Reddit kills RSS feeds as AI bots drain its value
reddit ends rss feeds due to large-scale scraping and automated abuse, impacting moderators and users who relied on it for updates.
reddit announced it will end support for rss feeds on november 13, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse. the company also revealed it will end public api access by march 2027, impacting tools that use programmatic access to reddit conversations, including social listening products, research tools, and ai products. reddit saw $43 million in other revenue beyond advertising in q2, up 24% year-over-year. moderators who relied on rss channels are being told to shift to the discord relay devvit app.