Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

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    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/",
    "title": "Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots",
    "author": "Sarah Perez",
    "excerpt": "Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds. Reddit says RSS has now become a “common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse,” which is why it’s made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform. “We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we’re grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit,” the company noted in its announcement, where it also shared a March 2027 shutdown date for its public API. Reddit said RSS support will cease on November 13. RSS, or Really Simple Syndication/Rich Site Summary, is a web feed that lets users and applications access updates to a website in a standardized format. The format became particularly popular in the blogging era, as it offered a way to subscribe to a site’s new posts in a news-reading app. Google once operated the most popular of these, but shut it down in 2013 , ceding the market to companies like Feedly and other indie applications. The decision to kill Reddit’s RSS feeds comes at a time when the site’s treasure trove of user-generated content in its forums has become a profitable side business for the company in the form of AI licensing deals. During its second quarter , Reddit said its “other revenue” beyond advertising had grown 24%...",
    "summary": "Reddit reported that its \"other revenue\" beyond advertising, which includes AI licensing deals, grew 24% year-over-year to $43 million in its second quarter.",
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    "published_at": "2026-09-30T17:45:00Z",
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