Reddit · updated 2026-11-14
Reddit RSS alternative for brand mentions
Reddit turned off its RSS feeds on November 13, 2026, and says there is no replacement for feeds outside a community you moderate. If a search or subreddit feed was how you caught posts about your brand, Buzzsift can take over: it searches public Reddit posts and comments that name the brand and emails you only what's new, daily or weekly. 50 points ($0.50) a run that finds something, nothing for quiet runs; no Reddit RSS and no Reddit API key needed.
What Reddit changed
| Date | What | Source |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2026 | Reddit announces the end of RSS feeds and a phased close of its public Data API. | r/modnews |
| November 13, 2026 | RSS feeds stop. Moderators can get alerts for their own community through a Discord relay app; everyone else gets nothing in their place. | r/modnews |
| January 12, 2027 | Apps on the public Data API that haven't registered start being cut off. | r/redditdev |
| March 2027 | Public Data API access ends. | r/redditdev |
Also reported by The Next Web, September 30, 2026. Checked 2026-11-14.
Ways to keep tracking Reddit mentions
Reddit's Discord relay
Free
For: Moderators, for their own subreddit
Catch: Only communities you moderate; not a brand search
Buzzsift watch
$0.50 a run with new posts, $0 when quiet
For: Anyone tracking a brand or competitor
Catch: Email digest, not an RSS feed; Reddit plus TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and X if you want
Buzzsift in Claude or ChatGPT
$1 a search
For: Asking now and then instead of watching
Catch: You ask; nothing arrives by itself
Monitoring suites (Brand24, Sprout Social…)
From about $199 a month
For: Teams that live in a dashboard
Catch: Many sources, alerts, Slack; yearly plans
Set up a watch in three steps
Run one report on the brand
Type the brand on the home page and pick Reddit (add other platforms if you like). The report shows what people already say.
Press Watch it daily
On the finished report. Sign in if asked (a new account gets 100 points).
Get the new posts by email
Each run searches again and emails only the posts and comments that are new since the last one, analyzed like a short report, with links. Daily or weekly; pause or stop on your account page.
Prefer asking instead of getting email? Search Reddit from Claude or ChatGPT. More on what a report reads on Reddit: Reddit social listening.
Questions
Is Reddit RSS really gone?
Reddit said its RSS feeds would stop on November 13, 2026, with no replacement outside communities you moderate. Anything that read those feeds (an RSS reader, Zapier, a Slack RSS app) stops getting Reddit posts.
Does Buzzsift give me an RSS feed instead?
Not yet: a watch sends an email digest. Each digest also has its own page you can open from the email.
Do I need a Reddit API key or account?
No. Buzzsift reads public Reddit search results through a data provider; you don't register an app or log in to Reddit.
Will it catch every mention?
No tool does. It reads what Reddit search returns for the brand, newest and most relevant first, posts and comments both, and dedupes against earlier runs. A mention without the brand's name in it won't be found.
Can I watch a competitor too?
Yes, each brand is its own watch, same price per run.
Reddit stopped the feed. Keep the mentions coming.
$9.99 a report, no subscription.
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