Does Reddit still have RSS?

Yes. Append .rss to any subreddit, post, user, or search URL and Reddit serves a working feed. The format has survived every Reddit redesign since 2008 and works across new and old.reddit.com.

How do I get a Reddit user's RSS feed?

Use https://www.reddit.com/user/USERNAME.rss to get a feed of all posts and comments from that user. Replace USERNAME with the actual handle, no leading slash.

What is the best Reddit RSS reader?

Feedly and Inoreader are the most popular cloud-hosted readers and both handle Reddit feeds well. Self-hosted options include FreshRSS and Miniflux. NetNewsWire is the best free desktop option on macOS and iOS.

How do I monitor a subreddit with RSS?

Subscribe your feed reader to https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/new.rss for the firehose, or /r/SUBREDDIT/top.rss?t=day for the daily highlights. For multiple subreddits, use Reddit's multireddit syntax: /r/sub1+sub2+sub3.rss.

Why isn't my Reddit RSS feed updating?

Two common causes. First, Reddit aggressively rate-limits unauthenticated RSS requests, especially since the 2023 API changes. Run feeds through a reader that authenticates, not raw curl. Second, some readers cache RSS for hours. Force a refresh in your reader's settings.

Reddit RSS

Reddit RSS feeds: complete guide for 2026.

Reddit still has RSS. Append .rss to almost any URL and you get a working feed. Below: every endpoint that works, what to plug it into, and where RSS stops being useful for finding buyers.

Yes, Reddit still has RSS

Half the founders I talk to assume Reddit killed RSS during the 2023 API drama. They didn't. The endpoints survived every redesign and rate-limit change since 2008. They are public, they are free, and they work. The catch is unauthenticated requests get throttled hard. Your reader needs to either authenticate or pace requests sanely.

For solo founders the value is straightforward. RSS turns Reddit into a feed you can pipe into Slack, Discord, email or a desktop reader without writing a scraper. Set it up once, monitor forever.

How to get a Reddit RSS feed

The pattern: take any Reddit URL, append .rss to the end, paste it into your reader.

Subreddit (new): https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/new.rss
Subreddit (top of the day): https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/top.rss?t=day
Specific user: https://www.reddit.com/user/USERNAME.rss
Specific post comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/SUB/comments/POSTID.rss
Multireddit (combine subs): https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS+SideProject+microsaas/new.rss
Search results: https://www.reddit.com/search.rss?q=looking+for+saas+tool

The search RSS is the one most founders miss. You can pipe a saved query into your reader and watch new posts roll in for any phrase your buyer would type.

Reddit RSS for lead generation

Founders use Reddit RSS for two jobs. The first is brand monitoring: track mentions of your product, your competitors, and your category. The second is buyer-intent listening: track problem phrases like "looking for", "tired of", "alternative to", "anyone use".

The free email-alert version of this is F5Bot. It does the same listening but sends you an email when keywords match. Compared with running 20 RSS feeds yourself, F5Bot is lower-friction. Compared with a tool that scores intent, it is just keyword matching.

Where RSS falls short

Three places.

First, RSS is raw. Every post in a subreddit shows up the same way. There is no scoring of which posts are actually buyer-shaped. You will read a lot of memes and venting before you find the one thread worth replying to.

Second, RSS is single-platform. If your buyers also hang out on X, YouTube or TikTok, you need separate feeds (or scrapers) for each. Most lead-gen happens across platforms, not inside one.

Third, RSS doesn't expand your search. You write the keyword, you get the keyword. The buyer who phrased it differently never shows up.

That is the gap Gorilla fills. One run, four platforms, AI-generated keyword variants, and every result scored for buying intent. Not a replacement for RSS if you want raw monitoring. The right tool when you want a ranked list of who is actually asking for what you sell.

Best RSS readers for Reddit

Feedly. Cloud-hosted, free tier covers 100 feeds, mobile apps work. Good default.
Inoreader. Cloud-hosted with rules and filters. Better for power users who want to auto-tag certain phrases.
NetNewsWire. Free, native, macOS and iOS only. Lightweight and fast.
FreshRSS. Self-hosted, runs in Docker. Good if you already have a homelab.
F5Bot. Free email alerts for Reddit, HN and Lobsters. Simpler than RSS for one-keyword tracking.
Gorilla. AI-ranked, four platforms, $0.99 per run. The right call when RSS noise outpaces the signal you need.

Past raw monitoring, want ranked buyer-intent posts?

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