Reddit RSS and public API shutdown: key dates and what to do before November 13

On November 13, every Reddit RSS feed behind your Slack, Zapier, or n8n alerts will stop, and public Reddit API access ends in March 2027. Depending on the tool, you may not see an error at all: the alerts just stop arriving.

Reddit announced both on September 30: Continuing our infrastructure updates in r/modnews and Moving Data API Apps to the Developer Platform in r/redditdev. Below are the verified dates, what breaks, and what I’d do this week.

What Reddit announced on September 30, and what stays the same

The r/redditdev post moves Data API apps to the Reddit Developer Platform (Devvit) and closes public API access in March 2027. According to the post, over 14,000 apps and bots have already registered.

The r/modnews post retires RSS on November 13, limits Old Reddit to logged-in users who used it in the last six months, and switches off Reddit’s AutoModerator (AutoMod) enforcement for new communities.

At the same time, public Reddit pages stay open to visitors who aren’t logged in.

Two changes came earlier. Unauthenticated .json requests have broadly returned 403 since around May 30, 2026 (according to FetchLayer), and Old Reddit has required signing in since earlier this year.

Reddit API and RSS shutdown timeline from October 2026 to March 2027

Here are the Reddit API updates and RSS dates from both posts, in order.

What breaks in your Reddit workflows after the RSS and API shutdown

Reddit is closing its cheap machine entry points one by one: JSON in May, RSS in November, the public API by March. Each one breaks a different workflow.

RSS feeds in Slack, Zapier, and n8n alerts can go silent without warning

Marketers feel this first, because mention, lead, and competitor alerts built on RSS stop on November 13. Outside communities you moderate, Reddit says “there is no replacement.”

To find these feeds, search your stack for “reddit.com” and “.rss”: RSS by Zapier triggers, n8n’s RSS Feed Trigger and RSS Read nodes, /feed list in Slack, browser extensions, and feed readers. Moderators can move alerts to the Discord Relay app.

Scripts built on .json endpoints have returned 403 errors since May

If a script that appended .json to Reddit URLs, say for subreddit listings or the Reddit user profile JSON endpoint, broke this summer, the 403 change is the likely cause. It predates this announcement, so it’s easy to miss.

Unregistered apps, bots, and scripts lose API access in January

If anyone on your team wrote a script against the Reddit API, register it before January 12. That only keeps access until March 2027. Devvit apps are built with TypeScript or JavaScript, and Reddit said in August that Python support isn’t on its roadmap, so PRAW codebases face a rewrite. Developers in the r/redditdev thread also say Devvit still can’t support every feature their bots need. For personal scripts that aren’t bots, Reddit hasn’t described a path.

Old Reddit access and the six-month rule for returning users

Old Reddit will soon open only to logged-in users who used it in the last six months; moderators are exempt. The rule is tied to account history, so if your team or an extension needs Old Reddit, log in to that account now.

Who the Reddit changes hit hardest: marketers, SEO teams, and developers

The facts come from Reddit’s posts; the ranking is my own assessment.

Official ways to keep getting Reddit data after the public API closes

These are the official routes Reddit points to.

Why Reddit is shutting down free machine access to its public content

Reddit’s stated reason is abuse. The r/modnews post frames the changes as part of a plan to “make it harder for bad actors to scrape Reddit and abuse communities” and calls RSS “now a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse.”

My read: Reddit is closing free bulk channels, not the data, because it sells that access. It has data deals with Google (February 2024) and OpenAI (May 2024). Its non-advertising “other revenue,” which TechCrunch ties to licensing, grew 24% year over year to $43 million in Q2 2026 (according to Reddit’s earnings release). In October 2025, it sued Perplexity and SerpApi, among others, over scraping (according to AP). That would explain why .json and RSS close while HTML pages, for now, go unmentioned.

Where proxies help with Reddit monitoring, and where they can’t help

Proxies help when location or a stable sign-in matters. They don’t reopen the channels Reddit is closing.

Geo checks of Reddit ads and stable sign-ins for shared brand accounts

The first use case is checking what Reddit shows in a specific location:

• Tracking which Reddit threads rank in Google for your keywords in each market (SERP monitoring)
• Checking promoted posts and ads by country (ad verification)
• Seeing how a specific market discusses your brand in public threads
• QA of your own community from different regions

Residential IPs fit here because local ISPs assign them, so you see what a user in that city or country sees.

The second is a shared brand account. When an in-house team and an agency log in from different cities, a static ISP IP keeps every sign-in on one address. The account is less likely to hit sign-in checks or a lock. That matters more now: Old Reddit access depends on the account staying active, and a locked account can’t keep that history going.

A proxy changes your location, not who you are to Reddit. Account rules still apply, and Reddit’s Data API Terms require “a separate agreement with Reddit” for commercial use.

What proxies can’t fix: RSS feeds, JSON endpoints, API tokens, and Old Reddit

RSS is being retired for everyone, and unauthenticated .json requests are broadly refused, so a different IP restores neither. API access depends on a registered app and its token, and the Old Reddit rule checks account history. Discord Relay and AutoMod run inside Reddit.

Checklist: what to do before Reddit turns off RSS on November 13

1. List every Reddit RSS feed and integration, its owner, data source, and stop date.
2. List the scripts that call .json endpoints or the API.
3. Request new API access before October 31 if you need it, register existing apps before January 12, and apply to the migration program by November 30.
4. Replace each monitoring feed: Discord Relay for communities you moderate, a licensed listening tool for the rest.
5. Log in to the account you need to keep Old Reddit access.
6. Write down which Reddit data you actually need.

What to prioritize this week if your team relies on Reddit data

Run the audit first, because November 13 is the first deadline that breaks existing workflows. Then move monitoring to an official or licensed route, and keep proxies for geo checks, SERP monitoring, and team sign-ins. For shared accounts, Proxy-Seller’s ISP proxies give your team one static address from $3 per IP per month in the US.