# Reddit RSS Feed Replacement - New Posts & Comments (`headply/reddit-rss-feed`) Actor

Reddit RSS ends 13 Nov 2026. Get only new posts from any subreddit, user or search on a schedule, as JSON, CSV or a ready RSS/Atom feed URL. Paste your old .rss links. No login, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/headply/reddit-rss-feed.md
- **Developed by:** [Mayowa Ogedengbe](https://apify.com/headply) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.95 / 1,000 post scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Reddit RSS Feed Replacement - New Posts & Comments

**Reddit RSS feeds stop working on 13 November 2026.** If you follow subreddits, users or searches in a feed reader,
an n8n or Zapier workflow, a Slack/Discord alert or a spreadsheet, those feeds go silent that day.

This Actor keeps them running. Give it the same subreddits, users and searches (you can paste your old `.rss` links
as they are), put it on a schedule, and every run hands you **only the posts that are new since the last check**:
as a table, as JSON/CSV/Excel, or as a **ready RSS feed link** you can drop straight into your reader.

### Why people use it

- ✅ **Works after Reddit's RSS shutdown.** No Reddit account, no login, no API key, no app registration.
- 🔁 **Only what's new.** Each run skips everything it already gave you, so you never see (or pay for) a post twice.
- 📡 **Your own RSS feed link.** A fixed link that updates every run, for Feedly, Inoreader, FreshRSS, Miniflux,
  Thunderbird, the n8n RSS node or anything else that reads RSS or Atom.
- 🧩 **Paste your old feeds.** `reddit.com/r/selfhosted/new/.rss`, `r/n8n`, `u/someone`, search links: all accepted.
- 💸 **Pay for results, not time.** New posts cost $0.50 per 1,000.

### Quick start (2 minutes)

1. Paste your feeds into **Subreddits, users, searches or posts**, one per line:
   ```
   https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/new/.rss
   r/n8n
   https://www.reddit.com/r/python+learnpython/new/
   u/spez
   https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=%22home%20assistant%22&sort=new
   ```
2. Keep **Only new since last run** switched on and press **Start**. The first run brings the latest 25 posts of each
   feed.
3. Click **Schedule** and choose how often to check: every 15 minutes, hourly or daily. From now on each run brings
   only new posts.

### Get an RSS feed link for your reader

After the first run, open the run's **Log** or the **Storage → Key-value store → SUMMARY** record. You'll find two
links that never change:

- `…/feed-default.xml`: RSS 2.0
- `…/feed-default.atom`: Atom (the format Reddit's own feeds used)

Paste either one into your feed reader. It always shows the latest 100 posts across all the feeds in that schedule.
Want separate feeds, for example one for work and one for hobbies? Give each schedule its own **Monitor name**.

### What you get for each post

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Title | "I want to build an OS similar to a PSP" |
| Text | The full post text (for text posts) |
| Subreddit, author | `learnprogramming`, `Alice_Miracle` |
| Posted at | `2026-10-03T21:08:37Z` |
| Score, upvote ratio, comments | `4`, `0.83`, `12` |
| Link, Reddit link | Where the post points, and the Reddit discussion |
| Flair, NSFW, spoiler | `Help`, `false`, `false` |
| Images and videos | Direct links to the media |
| Found via | Which of your feeds found it |

Turn on **Include comments** to also get the comments of each new post, with who replied to whom.

Download everything as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or view it in the **Posts** and **Comments** tables.

### Pricing

You only pay for what you get. Prices drop on higher Apify plans.

| What | Price per 1,000 (Free plan → Gold and above) |
|---|---|
| New post or comment since your last run | **$0.50** → $0.35 |
| Posts in a first run, or with "only new" switched off | $1.40 → $0.95 |
| Comments | $1.40 → $0.95 |
| Each run | $0.001 |

What that looks like:

- **10 subreddits checked every hour**, about 20 new posts each per day: 6,000 new posts a month ≈ **$3**, plus
  720 runs ≈ $0.72, plus a one-off first run of 250 posts ≈ $0.35.
- **A keyword you watch**, about 100 new mentions a day: ≈ **$1.50 a month**.
- **A check that finds nothing new** costs only the $0.001 run fee.

Apify's free monthly credit covers small feeds completely.

### Connect it to your tools

- **Feed readers:** use the RSS link above.
- **n8n:** add the **Apify** node → *Run an Actor and get dataset*, choose this Actor and your input, and connect the
  output to Slack, Discord, Telegram, Google Sheets or email. Already have a workflow built on the RSS Read node?
  Keep it and just swap in your new RSS link.
- **Make / Zapier:** use the Apify app's *Run Actor* action on a schedule and map the results to your next step.
- **API:** every run can also be started with one HTTP call. See the *API* tab on this page for ready-made
  examples.

### Good to know

- **An empty run is good news:** nothing new was posted since the last check.
- **First run:** brings up to *Max posts per feed* (default 25) so you start with recent posts. After that, only new ones.
- **Private, banned or quarantined subreddits** can't be followed. They're listed in the run summary, and the
  rest of your feeds still run.
- **NSFW posts** that Reddit shows publicly are included and marked as NSFW.
- **r/all and r/popular** aren't supported yet.
- **Feed link asks for a login?** If your Apify account restricts storage access, add `?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN` to
  the link.
- Only public information that anyone can see on Reddit is collected.

### More Reddit tools

- [Reddit Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/headply/reddit-comments-scraper): every comment and reply from any
  Reddit post, with who replied to whom.
- [Reddit Search Scraper](https://apify.com/headply/reddit-search-scraper): search Reddit by keyword, or get alerts
  when your keyword is mentioned.

Questions or a feed that doesn't work? Open the **Issues** tab and we'll take a look.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Reddit URLs or shorthand, one per line. Accepts subreddits (r/python, https://www.reddit.com/r/python/new/), users (u/spez), search URLs (https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=n8n\&sort=new) and post URLs. Old RSS links work too (https://www.reddit.com/r/python/new/.rss): paste the feed URLs your reader used. r/a+b multireddits are split into one feed per subreddit.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

For schedules. Returns and bills only items not delivered by an earlier run with the same monitor name, and keeps an RSS/Atom feed at a fixed link. The first run of a feed delivers the latest posts at the standard price; every later run returns only new items, at the lower new-item price.

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Label for this feed's memory and RSS file. Runs with the same name share memory; use one name per schedule or client to keep them separate. Change it to start fresh.

## `rssOutput` (type: `boolean`):

Also write the results as RSS 2.0 (FEED.xml) and Atom (FEED.atom) to the run's key-value store. In feed mode the feed is also kept at a fixed link (shown in the log and the run summary) that feed readers and n8n/Zapier RSS steps can follow.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order for subreddit and user feeds when the URL does not say. "New" is what RSS feeds used.

## `time` (type: `string`):

Time window for "Top" feeds and for search. Ignored by the other sorts.

## `maxItemsPerTarget` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on posts returned for each subreddit, user or search keyword. Pages are fetched until this is reached or the feed ends.

## `includeComments` (type: `boolean`):

Also scrape the comment tree of every post found in subreddit, user and search feeds (post URLs always include comments).

## `maxCommentsPerPost` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on comments per post, across all depths. "Load more" and "more replies" are expanded until this is reached. 0 skips comments.

## `commentSort` (type: `string`):

Order in which comments are collected. With a comment limit, this decides which comments you get. Use "New" with feed mode to follow a thread.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords or phrases to search across Reddit posts. Each keyword is a separate search and every result is tagged with the keyword that found it. Reddit search operators such as "subreddit:python" or quotes work.

## `searchSubreddits` (type: `array`):

Optional. Run every keyword inside each of these subreddits (python or r/python) instead of across all of Reddit.

## `searchSort` (type: `string`):

Order of search results. "Newest first" suits monitoring a keyword on a schedule.

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

Reddit post links (https://www.reddit.com/r/<sub>/comments/<id>/<slug>/, redd.it/<id> or t3\_<id>). Returns the post and its comment tree, with depth, parent id and "load more" expansion up to the comment limit.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests. The default is fast and gentle; raise it for large jobs.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

A page that fails to load is retried automatically up to this many times before it is skipped and listed in the run summary.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Leave as is. The default is the setting that works reliably with Reddit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/new/",
    "https://www.reddit.com/r/n8n/new/.rss"
  ],
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true,
  "monitorName": "default",
  "rssOutput": true,
  "sort": "new",
  "time": "none",
  "maxItemsPerTarget": 25,
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
  "commentSort": "top",
  "searchSort": "new",
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "maxRequestRetries": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all posts and comments from this run.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts per target, skipped inputs, request success ratio, bandwidth and the stable RSS URL in feed mode.

## `rss` (type: `string`):

This run's items as RSS 2.0 (when RSS output is on).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/new/",
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/n8n/new/.rss"
    ],
    "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true,
    "maxItemsPerTarget": 25,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("headply/reddit-rss-feed").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/new/",
        "https://www.reddit.com/r/n8n/new/.rss",
    ],
    "onlyNewSinceLastRun": True,
    "maxItemsPerTarget": 25,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("headply/reddit-rss-feed").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/new/",
    "https://www.reddit.com/r/n8n/new/.rss"
  ],
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true,
  "maxItemsPerTarget": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call headply/reddit-rss-feed --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,headply/reddit-rss-feed"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/V7ZiSTjJZbpambBxv/builds/KN7RSDSvm6qD1PfVy/openapi.json