RSS reader and creator discovery platform for blogs, podcasts, and news
Feedspot operates a dual-sided platform: a reader aggregating RSS feeds and news subscriptions, and a discovery layer connecting creators (bloggers, podcasters) with brands. The stack is PHP-heavy on the backend with modern infrastructure investments (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Docker), and active projects signal a shift toward containerized microservices—suggesting the company is modernizing a legacy monolith to handle scale more efficiently.
Feedspot is a 51–200-person company based in Mill Valley, CA, built around two core products. Feedspot Reader lets individuals subscribe to blogs, podcasts, news sites, and RSS feeds in a single feed aggregator. On the publishing side, Feedspot maintains categorized lists of creators in hundreds of niches and connects them to brand partnerships and sponsorships. The product architecture remains PHP-based on MySQL and Nginx, with cloud deployment across AWS and GCP. Engineering and design teams dominate the headcount, with lighter sales and product coverage.
Feedspot runs PHP with MySQL and Nginx on the backend, JavaScript/jQuery and HTML/CSS on the frontend, deployed on AWS and GCP with Kubernetes and Docker for containerization. Application frameworks include Laravel, CodeIgniter, and CakePHP.
Feedspot is headquartered in Mill Valley, CA and was founded in 2012. The company employs 51–200 people and is privately held.
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