# Old Reddit 60 Hacker News commenters recommended Old Reddit and 47 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend old.reddit for its fast, readable comment tree and plain layout. Main caveat: it now requires a login and may be phased out. ## Why people recommend it - Faster and more efficient (3 comments): "Using old.reddit.com was much more efficient to me than the default UI here." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46328574)) "it is much faster to browse between pages using old reddit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49018948)) "super performant too, loads in a fraction of the time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340566)) - Shows full comment threads at once (3 comments): "This link however works fine and returns the all the subthread comments I was missing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349188)) "old reddit shows more or less the raw comment tree, sorted, like HN" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49019141)) "seeing complete threads without clicking vs clicking many times" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021670)) - Readable, simple, uncluttered design (3 comments): "old.reddit.com has been the last bastion of a design intended for power users" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49914447)) "The old Reddit interface (or current HN one!) are unsurpassed IMHO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957756)) "old.reddit.com is pretty well-designed for readability" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48743870)) - Works with browser extensions and userscripts (3 comments): "Old.reddit, the Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES), custom userstyle CSS and uBlock make Reddit tolerable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015871)) "I have an auto-redirect userscript set up in Firefox so I never see reddit.com." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48031260)) "I now use a browser extension to redirect all reddit links to old" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015248)) ## What people warn about - Now requires login to use (6 comments): "reddit recently killed off old.reddit; you now have to log in, which defeats the point of old.reddit.com totally." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464024)) "Old Reddit requiring login feels like the beginning of the ‘please use our app’ boss battle." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263045)) "Actually old reddit doesn’t work that way anymore lol you must login or use crappy reddit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49521245)) - Expected to be phased out (3 comments): "I would be surprised if old.reddit.com is still functional in a couple of years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48957836)) "I was afraid old.reddit.com was next on the chopping block" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45810173)) "It seems we both agree, though, that Old Reddit is not long for this world. Which I find regrettable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49017933)) - Poor on mobile phones (2 comments): "Fully functional on desktop, agree, but far cry from fully functional on my arguably tiny iPhone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767555)) "old.reddit.com now requires login. Which renders a blank page on my phone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037701)) - Breaks back button and redirects (2 comments): "it breaks the back button. When you navigate back, it usually reloads the entire page you were on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47772547)) "neither the automatic redirect, nor the 'click this link' page redirects properly if it all" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49915760)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Hacker News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-news.md): 361 recommend - [Reddit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reddit.md): 261 recommend - [Slashdot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/slashdot.md): 32 recommend - [4chan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/4chan.md): 28 recommend - [Tildes](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tildes.md): 20 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://old.reddit.com/login/?reason=lor2&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2F) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Old Reddit", https://hackerapproved.com/p/old-reddit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).