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Reddit splits its homepage into For You and Following feeds, with r/all already being phased out

Reddit splits its homepage into For You and Following feeds, with r/all already being phased out — Newsmesis editorial illustration
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What happened

Reddit announced on Oct. 28, 2026 that its homepage will offer two feeds: Following, with posts from subreddits a user has joined, and For You, which adds recommendations tied to the user's interests. Until now, one main feed mixed recommended posts with posts from joined communities. Reddit had already said earlier this year that it would deprecate r/all, the page that surfaced posts popular across the platform, as part of simplifying the Home feed and improving its personalization.

What we know

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  • Reddit's new feed experience has a Following feed for subreddits a user follows and a For You feed that includes posts from those subreddits plus recommendations related to the user's interests, per The Verge.
  • The app will initially open to For You and will then default to whichever feed the user last used, per Engadget. The Verge's reporter saw the same last-used behavior in their own testing.
  • Reddit said earlier this year it would deprecate r/all as part of efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization, per The Verge.
  • The Verge's reporter said that after one day of use, For You surfaced posts from subreddits they do not subscribe to but had recently visited, and that it seemed more targeted than r/all.
  • Reddit said it will keep experimenting with ways for people to explore the platform and is working on ways for users to give feedback on recommended content, per Engadget. The Verge reports Reddit also plans to cut back access to Old Reddit for accounts that have not used it recently.

What we don't know yet

  • Whether the For You feed will increase time spent or return visits. Engadget says the company is likely hoping for higher engagement, but Reddit has published no figures.
  • How much of the For You feed will be recommended posts versus posts from subreddits a user has joined. Neither source reports the mix.
  • Whether the rollout has reached all users or is still staged. The Verge's reporter saw the feeds a day before the announcement.

Why it matters

Reddit's homepage moves toward the recommendation-led model used by other large social platforms. Posts and communities that users did not choose to follow will get more of the homepage's reach, and users who relied on r/all for platform-wide popular posts have one less way to see them.

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  • Claim: Reddit announced on Oct. 28, 2026 that its homepage will offer separate For You and Following feeds.
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  • Claim: The Following feed shows posts from subreddits the user has joined.
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  • Claim: The For You feed includes recommended posts based on the user's interests in addition to posts from the user's subreddits.
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  • Claim: The app first opens to For You and then defaults to the feed the user last used.
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  • Claim: Reddit said earlier in 2026 that it would deprecate r/all.
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  • Claim: Reddit plans to cut back access to Old Reddit for users who have not used it recently.
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  • Claim: Reddit expects the For You feed to increase user engagement.
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