# 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](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1wubgvt/continuing_our_infrastructure_updates_whats/) |
| 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](https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1wubgvt/continuing_our_infrastructure_updates_whats/) |
| January 12, 2027 | Apps on the public Data API that haven't registered start being cut off. | [r/redditdev](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1wubcvf/moving_data_api_apps_to_the_developer_platform/) |
| March 2027 | Public Data API access ends. | [r/redditdev](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1wubcvf/moving_data_api_apps_to_the_developer_platform/) |

Also reported by [The Next Web, September 30, 2026](https://thenextweb.com/news/reddit-rss-feeds-shut-down-old-reddit-ai-scraping). Checked 2026-11-14.

## Ways to keep tracking Reddit mentions

| Option | For | Price | Catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddit's Discord relay | Moderators, for their own subreddit | Free | Only communities you moderate; not a brand search |
| Buzzsift watch | Anyone tracking a brand or competitor | $0.50 a run with new posts, $0 when quiet | Email digest, not an RSS feed; Reddit plus TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and X if you want |
| Buzzsift in Claude or ChatGPT | Asking now and then instead of watching | $1 a search | You ask; nothing arrives by itself |
| Monitoring suites (Brand24, Sprout Social…) | Teams that live in a dashboard | From about $199 a month | Many sources, alerts, Slack; yearly plans |

## Set up a watch

1. **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.
2. **Press Watch it daily**: On the finished report. Sign in if asked (a new account gets 100 points).
3. **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.

## 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.