GoKawiilReddit to shut down RSS feeds Nov. 13, public API by March 2027
Reddit announced it will end support for RSS feeds on November 13 and shut down its public API access by March 2027, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse. The company is directing moderators who relied on RSS-based alerts to migrate to the Discord Relay Devvit app, though it admits there's no direct replacement for feeds used outside moderator communities.
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The move closes off one of the last open channels for accessing Reddit content programmatically, coinciding with the company's growing AI licensing business, which generated $43 million in 'other revenue' last quarter, up 24% year-over-year. This suggests Reddit may be prioritizing monetizing its data through licensing deals over maintaining open-web access, though the company frames the change purely as an anti-abuse measure. Moderators and third-party developers who depended on these feeds for alerts and tools now face disruption to their workflows.
- Reddit will end RSS feed support on November 13 and shut down its public API by March 2027.
- Reddit cites scraping and automated abuse as the reason, while its non-ad revenue from AI licensing deals grew 24% year-over-year to $43 million.
- Moderators are being pushed toward the Discord Relay Devvit app, though Reddit acknowledges no full replacement exists for feeds used outside their own communities.
Source: techcrunch.com — Sarah Perez, 2026-09-30
Published there as: “Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots”
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