By default, Feeder checks your feeds every 2 hours on the Free plan and every 10 minutes on Plus and Professional. You can set any feed to update faster: as often as every 30 minutes on Free, every 5 minutes on Plus and every minute on Professional.
How often does each plan update feeds?
| Plan | By default | Fastest you can set |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Every 2 hours | As often as every 30 minutes |
| Plus ($7.99 a month, billed yearly, or $9.99 monthly) | Every 10 minutes | As often as every 5 minutes |
| Professional ($14.99 per user a month, billed yearly, or $19.99 monthly) | Every 10 minutes | As often as every minute |
Enterprise has the same speeds as Professional. Feeds you haven't changed follow your plan's default, so they speed up by themselves when you upgrade.
How do I change how often a feed updates?
- Right-click the feed in your feed list, or hover over it and select More (the three dots).
- Select Edit feed.
- On the Settings tab, under Update speed, pick 1, 5, 10 or 30 min, or 2, 6 or 24 hrs. The change is saved right away. A speed your plan doesn't include opens an upgrade prompt instead.
In the iPhone, iPad and Android apps, go to Feeds, swipe left on the feed, tap Edit and choose an Update speed.
Can I change the update speed for all feeds at once?
Not with a Feeder account: you set the speed per feed. If you use the browser extension without an account, you can set one speed for all feeds under Settings, Advanced, Feed update interval (minutes).
Why does a new post show up late?
- Feeder checks on a schedule. With a 10-minute speed, a post published just after a check waits up to 10 minutes for the next one.
- The site updates its feed late. Many sites put a post on their page first and refresh the feed later, or serve a saved copy of the feed for a while. Feeder only sees what the feed says when it checks.
- Quiet feeds are checked less often. A feed with no new posts for a month is checked at most once an hour, and one quiet for seven months once a day. Once Feeder finds a new post, it goes back to your speed.
- Some sources have their own limit. Reddit, Google News and Google Alerts feeds are checked at most every 10 minutes, YouTube and Bluesky at most every 15. Google Alerts can also take a while to add a result to its feed.
- The site pushes back. Some sites block readers that check too often. If a feed turns red with a "too many requests" error, pick a slower speed. Feeder checks a red feed at most once an hour until it works again. See Why a feed stops updating or turns red.
Do some feeds update instantly?
Yes. Some sites announce each new post the moment they publish it, using a standard called WebSub. For those feeds, Feeder gets the post right away, whatever your update speed, and checks the feed itself about once an hour as a backup.
How do notifications relate to update speed?
Feeder notifies you when it finds a new post, so a notification can't come sooner than the feed's next check. For a feed you need to hear about fast, set a fast update speed and turn on notifications in Edit feed, on the Settings tab, under Notifications. Mobile push needs the Feeder app, and e-mail notifications need Plus. See Get notifications about important things.
In the web app, new posts appear in the open list by themselves when Auto-update is on, in the Display menu above your posts. Auto-update is part of Plus and Professional. On Free, select Reload (the circular arrows) above the post list to see new posts.
Common questions
Does an RSS feed update automatically?
Yes. The site updates its feed when it publishes, and Feeder checks the feed for you. You don't need to do anything.
Why did a feed update faster than my setting?
Feeder checks each feed once for everyone who follows it, at the fastest speed any of them chose. A feed many people follow can update more often than you set.
Can I make Feeder check a feed right now?
Reloading the page or the app shows what Feeder has already found. It doesn't make Feeder check the site sooner, so set a faster update speed for feeds you need quickly.
Still stuck? E-mail support@feeder.co with the feed's address and the time a post appeared on the site, and we'll look into it.