Reddit Retires the Unfiltered r/all Feed
April 2026
Reddit retired its long-standing unfiltered r/all feed, removing it from mobile apps and desktop on April 2, 2026, after an initial test in December 2025, as part of a shift toward algorithmic personalized feeds that drew backlash from longtime users.
What happened
r/all was one of Reddit's oldest discovery surfaces: a feed that aggregated the most popular posts from across all subreddits with minimal filtering, excluding only sexually explicit content but otherwise surfacing whatever was trending site-wide. It differed from r/popular, which applies more filtering. For years, r/all functioned as a chronological, algorithm-light window into the 'front page of the internet.'
The removal happened in stages. In early December 2025, users on the Android app noticed the r/all link had been removed from the app's sidebar. Reddit characterized this as a test that would roll out gradually to some users. On April 2, 2026, Reddit made the change permanent, removing r/all entry points from both the mobile apps and the desktop interface. Notably, r/all remained accessible through Old Reddit.
Reddit framed the removal as part of ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization, pointing users toward r/popular or the Latest feed as alternatives. The decision fit a broader strategic pattern of Reddit deprioritizing chronological and unfiltered surfaces in favor of algorithmically personalized feeds designed to boost engagement.
User reaction was largely negative. Longtime Redditors argued that removing r/all undermined Reddit's identity as a discovery platform, reducing the ability to stumble onto new subreddits and topics outside one's existing subscriptions.
Impact
The change reduced organic, cross-platform content discovery in Reddit's main apps and pushed users toward algorithmically personalized feeds, which many power users and moderators viewed as another erosion of Reddit's original 'front page of the internet' design philosophy.