Reddit Rising Screensaver
The Reddit Rising screensaver is a live feed of the posts rising fastest across Reddit right now — title and subreddit — gathered from Reddit's public data by the background pipeline. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Reddit Rising screensaver works
A background pipeline reads Reddit's public feed of the posts gaining traction across the whole site right now.
The saver scrolls them up the screen, each showing the post title and the subreddit it came from.
You can point it at rising, hot or new to change which slice of Reddit you watch.
It refreshes every minute so the feed keeps pace with what's climbing.
A worked example
Posts rise from the bottom — a title from r/science, a meme from r/funny, news from r/worldnews — the mix shifting minute by minute as different threads catch fire across Reddit.
Settings & tips
- Feed switches between rising, hot and new.
- Scroll speed sets how fast posts move.
- Run
automation/run.py redditon your pipeline machine to refresh the feed.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the feed live?
- Yes. It comes from Reddit's public data, refreshed every minute by the pipeline, so it tracks what's rising now.
- Why does it use a pipeline?
- Reddit blocks direct data-centre requests, so a background script reads its public feed and saves a snapshot the saver can load.
- Why don't posts show scores?
- Reddit's public feed used here provides titles and subreddits but not live vote counts, so those are left off.
- Can I change which posts appear?
- Yes. Switch between rising, hot and new to watch a different slice of the site.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.