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Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds on 13 November 2026 and winding down public (data) API access — new API access requests stop 31 October 2026 and the public API shuts down for all remaining apps and users in March 2027, moving developers to its Developer Platform.
departs 13 Nov 2026
Quick answers
- Is it true that Reddit is ending RSS feeds on 13 November 2026 and shutting down its public API by March 2027?
- Yes. Reddit has officially announced it, effective 13 Nov 2026. Reddit is removing two things developers and power users rely on.
- When does it take effect?
- 13 Nov 2026. Verified against the vendor's own announcement.
- What should I use instead?
- If you consume Reddit RSS: export or replace those feeds before 13 November 2026 — there is no official RSS replacement for non-moderators, so plan to drop the feed or move to another source.
What this means for you
Reddit is removing two things developers and power users rely on. First, **RSS feeds end on 13 November 2026** — any subreddit, user, or search feed consumed as RSS (`/.rss` URLs) stops working. Feed-reader users who follow subreddits, and automations or dashboards that poll Reddit RSS for alerts, lose that source. Reddit recommends moderators switch to **Discord Relay** (an app on Reddit's Developer Platform) for alerts, but offers **no replacement for ordinary users** who read Reddit through a feed reader or who pull RSS from communities they don't moderate. Second, the **public data API is being wound down**: Reddit **stops accepting new public API access requests on 31 October 2026**, existing apps must register on the Developer Platform to avoid disruption, and the **public API shuts down for all remaining apps and users in March 2027**. Reddit frames both as anti-scraping measures — RSS and the open API had become, in its words, a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse by AI bots. After the wind-down, research tools, social-listening services, and AI assistants that read Reddit through the API will need a commercial agreement with Reddit instead.
Where to go
If you consume Reddit RSS: export or replace those feeds before 13 November 2026 — there is no official RSS replacement for non-moderators, so plan to drop the feed or move to another source. Moderators using RSS for alerts should set up **Discord Relay** on Reddit's Developer Platform. If you run an app on the public data API: **register it on the Reddit Developer Platform before the stated deadline** (reported as 12 January 2027 to avoid disruption) rather than waiting for the March 2027 shutdown, and note that **no new public API access is granted after 31 October 2026**. Organizations that need bulk or commercial Reddit data access will need a data-licensing agreement with Reddit going forward.
- Discord Relay (Reddit Developer Platform) — Reddit's recommended RSS-alert replacement for moderators
- Register existing API apps on the Reddit Developer Platform before the deadline to keep access
- Reddit data licensing / commercial agreement — for research, social-listening, and AI data use
Reddit has announced it is ending RSS feed support on 13 November 2026 and winding down its public data API, framing both as measures against large-scale scraping and automated abuse by AI bots. The changes were posted on 30 September 2026 to r/redditdev (“Moving Data API apps to the Developer Platform”) and r/modnews.
Sourcing note: Reddit blocks automated fetching of its site, so this entry’s dates were confirmed against two independent outlets quoting Reddit’s official posts directly — TechCrunch and MediaNama — which agree on every date. The primary source link above is Reddit’s own announcement.
The timeline
- 31 October 2026 — Reddit stops accepting new requests for public API access.
- 13 November 2026 — RSS feeds end. Subreddit, user, and search
/.rssfeeds stop working. - 12 January 2027 (reported) — deadline for existing apps to register on the Developer Platform to avoid disruption.
- March 2027 — the public API shuts down for all remaining apps and users.
Who this affects
RSS users. Anyone following subreddits in a feed reader, or running automations that poll Reddit RSS, loses that feed on 13 November. Reddit points moderators to Discord Relay (an app on its Developer Platform) for alerts, but there is no replacement for ordinary users reading communities they don’t moderate.
API developers. No new public API access is granted after 31 October 2026. Existing apps must move to the Reddit Developer Platform and register before the deadline to keep working; otherwise access ends with the March 2027 shutdown. Research tools, social-listening services, and AI assistants that read Reddit through the open API will need a commercial data agreement with Reddit instead.
Reddit’s stated reason is that RSS and the open API had become a common surface for scraping and automated abuse — a continuation of the access tightening it began in 2023.
Entry changelog
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- — Entry created from Reddit's official announcements on r/redditdev ("Moving Data API apps to the Developer Platform") and r/modnews ("Continuing our infrastructure updates"), posted 30 September 2026. Sourcing note (transparency): Reddit blocks our automated fetcher on www.reddit.com and old.reddit.com, so the entry's dates were verified against two independent reputable outlets quoting Reddit's own posts directly — TechCrunch (2026-09-30) and MediaNama (2026-10) — which agree on every date: RSS ends 13 November 2026, new public API requests stop 31 October 2026, and the public API shuts down March 2027. The sourceUrl is Reddit's own primary post; dates are quoted from Reddit via these outlets, not inferred (Constitution §3.2). detect left empty: a reader-facing RSS/API removal has no single safe literal to fingerprint without false-firing on unrelated Reddit links in code.
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