# pushshift/api

Pushshift API

Repository: https://github.com/pushshift/api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pushshift-api
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-04-06T18:32:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3303, "days_push": 1245, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1433, forks 114 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.254826+00:00)

## What it is
Pushshift is a RESTful API service for searching Reddit's historical comments and submissions, backed by Elasticsearch and full data archives. It supports keyword search, filtering, and aggregations over Reddit data returned as JSON.

## Use cases
- search reddit comments by keyword
- query historical reddit submissions
- analyze reddit data for research
- aggregate reddit comment statistics
- find posts mentioning a term on reddit
- export reddit data for datasets

## When to choose
- you need historical Reddit data beyond the official API limits
- you want aggregations and filtered search over Reddit archives
- you're building research or analytics on Reddit content

## When to avoid
- you need real-time Reddit streaming data
- you require a supported SLA-backed API
- you only need the official Reddit API's current features

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, api-framework, web-scraping
- domain: social-media, data-science, apis
- platform: python, cloud
- tags: reddit, elasticsearch, rest-api, social-media-data, archives, search, web-server

## Member repositories
- pushshift/api (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.254826+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:58.073075+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pushshift/api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.254826+00:00, sha bf4ba85188e5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.