Reddit Ends RSS and Public API Access to Combat Data Scraping
- Reddit will discontinue RSS feeds on November 13, 2026, with no replacement for use outside moderated communities.
- Public API requests cease on October 31, 2026, and full access ends by March 2027.
- Reddit has initiated a $1 million App Migration Program to encourage developers to move to its Developer Platform, Devvit.
- The platform has partnered with Google and OpenAI for AI data deals while pursuing legal action against Anthropic and Perplexity for unauthorized data scraping.
Reddit is phasing out RSS feeds and public API access as part of efforts to modernize its infrastructure and reduce automated abuse by bots that scrape content from the site. The company is pushing developers towards its new platform, Devvit, offering financial incentives for migration.
