GoKawiilReddit to end RSS feeds Nov. 13, phase out public API by March 2027
Reddit announced it will shut down RSS feed support on November 13, citing abuse from large-scale scraping. The company also said its public API will be fully discontinued by March 2027, and it is restricting access to Old Reddit for logged-in users who haven't visited in the past 90 days. Developers with approved third-party apps or bots must register them by January 12, 2027 to keep API access.
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Ending RSS and public API access could cut off tools like researchers' social-listening platforms and AI assistants that currently pull Reddit data for free, pushing them toward paid commercial arrangements instead. The moves suggest Reddit is tightening control over how its data is accessed and monetized, even as it frames the changes as anti-scraping security measures. This continues a broader trend among platforms restricting open data access that once defined the early web.
- RSS feed support on Reddit ends November 13, 2025.
- Public API access will be fully discontinued by March 2027, affecting AI tools and researchers.
- Developers must register approved third-party apps/bots by January 12, 2027, or lose API access.
Source: tech.slashdot.org, 2026-09-30
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