NewsBlur

{{Short description|American software company}}

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| logo = NewsBlur logo.png

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| type = Private

| industry = Software

| foundation = {{Start date|2009}}

| founder = Samuel Clay

| location_city = New York City and San Francisco

| location_country = United States

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| homepage = {{URL|https://newsblur.com}}

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NewsBlur is an American software company based in New York City and San Francisco.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/30/yc-backed-newsblur-takes-feed-reading-back-to-its-basics/|title=YC-Backed NewsBlur Takes Feed Reading Back To Its Basics|publisher=TechCrunch|date=July 30, 2012}} NewsBlur is an open-source RSS reader that allows users to subscribe to various content types, including newsletters and YouTube channels, and offers features like full-article reading, story change tracking, and IFTTT integration. Available on iOS, Android, and the web, NewsBlur offers a limited free tier and a low-cost Premium plan with expanded capabilities and unlimited feeds.{{Cite news |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |title=The Best RSS Feed Readers (Because the Internet Is a Mess) |url=https://www.wired.com/story/best-rss-feed-readers/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}{{cite web|url=http://searchengineland.com/google-reader-alternative-newsblur-151541|title=Need A Google Reader Alternative? Meet Newsblur|publisher=Search Engine Land|date=March 14, 2013}} Furthermore, the software powering NewsBlur is available and is published in an open-source application, licensed under the MIT License.{{cite web|url=https://opensource.com/life/13/3/eight-open-source-rss-feed-readers|title=What open source RSS feed reader do you use?|access-date=2 September 2018}} Limited access to the service is free for up to 64 sites; unlimited access is available for an annual subscription fee.

The company was founded in 2009 by Samuel Clay.{{cite magazine |date=2013-03-22 |title=Scaling on a Shoestring, Lessons from NewsBlur |url=http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/03/scaling-on-a-shoestring-lessons-from-newsblur/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325110730/http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/03/scaling-on-a-shoestring-lessons-from-newsblur/ |archive-date=2013-03-25 |access-date=2013-03-25 |magazine=Wired |publisher=Webmonkey}} In March 2013, following an announcement by Google that they would be shutting down their popular Google Reader news reader service, NewsBlur's subscriber base immediately rose from about 1,500 users to over 60,000.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/22/feedly-winning-on-mobile/|title=Google Reader Who? Feedly Became Top News App On iPhone, iPad & Android This Week; New App Now Awaiting Approval|publisher=TechCrunch|date=2013-03-22}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.newsblur.com/post/45632737156/three-months-to-scale-newsblur|title=Three Months to Scale NewsBlur|author=Samuel Clay|publisher=The NewsBlur Blog|date=2013-03-17}}