The Reddit RSS shutdown now has firm dates. Feed support ends on 13 November 2026, new public Data API requests stop on 31 October 2026, and remaining public API access closes in March 2027. Reddit announced the schedule on 30 September 2026, citing large-scale scraping.
The Five Deadlines Reddit Has Set
The Reddit RSS shutdown is the first hard cut-off in a sequence of five dated changes that run from late October 2026 to March 2027. Reddit, the San Francisco social platform that hosts roughly 100,000 active communities, set them out in posts to its r/modnews and r/redditdev communities on 30 September 2026.
| Date | What changes | Who it affects |
|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2026 | Reddit stops accepting new requests for public Data API access | Anyone who has not yet applied for API access |
| 13 November 2026 | RSS feed support ends | Feed-reader users, moderators using RSS alerts, monitoring tools |
| 30 November 2026 | Registration closes for Reddit’s App Migration Program | Third-party app and bot developers seeking the migration payment |
| 12 January 2027 | Reddit begins removing API access from apps and users that have not registered or engaged with its Developer Platform team | Unregistered third-party apps and bots |
| March 2027 | Remaining public Data API access ends | All remaining public API consumers |
As of 3 October 2026, nothing has changed yet: Reddit RSS feeds and the public Data API both still work, and the first deadline is 28 days away. Reddit has also scheduled progress updates for 10 November 2026 and 23 February 2027, according to reporting by Unite.AI and How2Shout.
If You Read Subreddits in a Feed Reader
Your Reddit feeds will stop updating on 13 November 2026, and Reddit has said there is no replacement for RSS used outside a community you moderate. That wording was reported consistently by Decrypt, TechRepublic and How2Shout, and it is the clearest answer available to the question most readers are asking.
This affects the plain subreddit and user feeds that feed readers poll — the ones ending in .rss — as well as any self-built script, dashboard or alerting setup that relies on them. Reddit has not announced a logged-in or token-based feed that will survive the cut-off.
Reddit has not published a migration route for this group. The company framed RSS as a route for large-scale scraping rather than as a reader feature, and the only paths it has offered are for moderators and for registered app developers.
What Moderators Should Do Before 13 November
Moderators who receive community alerts over RSS are being pointed to Discord Relay, an app on Reddit’s Developer Platform that sends updates to webhook destinations including Slack and Discord. Reddit recommended it alongside similar Developer Platform apps, according to TechRepublic and Unite.AI.
- Audit your alerts: list every RSS feed your mod team polls, including modqueue, new-post and modmail-style feeds.
- Install a Developer Platform replacement: add Discord Relay, or another Devvit app that supports webhook destinations, to each community you moderate.
- Point it at a channel you already watch: Reddit’s recommended destinations are Slack and Discord webhooks.
- Test before 13 November 2026: run both the old RSS feed and the new webhook in parallel so you can confirm nothing is missing before the feed stops.
Reddit has published a migration guide for moderators on its Developer Platform documentation. The company has not said whether it will extend the 13 November date for communities that have not finished moving.
What Third-Party Developers and Bot Operators Get
Developers are offered money and hosting to rebuild on Devvit, Reddit’s Developer Platform, rather than an extension on the old API. Reddit has set aside $1 million for an App Migration Program that pays $1,000 for each eligible app that moves across, plus free hosting and technical support.
- Registration deadline: 30 November 2026 to qualify for the $1,000 payment.
- Enforcement date: from 12 January 2027, Reddit starts removing access from apps and users that have neither registered nor responded to its outreach.
- Apps already registered: more than 14,000 apps and bots, a figure cited by Decrypt, TechRepublic and Unite.AI.
- Final cut-off: remaining public Data API access ends in March 2027.
This is a narrower path than the old public API. Devvit apps run inside Reddit’s own platform and are reviewed by Reddit, which means an app that reads Reddit data from outside the platform — a research scraper, a cross-platform monitoring product, a standalone mobile client — does not have an obvious equivalent to move to.
Why Reddit Is Closing the Public Feeds
Reddit’s stated reason is scraping and automated abuse, not cost. The company said RSS had become a common route for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, and tied both shutdowns to a plan it first described in August 2026 to modernise its infrastructure and make it harder for bad actors to scrape Reddit and abuse communities.
The commercial backdrop is that Reddit now sells licensed access to its archive to artificial intelligence companies including Google and OpenAI, and has sued Anthropic and Perplexity over alleged unauthorised scraping. Closing the free public routes leaves the paid licence as the main legitimate way to obtain Reddit data in bulk.
It is the second time Reddit has narrowed developer access. In 2023 the company introduced usage-based API pricing, which led several third-party clients — Apollo among them — to shut down.
What Reddit Has Not Said
Several questions are still open as of 3 October 2026, and readers planning around the deadlines should treat them as unresolved.
- Personal RSS use: Reddit has offered no replacement and has not said whether one is being considered.
- Old Reddit: coverage from MediaNama and TechRepublic indicates the announcements also covered new access restrictions on old.reddit.com, the legacy interface, but the published summaries do not specify which endpoints are affected or when.
- Academic and research access: Reddit has not described what replaces public API access for researchers after March 2027.
- The exact March date: Reddit has given the month, not the day.
Reddit RSS Shutdown: Questions Readers Are Asking
When Exactly Do Reddit RSS Feeds Stop Working?
Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on 13 November 2026. The date was announced on 30 September 2026 and has not changed since.
Is There a Replacement for Reddit RSS Feeds?
Not for personal use. Reddit has said there is no replacement for RSS used outside a community you moderate. Moderators are pointed to Discord Relay and similar Developer Platform apps that deliver updates over Slack or Discord webhooks.
Does the Reddit API Shut Down on the Same Day as RSS?
No. The API closes in stages: no new access requests after 31 October 2026, removal of access for unregistered apps from 12 January 2027, and the end of remaining public Data API access in March 2027.
What Is Reddit’s App Migration Program?
It is a $1 million fund that pays $1,000 for each eligible third-party app that rebuilds on Devvit, Reddit’s Developer Platform, and adds free hosting and technical support. Developers must register by 30 November 2026 to qualify.
Why Is Reddit Closing Its RSS Feeds and Public API?
Reddit says both had become common routes for large-scale scraping and automated abuse. The company separately licenses its data to artificial intelligence firms including Google and OpenAI.
