r/scrapingtheweb is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas, and the community frequently discusses scraping, market, free, web scraping, and scraper, and they frequently recommend/review residential proxy.
A community for builders working on web scraping, automation, and data collection. Share projects, ask technical questions, and discuss best practices.
Popular Themes in r/scrapingtheweb
#1
Ideas
: "I got tired of missing WMTM in my size, so I built a free size-aware alert bot"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/scrapingtheweb
#1
Scraping
5 posts
#2
Market
3 posts
#3
Free
: "I got tired of missing WMTM in my size, so I built a Free size-aware alert bot"
2 posts
#4
Web Scraping
1 post
#5
Scraper
1 post
#6
Parsing
1 post
#7
Html
1 post
#8
1 post
#9
Xpath
1 post
Products Discussed in r/scrapingtheweb
Residential Proxy
52 reviews
#1
SmartProxy
4.5★ from 34 reviews
#2
Bright Data
4.6★ from 5 reviews
#3
Oxylabs
4.7★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/scrapingtheweb
#1
Help
: "What’s the best tested web scraper service ?"
12 posts
#2
Discussion
: "what are best proxies combination to survive scraping social media these days"
8 posts
#3
Tools / Library
: "AI API Reverse Engineering Tool"
8 posts
#4
Proxy / IP Issue
: "Best proxies for scraping airline fares without getting flagged mid-search - mobile, residential, or ISP?"
2 posts
#5
Scrapy
: "How do you avoid scraping the same page twice?"
1 post
#6
Blocked / CAPTCHA
: "What is the best API for amazon api if I do not want to maintain my own scraper?"
1 post
#7
Playwright / Puppeteer
: "Newbie here please help. BookMyShow and District Scraping."
1 post
Member Growth in r/scrapingtheweb
Yearly
+7k members(689.8%)
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Last updated: July 29, 2026