Reddit Shadow Ban Checker

This Apify Actor checks a list of Reddit usernames to determine if they are shadowbanned.

🚀 Features

• Bulk Checking: Input a list of thousands of usernames.
• No Login or Proxies are needed: You can just run the actor without any credentials or proxies.
• Simple Output: Returns a clean output that you can view or export.

How to use it

1. Register a free account and you can test this actor for free no card required.
2. Go to the main page of this actor and fill your username.
3. You will find all the results in the Output tab where you can export it in any format.

📥 Input

The input is a JSON object with a list of usernames.

Input Example

{
    "usernames": [
        "Imbanned",
        "ImNotBanned"
    ]
}

📤 Output

The actor stores results in the default Apify dataset.

Output Example

[
  {
    "username": "ImNotBanned",
    "is_shadowbanned": false
  },
  {
    "username": "Imbanned",
    "is_shadowbanned": true
  }
]

User Cases

1. Integrate it into an automated Reddit system to monitor account health and instantly flag shadowbanned or restricted accounts.

2. Quickly check if your personal Reddit account is shadowbanned, limited, or hidden from other users.

3. Make a Reddit shadowban check bot to verify any username’s visibility and status in seconds.

⚠️ Note on Reddit Bans

To an outside observer (including this scraper), a Shadowban, a Permanent Suspension, and a Deleted Account often look identical. This actor flags all of these as is_shadowbanned: true.