Reddit RSS Feeds End November 13, 2026: How to Keep Getting Reddit Alerts

Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13, 2026. If you follow subreddits in a feed reader, pipe Reddit posts into Slack or Zapier, or built your own keyword alerts on Reddit's search feeds, that setup stops working on that date. Moderators get a supported replacement. Everyone else, in Reddit's own words, gets none.

This guide covers what Reddit actually announced, what is still unclear, and the realistic ways to keep getting Reddit alerts after November 13. We build one of those ways, so weigh our recommendation against the criteria below rather than taking our word for it.

What Reddit announced

Reddit announced the change at the end of September 2026 in a post on r/modnews, as part of a wider set of infrastructure changes. As reported by Social Media Today, the stated reason is scraping:

"Because RSS is now a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, we'll stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13, 2026 while preserving moderation workflows that depend on it through supported alternatives."

And for anyone who isn't a moderator:

"If you use RSS for feeds outside of a community you moderate, there is no replacement."

What stops working (and what is still unclear)

The announcement says "RSS feeds" without listing feed types one by one. Until Reddit says otherwise, plan as if every Reddit .rss URL stops on November 13. That covers the common setups:

• Subreddit feeds such as reddit.com/r/saas/new/.rss followed in Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire or any other reader.
• Search feeds such as reddit.com/search.rss?q=your+keyword - the classic free DIY keyword alert.
• User and comment feeds, often used to follow specific people or threads.
• Automations built on them: Zapier, Make and IFTTT "new item in feed" triggers, Slack's /feed subscriptions, and Discord bots that read a Reddit RSS URL.

A quick way to find your own exposure: export your feed reader's OPML file and search it for reddit.com, then search your Zapier, Make or IFTTT accounts for the same string. Anything that turns up has a November 13 expiry date.

If you moderate the community: use Devvit

Reddit's supported path for moderators is its developer platform, Devvit. The ready-made option is Discord Relay, which forwards a community's posts, comments, mod queue, modmail and mod log to Discord or Slack. It only works for communities you moderate, so it is not an answer for following other people's subreddits.

If you don't moderate it: your realistic options

Most RSS users were doing one of two jobs: following what a community talks about, or catching posts that mention a keyword. Here is what replaces each, from cheapest to most capable.

1. Check the subreddit yourself

Free and dependable. Bookmark each subreddit's /new page and check it on a schedule. It works fine for two or three communities. Past that, it is the reading time you were using RSS to avoid.

2. A keyword alert service

If keyword alerts were your use case, a dedicated alert service is the closest like-for-like swap. F5Bot emails you when a keyword appears and keeps a free tier alongside paid plans; Syften focuses on speed across Reddit and other sites. We compare them in F5Bot alternatives and Reddit keyword monitoring.

The limitation is the same one RSS had: an alert tells you a word appeared, not that someone needs what you sell. If your RSS habit was "skim fifty matches to find two worth answering", a faster version of the same firehose won't save you much time.

3. An intent-scored feed

If you were using Reddit feeds to find customers, the bigger upgrade is ranking posts by buying intent instead of matching words. That is what Diggit does: paste your website URL, it suggests the subreddits your buyers use, and a free preview scan shows real posts from them, each scored 10-100 for how likely the author is to need what you sell - before you pay or create an account. Paid plans start at $19/month, draft replies you edit and post yourself, and warn you when a subreddit's rules restrict self-promotion. Diggit does not use RSS, so November 13 changes nothing about how it works.

The second deadline: Reddit's public API

RSS is the first step of a larger change. In the same round of announcements, Reddit said it is moving its public Data API onto its developer platform, according to Unite.AI and Android Headlines:

For you, this means one practical question for any Reddit tool you rely on, us included: how do you access Reddit data, and what is your plan for 2027? GummySearch was a profitable product with well over a hundred thousand users, and it is shutting down on December 1, 2026 because it couldn't reach a data agreement with Reddit. A vendor with a clear answer to that question is worth more than one with a longer feature list. If you are migrating off GummySearch as well, our GummySearch migration guide has a dated checklist.

Your pre-November 13 checklist

1. Find every Reddit feed you use. Search your feed reader export and your automation tools for reddit.com.
2. Write down what each one was for. The subreddits you follow and the keywords you search are the part worth keeping. They carry over to any replacement.
3. Sort them by job. Following a community, catching a keyword, or finding customers - each has a different best replacement (see above).
4. Set up the replacement now and run both side by side. A week of overlap shows you what the new setup catches that the old one missed, and the reverse, while you still have the old one to compare against.
5. Delete the dead feeds after November 13, so a silent feed doesn't read as "nothing happened on Reddit today".

FAQ

When do Reddit RSS feeds stop working?

Reddit says it stops supporting RSS feeds on November 13, 2026. Some feeds may keep responding for a while afterwards, but unsupported feeds can break at any time, so treat that date as the deadline.

Is there an official replacement for Reddit RSS?

Only for moderators: Devvit apps such as Discord Relay can forward activity from a community you moderate. For any other use, Reddit says there is no replacement.

Why is Reddit removing RSS?

Reddit says RSS has become "a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse." It is part of a broader tightening of data access that also covers its public API.

Will my Zapier, IFTTT or Slack Reddit feed keep working?

Not if it reads a Reddit RSS URL, which most "new post in subreddit" setups do. Check the trigger's URL. If it contains .rss, plan to replace it before November 13.

Is there a free way to keep getting Reddit keyword alerts?

Yes. Checking a subreddit's /new page costs nothing, and F5Bot keeps a free tier for basic keyword alerts. Diggit's preview scan is free too: you see scored posts from your market before signing up, though ongoing monitoring is a paid plan.

Replace the feed, not just the alert

RSS was a cheap way to watch Reddit, which is why so many founders used it to look for customers. If that was your use, November 13 is a good moment to switch from watching for words to watching for buyers. Paste your website URL into Diggit and the free preview scan will show you scored posts from your market's subreddits in a few minutes - no account needed.