scraper"
14 posts
#9

Web Data Scraping

: "Yelp data scraping"
14 posts
#10

Website

: "Website Advice Where I Can Hire A Coder To Build A Scraper"
13 posts

Member Growth in r/scraping

Yearly
+168 members(10.7%)

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Last updated: August 1, 2026