What is feeder.co?
feeder.co is a cloud-based RSS feed reader that fetches content from over 3 million feed URLs for more than 500,000 users, providing news aggregation and filtering capabilities for businesses and individuals. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when feeder.co visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | Feeder/1.0 (feeder.co/fetcher) |
| Operated By | Really Simple |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Shared link |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
Why Is feeder.co Visiting My Website?
Someone shared a link to your page. feeder.co fetched it to build a preview card, and each new share may trigger another request. A spike often means your content is circulating more widely.
Should I Block feeder.co?
Usually not. Blocking feeder.co may leave shared links without a title or image, making them less inviting to click. If it begins fetching at unexpected volume, try rate limiting before blocking it outright. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for feeder.co.
Insights for feeder.co
As of October 30, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From feeder.co?
feeder.co usually makes a single request within seconds of a URL being shared, without crawling further. Traffic rises and falls with sharing activity, so a widely circulated link can produce a sharp burst of fetches.
Does feeder.co Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. feeder.co is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only communicates your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then use Agent Analytics to verify that its requests stop.
Is feeder.co Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. feeder.co is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking feeder.co Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. feeder.co's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does feeder.co Access Private Content?
No. feeder.co has no credentials and should access only the public URL and assets needed for a preview. It does not continue through the rest of your site.
How Can I Verify a Request From feeder.co?
Agent Analytics tracks feeder.co visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "feeder.co". Look for a page and its preview assets being requested without follow-up navigation. Because feeder.co does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is feeder.co Different From Other Really Simple Agents?
Really Simple operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
- Feeder: Feeder is a fetcher operated by Really Simple.