Every way to automate Reddit with IFTTT

Reddit automation splits into two very different needs. One is keeping up with subreddits, keywords, and mentions without refreshing the app all day. The other is treating Reddit as another channel to publish to or pull from, alongside a blog, a YouTube channel, or a social account. This page covers both, using real, published Applets on the Reddit service.

One note on scope: this is about connecting Reddit to the rest of your stack, not about running a bot that posts or comments on Reddit's behalf without you. Every Applet here triggers off something real (a new post, a search match, something you save or upvote) or posts content you already chose to share.

How Reddit automation works on IFTTT

Reddit's IFTTT triggers mostly center on subreddits: a new post appearing, a post reaching the hot or top list, or a post matching a search term you set. There's also a trigger for your own account activity, like saving or upvoting a post. On the action side, Reddit can submit a new link or text post to a subreddit you choose. That combination covers most of what people search for: watching a community for something specific, and publishing to Reddit automatically from somewhere else.

Monitor subreddits, keywords, and mentions

This is the highest-value use case for most people: knowing the moment something relevant shows up, instead of checking a subreddit or a search on a schedule.

Get notified of new Reddit posts in a subreddit: a Notifications alert for every new post in a subreddit, good for small or niche communities that don't update often enough to check manually.

Get IFTTT notification for new Reddit search results: the keyword version, fires when any new post across Reddit matches a search term rather than just one subreddit.

Get IFTTT notification for new Reddit posts by a user: tracks a specific account instead of a subreddit or keyword.

Get Reddit alerts and emails for your name or brand mentions: sends both an email and a push notification whenever a name, brand, or company you set is mentioned in a new post, built for reputation and mention tracking.

Email new Reddit posts from your favorite subreddit: the Email version of subreddit tracking, useful if you'd rather read new posts in your inbox than get pushed a notification.

Email new Reddit search results: the keyword-matched version sent by email instead of notification.

Archive and organize what you save or upvote

If you already save or upvote posts as your way of bookmarking things on Reddit, these Applets turn that habit into an organized, searchable archive somewhere else.

Save Reddit posts to Google Sheets automatically: every post you save becomes a row in a Google Sheets spreadsheet, with title, author, and subreddit included.

Save your upvoted Reddit posts to Google Sheets: the same idea triggered by upvoting instead of the save button, useful if you upvote more than you formally save.

Save saved Reddit posts to Raindrop.io bookmarks: routes saved posts into Raindrop.io instead of a spreadsheet, if that's where you already keep bookmarks from everywhere else.

Save Reddit post images to Google Drive: pulls the actual image out of any post you save into a Google Drive folder, good for building a visual reference collection rather than just a list of links.

Cross-post content into Reddit

If you publish somewhere else first, these Applets share that content to a subreddit automatically instead of adding a manual Reddit post to your checklist.

Post new RSS feed items to Reddit automatically: turns any RSS Feed into an auto-posting Reddit account, the same bridge pattern used across IFTTT's other automation guides for sources without a dedicated service.

Post new WordPress articles to Reddit automatically: shares every new WordPress post as a link post the moment it goes live.

Post new YouTube videos to Reddit automatically: shares new public YouTube uploads to a subreddit you choose.

Post new Instagram photos to Reddit automatically: turns new Instagram photos into Reddit link posts with your caption as the title.

Push Reddit activity out to the rest of your stack

The other direction: something happens on Reddit, and it shows up automatically somewhere your team or community already is.

Post new Reddit submissions to Discord: sends your new Reddit posts to a Discord channel with the post details attached.

Send new Reddit posts from a subreddit to Telegram: shares new posts from a subreddit into a Telegram chat or channel, useful for keeping a community updated in the app they already use.

Post new Reddit subreddit posts to X (Twitter): the reverse of the tweet-to-Reddit Applet above, for promoting subreddit activity out to X instead of in.

Share hot reddit posts to your Facebook Page: Any trending Reddit posts will immediately be shared to your Facebook Page to show your community and increase engagement.

Digest, curate, and have some fun with it

Not every Reddit automation is about work. These are genuinely popular, real Applets for turning Reddit's best content into something you consume passively.

Add top Reddit posts to your daily Email Digest: rolls the top posts from a subreddit into a daily or weekly Email Digest instead of pinging you post by post.

Automatically add the top posts from the r/ListenToThis subreddit to a Spotify playlist: lets Reddit's most active music community curate a Spotify playlist for you.

Automatically set your Android wallpaper to the top posts in Reddit's r/wallpapers subreddit: refreshes your Android Device wallpaper from a subreddit's top posts.

Get notifications for new Steam key deals on Reddit: find out when there are new keys for your favorite games.

Services that pair well with Reddit automation

These pairings cover most of the real Applets on this page. Each connect page shows every Applet built for that specific pair.

⚡️ Reddit + RSS Feed

⚡️ Reddit + Webhooks

⚡️ Reddit + Discord

⚡️ Reddit + Google Sheets

⚡️ Reddit + Notifications

Common questions

Is this the same as running a Reddit bot? No. Every Applet here runs from your own account against your own rules, the same as if you manually checked a subreddit or posted something yourself, just without needing to be there at the right moment. Nothing here auto-comments, auto-upvotes, or engages in a way that would violate Reddit's own platform rules.

Can I filter by keyword instead of watching a whole subreddit? Yes. The search-based triggers (the ones built around a keyword rather than a specific subreddit) let you track a term across all of Reddit, which is usually the better choice for brand or product monitoring than trying to guess which subreddit people are posting in.

Do I need to be a subreddit moderator to use these? No. All of the Applets on this page work from a regular Reddit account. Posting Applets need your account to have posting permission in the target subreddit, the same rule that applies if you post there manually.

What if I want to post to Reddit from a source that isn't listed here? If it can publish an RSS feed, the RSS Feed service can bridge almost anything into a Reddit post, the same way it bridges into X, Notion, or a restock alert elsewhere on this site.

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