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How to Save Reddit Posts and Comments as Markdown

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Reddit is a goldmine of information—expert advice, detailed tutorials, product recommendations, and fascinating discussions. But Reddit’s interface makes it hard to save content for later, and posts can be deleted at any time. Here’s how to preserve Reddit content as clean Markdown.

Why Save Reddit Content as Markdown?

Reddit content is fragile. Users delete accounts, posts get removed, and subreddits go private. By saving to Markdown, you:

  • Archive valuable discussions before they disappear
  • Create searchable references from expert advice
  • Save AMAs from notable figures
  • Build knowledge bases from subreddit wikis
  • Preserve helpful troubleshooting threads

What Save Captures from Reddit

Post Content

  • Post title and body text
  • Author and timestamp
  • Upvote count and awards
  • Embedded links and media references

Comment Threads

  • Top-level comments
  • Reply chains with proper nesting
  • Author information
  • Quoted text formatting

Example Output

# How I reduced my AWS bill by 80%

**Posted by:** u/cloudexpert
**Subreddit:** r/aws
**Upvotes:** 2.4k

After 6 months of optimization, here's what worked...

## 1. Right-sizing instances

Most instances are over-provisioned...

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## Top Comments

**u/devops_pro** (856 points):
> Great post! I'd add that using Spot instances
> for non-critical workloads saved us another 40%.

**Reply from u/cloudexpert:**
Absolutely! Spot instances are underrated...

Use Cases

Technical Research

  • Save troubleshooting threads for common issues
  • Archive tutorials and how-to guides
  • Build personal knowledge bases by topic

Product Research

  • Save recommendation threads
  • Archive “what X do you use?” discussions
  • Preserve detailed product comparisons

Historical Archive

  • Save AMAs from notable figures
  • Preserve important community discussions
  • Archive subreddit wikis and guides

AI Analysis

Feed Reddit discussions to AI assistants to:

  • Summarize long threads
  • Extract consensus opinions
  • Identify most helpful answers

Tips for Best Results

  1. Expand collapsed comments — click “load more comments” first
  2. Use old.reddit.com — often loads cleaner for extraction
  3. Save individual comments — works on permalink pages too

Handling Reddit’s Limitations

Reddit’s modern interface loads content dynamically. For best results:

  • Wait for the page to fully load
  • Expand any collapsed comment sections
  • Consider using old.reddit.com for longer threads

Get Started

Install Save from the Chrome Web Store — start preserving valuable Reddit content.

Have questions? Reach out at support@savemarkdown.co