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Work · December 16, 2022

Readwise Reader

The all-in-one reading app for power readers

Readwise Reader launched on December 16, 2022 with 380 votes, #35 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

In plain words

Readwise Reader is a reading application that consolidates content from multiple sources including articles, tweets, PDFs, newsletters, RSS feeds, ebooks, and videos into a single platform. Users can read, search, organize, and highlight all saved materials. The app is available on Android, iOS, and as a browser extension, serving people who consume content from diverse online sources and want centralized access to their reading materials.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Reader lets you save all of your content to one place: From articles to Twitter threads to PDFs to newsletters to RSS to epubs to... even YouTube! You can then read, search, organize and (of course) highlight everything, with a Reader built for 2023.

Save everything to one place to overcome content overload, search instantly, and highlight like a pro.

Save everything to one place, highlight like a pro, and replace several apps with Reader. Sometimes you need to highlight on the spot. Freely highlight and annotate the open web using the Reader browser extension. RSS is in a renaissance. Easily subscribe to the RSS feeds of your favorite websites in Reader to never miss a post. Everyone has a forgotten folder of PDFs. Upload yours to Reader to finally integrate PDFs into your reading workflow. YouTube has become one of the best learning platforms out there. Watch YouTube videos and highlight the transcript in Reader. Twitter threads are the new blog posts. Compile hard-to-read threads into proper long-form articles inside Reader. Most…from readwise.io

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