---
title: "Default Subreddits"
method: GET
path: "/api/reddit/subreddits/default"
tags: ["Listings & Search"]
---

# Default Subreddits

`GET /api/reddit/subreddits/default`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.redditapis.com`
- URL: `https://api.redditapis.com/api/reddit/subreddits/default`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Browse Reddit's default front-page set of subreddits, no keyword needed. Returns a `subreddits` list (same per-item shape as GET /api/reddit/sub/{name}/about) plus an `after` cursor. Community discovery: complements /search/communities, which SEARCHES by keyword, by BROWSING the default set. Cost: $0.0015 per call.

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `after` string

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- object
  - `subreddits` object[]
  - `after` string, nullable: Opaque pagination cursor; null when no next page is offered.
  - `exhausted_reason` string, nullable: Present only when `after` is null: why the listing stopped.
  - `listing_status` string, nullable: complete | truncated | unknown. Only `complete` means you have every item.
  - `items_returned` integer, nullable: Running item count across the pages walked so far.
  - `final_page_items` integer, nullable: Items on the last page served.
  - `hint` string, nullable: Human-readable next step for this exhausted_reason.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request — missing or invalid parameters.
- `401`: Missing Bearer token.
- `402`: Your account balance does not cover this call, so nothing was charged and the request was not served. The response body is {"error":"Insufficient credits","top_up_url":"https://www.redditapis.com/dashboard/buy-credits","message":"..."}; error keeps that exact wording. This is a billing state, not a bad request: the same call succeeds once the balance is topped up, and retrying without topping up returns 402 again, which is why it carries Retry-After: 3600. Top up at the top_up_url, then call again at once; the header does not apply after a top-up. Read the remaining balance any time from GET /account/me, which is free and never returns this error. Distinct from the 402 on the monitoring endpoints, which is about plan entitlements rather than credits.
- `403`: Invalid Bearer token.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded.
- `500`: Unexpected server error.

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