How to Follow Any YouTube Channel as an RSS Feed
YouTube doesn't show you everything from channels you follow. RSS fixes that — get every upload delivered to you automatically.
YouTube's algorithm is designed to surface videos it thinks will keep you watching — not necessarily everything from the channels you care about. An RSS feed solves this. You get every new video from a channel, in order, delivered exactly when it's published.
Every YouTube channel has a hidden RSS feed. You don't need to find it — just paste the channel URL into RssDrop and it detects it automatically.
Step-by-step: Add a YouTube channel in RssDrop
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Go to Feeds
Open your RssDrop dashboard and click 'Feeds' in the sidebar.
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Click '+ New Feed'
A dialog will appear asking you for a URL.
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Paste the channel URL
Copy the YouTube channel URL from your browser (e.g. youtube.com/@channelname) and paste it.
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RssDrop detects the feed
It automatically finds the channel's RSS feed URL and shows you a preview of recent videos.
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Save it
Click 'Add Feed'. New videos from that channel will appear in your Reader automatically.
What about YouTube Shorts?
RssDrop fetches all videos from a channel's RSS feed, including Shorts. Each video appears with its thumbnail, title, and a direct link. You can use keyword filters to include or exclude Shorts by filtering on titles that contain '#shorts'.
You can bundle multiple YouTube channels into one feed using Bundles — perfect for creating a single 'Tech News' or 'Marketing' channel combining everyone you follow.
Bonus: Auto-post new videos to Discord
Once the feed is set up, you can connect it to a Bot. Every time a new video is published, RssDrop will automatically post it to your Discord server, Slack workspace, or Telegram channel — complete with the thumbnail and title.
