Mastodon RSS feeds: follow any account or hashtag

Every public Mastodon account and hashtag has an RSS feed: add .rss to the end of its address. The feed for https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon is https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon.rss. You don't need a Mastodon account to follow it, and it works in Feeder or any other RSS reader.

How do I get the RSS feed of a Mastodon account?

1. Open the profile in your browser. The address looks like https://mastodon.social/@username, with the person's own server in place of mastodon.social.
2. Add .rss to the end: https://mastodon.social/@username.rss.
3. Paste that address into your RSS reader.

In Feeder you can skip step 2. Every Mastodon profile page links to its own feed, so when you paste the profile address into Add feed, Feeder finds the feed for you. How to add a feed to Feeder.

Mastodon RSS feed URLs

Mastodon has more feeds than the main one for each account. Swap in the server, username and hashtag you want.

What is in a Mastodon RSS feed?

• Public posts only. Posts for followers only and private mentions never show up.
• No boosts. You get the account's own posts, not the posts it shares from others.
• No replies, unless you use the with_replies feed.
• The 20 newest posts. Your reader keeps the posts it has already collected, so your history grows from the day you follow.

How do I follow a Mastodon hashtag with RSS?

Add .rss to the hashtag's address on any server, like https://mastodon.social/tags/photography.rss. Each server shows the tagged posts it knows about: posts from its own users and posts from other servers that have reached it. That is why the same hashtag can look different from one server to the next.

To see only what the people on one server post, add ?local=true to the end. It's a nice way to follow a community, like a server for scientists or artists.

How do I follow Mastodon in Feeder?

Mastodon is part of Feeder's free plan, and there are two ways to follow it:

• Paste an address. Click Add feed and paste a profile address or any feed address from the table above.
• Use the Mastodon source. In Add feed, choose Mastodon, pick the server and type an address, a @username or a #tag. For example, @Mastodon@mastodon.social follows that account, and #photography follows the hashtag.

New posts then show up next to your news, blogs and videos. Turn on push notifications for an account you never want to miss.

Mastodon feeds to try

Click a name to add the feed to Feeder, or copy the address into any RSS reader.

Common questions

Does Mastodon have RSS?

Yes. RSS is built into Mastodon, so public profiles and hashtags have feeds on Mastodon servers without any setup.

Do I need a Mastodon account to follow someone with RSS?

No. The feed is public, so anyone can follow it in an RSS reader without signing up for Mastodon.

Why don't boosts show up in the feed?

Mastodon leaves boosts out of account feeds. To see what someone boosts, follow them from a Mastodon account.

Can I follow Bluesky or X the same way?

Bluesky has a free RSS feed for every profile. X has none. Twitter (X) RSS feeds explains what still works.

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