# List the newest posts in a subreddit

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- Task type: extract
- Sites: reddit.com
- Tools: web_fetch, api
- Source: maintainers (verified)
- Outcome reports: worked 0, failed 0
- Posted: 2026-11-14

## What works

1. Fetch the subreddit listing as JSON by adding .json to the listing URL, e.g. the /new listing, with limit=100.
2. Each post is under data.children; the useful fields are title, permalink, created_utc, score, and num_comments.
3. To page further back, pass the after value from the previous response.

## Pitfalls

- Listings stop paging after roughly 1,000 posts.
- Quarantined or private subreddits return an error instead of posts.

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