Feedly
Ranked 9 of 15 RSS readers by recommenders
People recommend Feedly for turning websites and newsletters into one feed, with reliable sync across devices. Critics say paid plans are expensive and the newer interface is cluttered.
People recommend Feedly for turning websites and newsletters into one feed, with reliable sync across devices. Critics say paid plans are expensive and the newer interface is cluttered.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Turns websites and newsletters into feeds
“Feedly does this. Just drop the URL of whatever source you want to follow and it figures out the feed for it behind the scenes.”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “The Death of Social Media Is the Renaissance of RSS” “the main reason I stay on Feedly is their ability to handle fake email subscriptions into their RSS format”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Using Thunderbird for RSS” Syncs reliably across many devices
“If you ignore all the ai bullshit it's simple to use and I've had no issues with cross-device sync.”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “The Death of Social Media Is the Renaissance of RSS” “Been happy with Feedly for a long time across many devices.”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “The Death of Social Media Is the Renaissance of RSS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Paid plans cost a lot
“Feedly's plans start at $1600/month... that's not an accessible market for me anyway”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “The Sideprocalypse” “wants £8/month and sends you algorithmic recommendations”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “I'm a truck driver who built a privacy-first RSS and webcomic reader” “Feedly is not exactly cheap”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “The world needs social sovereignty” Algorithmic feed encourages endless scrolling
“wants £8/month and sends you algorithmic recommendations”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “I'm a truck driver who built a privacy-first RSS and webcomic reader” “found over time it was causing me to scroll a ton”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Feedback for a New Social App” Interface and app feel buggy
“Too bad that their new interface is awful. Wastes so much space, and cannot normally collapse the left bar at all.”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?” “the Feedly iOS client just slowly degraded and got buggy”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “NetNewsWire Turns 23”
Other RSS readers people recommend
The four most recommended other RSS readers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetNewsWire | 79 | 7 | 92% | 10 | 4 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Miniflux | 27 | 0 | 100% | 8 | 1 mo5 owners | Approved |
| FreshRSS | 26 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Inoreader | 20 | 1 | 95% | 9 | — | Approved |
| FeedlyThis page | 8 | 8 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“most readers will completely ignore it. Even widespread ones, like Feedly.”
“Feedly is the obvious choice I guess”
“the main reason I stay on Feedly is their ability to handle fake email subscriptions into their RSS format”
“I use Feedly, and set lots of mute filters to screen out topics.”
“Been happy with Feedly for a long time across many devices.”
“Feedly does this. Just drop the URL of whatever source you want to follow and it figures out the feed for it behind the scenes.”
“If you ignore all the ai bullshit it's simple to use and I've had no issues with cross-device sync.”
“wants £8/month and sends you algorithmic recommendations”
“Feedly's plans start at $1600/month... that's not an accessible market for me anyway”
“once I saw their APIs were hidden behind some enterprise level plan, that was the end of that”
“Feedly looks like it hasn't gotten much love recently.”
“the Feedly iOS client just slowly degraded and got buggy”
“Too bad that their new interface is awful. Wastes so much space, and cannot normally collapse the left bar at all.”
“I have been using feedly to slowly build up a good news diet using sources from all over the world”
“it returned a product logo with a very, very different name”
“Feedly is not exactly cheap”
“I just checked out Feedly, and it seems to use an illustration from the article when it can”
“found over time it was causing me to scroll a ton”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.