The news reader for people who actually read.
alltop is a free, modern RSS reader. Hundreds of hand-picked sources, bundled into clean topic feeds, ranked by AI so the stories worth reading rise to the top. No algorithm chasing outrage. No ads. No infinite scroll.
RSS, minus the chores.
Editors comb the web for sources worth reading and cluster them into topics: Tech, Politics, Markets, Culture, Sports, Science, and dozens more. You don't hunt for feed URLs.
Every few minutes, new stories from every feed are scored against what's actually newsworthy — not engagement bait. The best ones land on top; yesterday's noise drops off.
Follow topics or individual publications. Get a personalized front page of what the best sources are covering right now. Save stories, read later, move on.
Built for readers, not scrollers.
The NY Times, The Verge, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, ESPN, Stratechery, Nature, Hacker News — already in. Start reading the minute you sign up.
Care about Tech? You don't need to subscribe to 40 tech blogs. Follow the topic, get the best of all of them, automatically de-duplicated.
Our ranking model weighs source reputation, recency, engagement signals, and originality — so a great piece from a small blog can beat a syndicated wire story.
Works on any device, no app to install. Mobile-optimized, dark mode, fast. Your follows and saves sync across every browser.
No outrage-farming, no shadow-ranked political feeds, no suggested posts from strangers. You picked the topics; we show you what's there.
No trial, no pro tier gated behind the good features. Optional email digest, optional account — read first, sign up when you care.
The RSS reader you've been waiting for since Google Reader shut down.
If you miss Google Reader, you already know why RSS is the best way to read the web: you decide what shows up, publishers don't decide what you see, and nothing follows you around.
alltop takes that philosophy and adds the two things classic RSS readers never had: a curated default list of excellent sources, and ranking smart enough that you can drink from a hundred feeds without drowning.
Start reading — free account →- Anthropic announces a new reasoning benchmark for frontier modelsArs Technica·12 min
- Inside the chip foundry race that just got a lot more expensiveBloomberg·38 min
- Why the open-web rebound isn't just hype this time aroundStratechery·1 hr
- A field guide to the new generation of indie search enginesThe Verge·2 hr
- Small teams, big shipping: the 'squad of four' era returnsEvery·3 hr
Dozens of topics. Hundreds of sources.
Every topic is a curated bundle of the best publications covering it. We add new sources every week, and you can follow as many (or as few) as you like.
Three steps. Ninety seconds.
- 01Sign up with email or Google
One click with Google, or email and password. No phone number, no credit card — we only need a way to save your follows across devices.
- 02Follow a few topics
Pick from curated topic feeds: Tech, Business, Politics, Science, Culture — whatever you care about. You can also follow individual publications (The Verge, Bloomberg, ESPN) if you're feeling specific.
- 03Open My alltop and start reading
Your personal front page: ranked top stories per topic, a chronological list of everything from your followed sources, and a Save button for anything you want to come back to.
Frequently asked.
- Is alltop free?
- Yes — completely free. No trial, no pro tier, no paywall on the good features. If we ever add paid features in the future, the core reader will stay free.
- Is this just another RSS reader like Feedly or Inoreader?
- It's an RSS reader, but curated and AI-ranked by default. Classic RSS readers give you an empty feed list and make you hunt for sources. alltop starts you with a hand-picked default per topic and uses ranking to surface the best stories — so you can follow fifty feeds without your screen becoming a noise wall.
- Can I add my own RSS feeds?
- Source suggestions are welcome — email hello@alltop.com with the feed URL and the topic you'd put it under. We review and add new sources every week. Self-service custom feed import is on the roadmap.
- What about Google Reader?
- Google Reader shut down in 2013 and left a generation of readers without a good home. alltop is built in that spirit: you pick what to read, publishers don't pick what you see, and no algorithm is optimizing against your attention. We just added curation and ranking to make it work at modern scale.
- Do I need to install an app?
- No app, nothing to download. alltop runs in any browser, desktop or mobile. It's a fast web app with dark mode, offline-ish caching, and sync — if you sign in, your follows and saved stories follow you across devices.
- How do you rank stories?
- We cluster stories covering the same event across sources, then score each cluster on source reputation, recency, originality (first-reporting vs. syndication), and reader engagement signals. A great scoop from a small blog can outrank a syndicated wire story — which is the opposite of how most algorithmic feeds work.
- Do you sell my data or show ads?
- No ads on story cards, no affiliate links, no audience data sold. We make money through optional paid features (none yet) and, eventually, a sponsored topic digest — clearly labeled and never mixed into the ranking.
- Who runs alltop?
- A small team at Ocean View Marketing. No VCs. Based on the west coast, shipping daily. You can reach a human at hello@alltop.com — every message gets a real reply.
A better way to read the web is thirty seconds away.
Free forever, no credit card, no ads. Pick a few topics, and we'll do the rest.