Reddit is removing RSS feeds and ending public API access, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse by AI bots. RSS support will stop on November 13, 2026; public API access will be closed in March 2027. Moderation tools and third-party apps that relied on feeds and the API will be disrupted: moderators are urged to migrate workflows and use Discord Relay/Devvit, and developers must register approved apps by January 12, 2027 to avoid losing access. Old Reddit will restrict access to logged-in moderators and users who have used the site in the past 90 days to curb abusive scraping.
The move follows Reddit monetizing its content through AI licensing - its other revenue grew 24% year-over-year to $43 million - creating an incentive to restrict free programmatic access. The shutdown will affect social-listening and research tools, AI assistants that used Reddit to answer questions, independent feed readers, and many moderator workflows; moderators warn the changes will make communities harder to manage and users who prefer feed-based access will lose their workflows. Reddit frames the changes as necessary to prevent abuse, but they sharply curtail open-web access to Reddit's data and third-party innovation.
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