specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
provider: Reddit
providerId: reddit
publisherName: Reddit, Inc.
serviceCategory: Social Media Data
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Social Media
  - Content
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: FOCUS-aligned FinOps shape for the Reddit Data API. Free tier carries no FinOps
  signal; the commercial tier is contact-sales and produces a contract-level invoice rather
  than a granular usage feed.
sources:
  - https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api
notes: Reddit developer/billing pages are gated against automated fetch; the meter list reflects
  the assumed free + contract shape rather than a fetched billing surface.
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Reddit Data API
  ServiceCategory: Social Media Data
  ProviderName: Reddit
  PublisherName: Reddit, Inc.
  InvoiceIssuerName: Reddit, Inc.
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: free_tier_calls
    description: Non-billable OAuth client calls under the free non-commercial tier
    unit: request
    aggregation: count
    dimensions:
      - oauth_client
  - name: commercial_contract
    description: Annual Reddit Data API commercial agreement
    unit: contract
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - contract_term
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Reddit's OAuth dashboard exposes per-client request counters; pair with internal
      logging on your client side to attribute spend to consuming products before invoice time.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Allocate the Reddit commercial contract to the consuming product / data team;
      tag client_ids by use-case so each call can be attributed.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Cache responses aggressively, use the listing endpoints' after/before pagination
      rather than polling, and confine commercial ingestion to the minimum subreddit / endpoint
      surface to keep call ceilings tight at renewal.
  - name: Accountability
    description: The data / research team consuming Reddit content owns the contract; engineering
      owns OAuth client hygiene.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com