Reddit Avatar API
Get a Reddit user's profile picture URL, karma, and account age by username. The cheapest Reddit user lookup; use reddit.profile for bio, trophies, and post and comment counts.
$0.38/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id": "8m2p1q","username": "wanderlust_mara","avatarUrl": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh1u/styles/profileIcon_snoo1a2b3c4d.png","profileUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/wanderlust_mara/","createdUtc": 1526342400,"karma": 48213,"postKarma": 31890,"commentKarma": 16323}
Pricing and providers
Reddit Avatar API pricing: one API, 2 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
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Get Reddit avatar in one request
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{
"found": true,
"data": {
"id": "8m2p1q",
"username": "wanderlust_mara",
"avatarUrl": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh1u/styles/profileIcon_snoo1a2b3c4d.png",
"profileUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/wanderlust_mara/",
"createdUtc": 1526342400,
"karma": 48213,
"postKarma": 31890,
"commentKarma": 16323
}
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Last verified 2026-11-02 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- usernamestring
wanderlust_mara
Reddit username, without the u/ prefix. Example: "spez".
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
The user record, or null when nothing was found.
- avatarUrlstring
https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2qh1u/styles/profileIcon_snoo1a2b3c4d.png
URL of the profile avatar image, with sizing and signing query params stripped. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- commentKarmainteger
16323
Karma earned from comments. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- createdUtcnumber
1526342400
UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- idstring
8m2p1q
Reddit account ID (base-36, without the t2_ prefix). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- karmainteger
48213
Total karma across the account, as Reddit reports it. The postKarma and commentKarma fields below are the split it is composed of. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- postKarmainteger
31890
Karma earned from posts. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- profileUrlstring
https://www.reddit.com/user/wanderlust_mara/
Absolute reddit.com URL of the profile page. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- usernamestring
wanderlust_mara
Account username, without the u/ prefix. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- foundboolean
true
True when the account was found; false when the lookup returned nothing.
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
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About the Reddit Avatar API
The AnyAPI Reddit Avatar API returns Reddit avatar data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/reddit.avatar. Get a Reddit user's profile picture URL, karma, and account age by username. The cheapest Reddit user lookup; use reddit.profile for bio, trophies, and post and comment counts. AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $0.38 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 98.0% of Reddit avatar calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 0.9 seconds across 14,184 measured calls.