Getting Started

Track Reddit Mentions

Revlly can watch Reddit for posts that mention your domain or configured keywords, then annotate the overview chart when those threads line up with Reddit traffic.

Enable Reddit tracking

The first sync looks back for older posts. Later syncs poll recent Reddit search results and keep matching threads attached to the website.

Open Dashboard -> Settings -> Social.
Enable Reddit mentions.
Add your product name, domain, and common launch phrases as keywords.
Save, then run the first sync or wait for the social cron job.

Reddit sync reliability

Revlly uses Reddit's public JSON search for lightweight mention discovery. The sync validates that every successful response contains Reddit's expected listing shape before storing mentions, so HTML blocks, captchas, empty bodies, or malformed responses are treated as sync errors instead of bad data.

The Reddit fetcher also applies:

due-based cron processing: SOCIAL_TRACKING_SYNC_INTERVAL_MINUTES (default 60)
per-run website budget: SOCIAL_TRACKING_MAX_WEBSITES_PER_RUN (default 5)
request timeout: REDDIT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS (default 15000)
transient retry count: REDDIT_SEARCH_MAX_RETRIES (default 2)
exponential retry base: REDDIT_SEARCH_RETRY_BASE_MS (default 1000)
retry cap: REDDIT_SEARCH_RETRY_MAX_MS (default 30000)
direct fallback when proxy returns a 403 HTML block page: REDDIT_PROXY_FALLBACK_DIRECT (default true)
Reddit Retry-After or X-Ratelimit-Reset headers when Reddit returns 429

WEBSHARE_PROXY_URL can route Reddit reads through an existing proxy. Revlly does not use browser fingerprint spoofing or rotating-proxy bypass logic; if Reddit consistently blocks public JSON reads at your volume, use the official Reddit API or a compliant data provider for higher-scale monitoring.

Use campaign tracking links

Browsers often send only a generic referrer when a visitor leaves a social app or community site. Reddit commonly sends only https://www.reddit.com/. That proves the visit came from Reddit, but it does not identify the exact post. Use tagged links for exact campaign attribution across Reddit, newsletters, Product Hunt, partner links, and ads.

Format:

txt

https://example.com/?utm_source=SOURCE&utm_medium=MEDIUM&utm_campaign=CAMPAIGN&utm_content=CONTENT_TAG

Reddit example:

txt

https://youtubetranscript.dev/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=scaleinpublic&utm_content=1r6qh5l

Newsletter example:

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https://example.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=may-launch&utm_content=hero-cta

For quick links, Revlly also accepts ref, source, and via as source aliases:

txt

https://example.com/?ref=reddithttps://example.com/?source=producthunthttps://example.com/?via=affiliate-partner

UTM links are preferred when you need campaign, medium, term, content, and revenue attribution detail.

Use the Reddit post id from the post URL:

txt

https://www.reddit.com/r/scaleinpublic/comments/1r6qh5l/6k_views_2500_signups_and_got_4_paying_customers/                                              ^^^^^^^

Revlly treats utm_content=1r6qh5l as an exact match to the stored Reddit thread. This still works when the browser only exposes document.referrer = "https://www.reddit.com/".

Attribution behavior

If the referrer contains /comments/POST_ID/, Revlly attributes the visit to that exact Reddit thread.
If utm_content equals the stored Reddit post id, Revlly attributes the visit to that exact Reddit thread.
If the referrer only says reddit.com and there is no matching utm_content, Revlly shows a current Reddit traffic marker without naming a specific thread.
Old Reddit posts can appear on today's chart when they send traffic today.