r/webscraping is a subreddit with 106k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses scraping, web scraping, struggling, scraping tools, and scraping difficulties, and they frequently recommend/review coding language and vps provider.
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.
Popular Themes in r/webscraping
#1
Solution Requests
: "How to get past captcha checks and scrape data"
1 post
#2
Advice Requests
: "I made an AI scraper that it scrapes anything. Looking for feedback"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/webscraping
#1
Scraping
24 posts
#2
Web Scraping
23 posts
#3
Struggling
22 posts
#4
Scraping Tools
20 posts
#5
Scraping Difficulties
20 posts
#6
Data Scraping
17 posts
#7
Website Scraping
14 posts
#8
Website
9 posts
#9
Scrape
9 posts
#10
Tools
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/webscraping
Coding Language
2 reviews
#1
Python
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Selenium
5.0★ from 1 review
Vps Provider
1 review
#1
Linode
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/webscraping
#1
Getting started 🌱
: "Reading this for the first time"
28 posts
#2
Bot detection 🤖
: "Stealthy browser automation and CAPTCHA-bypass from Linux servers"
15 posts
#3
Hiring 💰
: "Most profitable web scraping niches today?"
11 posts
#4
AI ✨
: "I stitched 28 web scrapers and browsers into one open-source tool"
10 posts
#5
Scaling up 🚀
: "Reddrix v1.0.1 (Once Again No Login)"
7 posts
#6
Paid mentions ok 👌
: "Monthly Self-Promotion - October 2026"
1 post
Member Growth in r/webscraping
Yearly
+27k members(34.0%)
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Last updated: November 8, 2026