# Subreddit API - Veezee

Fetch one subreddit's profile: title, description, subscriber and active-user counts, age, NSFW flag, and topics. Subscriber counts are the standard community-sizing signal for market research; `include_settings` adds the community rules and moderator list for 2 credits more, worth reading before posting or judging moderation culture.

The base call costs 4 credits. Name the subreddit without the r/ prefix ('selfhosted') or paste a full URL.

## Try it now

No account, no card: mint a free key in one call, then call the endpoint.

```
curl -s -X POST https://api.veezee.io/v1/keys/mint
```

```
curl "https://api.veezee.io/v1/reddit/subreddits?subreddit_name=selfhosted" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEEZEE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"
```

## Over MCP

Point an MCP client at `https://mcp.veezee.io/reddit` (streamable-http; `https://mcp.veezee.io/all` serves every platform over one connection) and call `reddit_get_subreddit`:

```json
{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "reddit_get_subreddit",
    "arguments": {
      "subreddit_name": "selfhosted"
    }
  }
}
```

## Parameters

| Param | Required | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `subreddit_name` | yes | `string` | Subreddit name without the r/ prefix, e.g. 'selfhosted'. Full URLs are accepted and cleaned. |
| `include_settings` | no | `boolean` | Also return rules and moderators for +2 credits. |
| `freshness` | no | `string` | recent (default) serves cached data from the last few hours when available; realtime forces a live fetch for +2 credits (refunded if we fall back to cached data). Trial keys are cached-only and reject realtime with TRIAL_CAP_EXCEEDED; paying upgrades this same key to unlock it. |
| `max_credits` | no | `integer` | Spend ceiling for this one call. The call is rejected (nothing charged) if its quote exceeds this. Only the quote is ever reserved, never this ceiling. |

Returns a `subreddit` envelope. Full field list: https://veezee.io/docs/fields#subreddit

## Pricing

`reddit_get_subreddit` costs 4 credits base per call (surcharges for optional sections, cursor pages, and batches: https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_get_subreddit). Every key starts with a free budget of 200 credits per IP per day, no account, no card; past that, credits are $2.00 per 1,000 with no subscription required.

## FAQ

**Does it return posts?**

No: read the feed with the [subreddit posts API](https://veezee.io/subreddit-posts-api).

**How do I find subreddits I don't know by name?**

[Search by topic](https://veezee.io/find-subreddits-api) with reddit_search type=subreddits.

**What's in settings?**

The community's rules and its moderator list.

## Read next

- [reddit_get_subreddit: the full reference](https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_get_subreddit)
- [Market research recipe](https://veezee.io/use-cases/market-research)
- [Reddit API for AI agents](https://veezee.io/reddit-api-for-ai-agents)
- [Pricing](https://veezee.io/pricing)