Reddit Comment Search
Find the comments a Reddit account has left, across every subreddit it has been active in. Each result keeps the thread it was posted in, so a short reply still has context.
Reddit's own search covers posts, not comment text. To find someone's comments you have to go through their account instead. This tool reads a user's public comment history across several sort orders, adds results from a public archive, and pulls their replies out of individual threads.
Enter a username to open their comment history
What a comment search returns
- The comment itself, in full, not a truncated preview.
- Its parent thread. The title of the discussion it was posted in, linked back to Reddit.
- Subreddit, score and date for every entry.
- Deeply nested replies. Threads the account took part in are read in full and their comments extracted, which catches replies buried below the depth Reddit's listings return.
- Archived comments. A public Reddit archive is searched alongside the live API, recovering some comments Reddit no longer lists.
How it works
- 1. Enter the username. You need the account name. There is no way to search comment text without one.
- 2. The comment history is read several ways. Newest first, top of all time, top of the year, controversial and hot. Each sort order returns a different slice of the same capped list, so running all of them recovers more than any single one.
- 3. Archives and threads fill the gaps. A public archive is queried, and threads the account appears in are parsed directly for their replies.
- 4. Results are merged and duplicates removed, with each comment keeping its parent thread.
When people use it
| Situation | Why the comment view helps |
|---|---|
| Finding advice someone gave you months ago | You remember who said it, not where. The comment history is the only reliable route back. |
| Judging whether an account is genuine | Comment karma and real conversation history are much harder to fake than a handful of posts. |
| Auditing your own footprint | Most people underestimate how much they have written in comments compared to posts. |
| Following an expert's answers | Useful knowledge on Reddit usually lives in comments, not in the posts that prompted them. |
What it cannot do
- No site-wide comment keyword search. Reddit does not offer one, so no tool can. You need the username.
- Not every comment. Reddit caps its listings at around 1,000 items per sort order. Multiple sorts and archives recover a great deal, but heavy accounts will have gaps.
- Nothing from private or quarantined subreddits. If the community is not publicly readable, its comments are not either.
- Nothing from suspended or shadowbanned accounts. Reddit stops serving their content entirely.
- Comments deleted before archiving are gone. See what can be recovered from deleted comments for when recovery is realistic.
Frequently asked questions
- Why can't I find comments using Reddit's own search?
- Reddit's search box searches posts, not comment bodies. There is no way to search comment text site-wide from Reddit itself, which is why a comment you clearly remember reading can be impossible to find again.
- How far back does a comment history go?
- Reddit's own comment listing stops at roughly 1,000 items per sort order. Reading several sort orders and a public archive pushes past that, but a decade-old account with heavy activity will still have gaps.
- Does it find replies buried deep in a thread?
- Yes, in many cases. When a thread is identified as one the account took part in, the full reply tree is read and their comments are pulled out, including replies too deep for Reddit's listings to return.
- Can I see comments the user deleted?
- Sometimes. A public archive is searched alongside Reddit, and it holds copies of some comments that no longer exist on Reddit. Anything deleted before it was archived is gone permanently.
- Does each comment show what it was replying to?
- Yes. Every comment keeps its parent thread title and a link back to the original discussion, so a one-line reply still makes sense out of context.
- Can I search comments by keyword instead of by user?
- Not here. This searches by account, then shows that account's comments. Reddit does not expose a site-wide comment text search for any tool to build on.
Enter a username to see the comments that account has left behind.
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