Check if a Reddit username is taken

What we check on Reddit

Instant tier for username lookups - answered in well under a second

Reddit is checked from a username. The response says whether that handle exists on Reddit - registered: true or registered: false - with the moment that was established in checkedAt. An email address on its own cannot reach Reddit; if you only have an email, its local part is tried as a handle and any hit is labelled as derived, never counted as a confirmed match.

Reddit is in the instant tier: with ?instant=true it is among the first platforms answered, in well under a second. On a full lookup it is checked alongside every other platform and streamed as it lands.

If Reddit blocks the check, times out, or answers ambiguously, it is omitted from results[] entirely rather than returned as registered: false. Absence from the response means "unconfirmed", never "no account".

Who checks Reddit accounts

Community and forum accounts are checked because handles on discussion sites, Q&A communities and fandoms are the ones people keep for years. A username with a long community footprint is a strong real-person signal for marketplaces, investigators and trust-and-safety teams.

More on this: OSINT username search.

Inputs Reddit accepts

• Username: send the handle as query. Reddit is checked for that exact handle - useful when a person reuses the same name across platforms.

One request

curl -X POST "https://api.digifootprint.dev/v2/lookup?wait=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dfp_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "someuser"}'

What a Reddit result looks like

{
  "platform": "reddit",
  "registered": true,
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T09:53:16.139Z",
  "identity": "username"
}

The full response shape - breaches, web mentions, matches versus socialMatches, and what method means - is in running a lookup.

Related platforms

Every one of these is checked in the same request as Reddit.

More communities & forums platforms: Strava, Untappd · all communities & forums

Reddit lookup FAQ

Can I check a phone number on Reddit?

Not directly. Reddit can be reached from username. Phone numbers are checked on the messaging and social apps that sign people up by phone.

How fast is a Reddit check?

Fast: Reddit is in the instant tier, so with ?instant=true it is answered in well under a second. A full lookup streams it as soon as it lands.

What happens if Reddit blocks the check?

Reddit is left out of the response. We never report a platform we could not confirm as "not registered" - a missing platform means unconfirmed, not absent.

Does the API return the Reddit account details?

No. You get whether an account exists for the input you sent, and when that was established. No profile contents, photos, followers or private data are collected or returned.