The Economist has a free RSS feed for each section, at https://www.economist.com/ followed by the section's name and /rss.xml, like https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/rss.xml. For every new article in one feed, use https://www.economist.com/latest/rss.xml. Below are 27 Economist feeds that work, checked on October 3, 2026, and the old addresses that stopped. Click a feed's name to add it to Feeder, or copy its URL into any RSS reader.
What is The Economist RSS feed URL?
| Feed | What you get | Feed URL |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | Every new article from every section: the 300 newest, going back two to three weeks. | https://www.economist.com/latest/rss.xml |
| The world this week | The weekly round-up of politics and business news, plus the week's cartoon. | https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/rss.xml |
The world this week is the Economist feed Feeder users follow most. 1,071 of them follow it at its old address, http://www.economist.com/rss/the_world_this_week_rss.xml, which forwards to the address above and still works.
Each item has the headline, a one-line summary and a link to the article on economist.com. The feeds don't include the full article.
The Economist RSS feeds by section
Every section feed lists up to 300 articles, so it can go back months. When you first add one, your reader may fill up with older articles; mark them all as read to start fresh.
Leaders, Briefing and opinion
| Feed | What you get | Feed URL |
|---|---|---|
| Leaders | The Economist's editorials, from the front of each issue. | https://www.economist.com/leaders/rss.xml |
| Briefing | One big subject each week, in depth. | https://www.economist.com/briefing/rss.xml |
| By Invitation | Essays by guest writers. | https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/rss.xml |
| Letters | Readers' letters. | https://www.economist.com/letters/rss.xml |
World news by region
| Feed | Feed URL |
|---|---|
| United States | https://www.economist.com/united-states/rss.xml |
| The Americas | https://www.economist.com/the-americas/rss.xml |
| Asia | https://www.economist.com/asia/rss.xml |
| China | https://www.economist.com/china/rss.xml |
| Middle East and Africa | https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/rss.xml |
| Europe | https://www.economist.com/europe/rss.xml |
| Britain | https://www.economist.com/britain/rss.xml |
| International | https://www.economist.com/international/rss.xml |
Business, finance and science
| Feed | What you get | Feed URL |
|---|---|---|
| Business | Companies, industries and management. | https://www.economist.com/business/rss.xml |
| Finance and economics | Markets, investing, central banks and the world economy. | https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/rss.xml |
| Economic and financial indicators | The weekly page of economic data, commodities and markets. | https://www.economist.com/economic-and-financial-indicators/rss.xml |
| Science and technology | Research, health, space and new technology. | https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/rss.xml |
Finance and economics is the Economist section that Feeder users follow most, after The world this week: 274 of them, at its old and new addresses.
Culture, charts and more
| Feed | What you get | Feed URL |
|---|---|---|
| Culture | Books, film, TV, music and everyday culture. | https://www.economist.com/culture/rss.xml |
| Graphic detail | Stories told with charts and data. | https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/rss.xml |
| Obituary | The weekly obituary. | https://www.economist.com/obituary/rss.xml |
| 1843 | Long reads from 1843, The Economist's magazine, plus interactive pieces. | https://www.economist.com/1843/rss.xml |
| Podcast pages | A page for each new podcast episode, with a summary. | https://www.economist.com/podcasts/rss.xml |
Economist podcast and video feeds
| Feed | What you get | Feed URL |
|---|---|---|
| The Intelligence | The weekday news podcast, three stories each episode. | https://access.acast.com/rss/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49 |
| The World in Brief | A few minutes on the day ahead. The feed holds only the newest episode. | https://access.acast.com/rss/theeconomistmorningbriefing |
| The Economist on YouTube | New videos from The Economist's YouTube channel. | https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC0p5jTq6Xx_DosDFxVXnWaQ |
The World in Brief feed has a short version of each episode. Its own description says the full version is for Economist subscribers, who log in on economist.com. See RSS podcast players for apps built for podcast feeds.
How do I follow a topic in The Economist?
The Economist has no feed for a topic like AI or climate. A Google News feed can fill in: search The Economist's headlines with intitle:. Each item has the headline and a link that opens the article through Google News.
| Feed | What you get | Feed URL |
|---|---|---|
| The Economist: AI | Economist articles with AI in the headline, from the past 30 days. | https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=when:30d+site:economist.com+intitle:AI&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en |
Swap AI for your own word. In Feeder, select Add feed, choose Google News under Web monitoring and search for site:economist.com intitle:climate. Google News RSS feeds explains the other search operators.
Which Economist RSS feeds no longer work?
- Addresses with /sections/, like
http://www.economist.com/sections/business-finance/rss.xml, stopped in 2018. They now forward to The Economist's RSS page, which isn't a feed. 386 Feeder users still follow that Business and finance feed. Replace it with Business and Finance and economics above. - Addresses with /feeds/print-sections/, like
http://www.economist.com/feeds/print-sections/79/finance-and-economics.xml, have had no new article since January 2023. - Topic feeds ending in
index.xml, likehttp://www.economist.com/topics/chinese-economy/index.xml, stopped in 2018. - Books and arts (
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/rss.xml) has had no new article since January 2022. Follow Culture instead. - The Economist explains (
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/rss.xml) still loads, but has had no new article since August 2025. 37 Feeder users still follow it. - Old blog feeds, like Free exchange and Bagehot's notebook, no longer get new posts.
Special report (https://www.economist.com/special-report/rss.xml) still works but only gets new articles a few times a year; the newest is from June 2026. Old addresses in the /rss/ folder, like http://www.economist.com/rss/finance_and_economics_rss.xml, forward to the new feeds and still work. Why a feed stops updating explains other reasons a feed goes quiet.
How do I follow The Economist in Feeder?
- Select Add feed, the plus button in Feeder's sidebar. In the iPhone and Android apps, tap Discover and use the search field.
- Paste a feed URL from the tables above, like
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/rss.xml, and press Enter. - Feeder shows the feed with its newest posts. Select Follow.
Following several sections? Put them in a folder, so you can read them together or one at a time. How to create folders and organize your feeds shows how.
Common questions
Is there an official Economist RSS feed?
Yes. The Economist publishes every feed in the tables above on economist.com. For everything in one feed, use https://www.economist.com/latest/rss.xml.
What is The Economist finance RSS feed?
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/rss.xml. For business news, add https://www.economist.com/business/rss.xml too.
Are Economist RSS feeds free?
Yes. The feeds are free and need no account or API key.
Do Economist RSS feeds include the full article?
No. Each item has the headline, a one-line summary and a link to the article on economist.com.
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