# ihsoyct: still alive, and running on two archives. Canonical: https://think-pol.com/blogs/ihsoyct Published 2026-11-10 ยท Guide ihsoyct is a free Reddit archive search page that runs on Arctic Shift or PullPush. How to pick the backend, what each one misses, and what to use instead. ihsoyct (ihsoyct.github.io) is a free, plain search page for archived Reddit posts and comments. It started as a search front end over Pushshift data, and it outlived Pushshift by switching archives: today it lets you choose between Arctic Shift and PullPush as the backend. It is alive and maintained, with changes logged in 2025. Its limits are its backends' limits: Arctic Shift cannot run a keyword across subreddits, and ihsoyct's own changelog said in October 2025 that PullPush data stopped at 20 May 2025. When neither backend has what you need, use an archive that collects for itself, such as [THINKPOL archive search](/tools/reddit-search). Status. On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), ihsoyct was responding (HTTP 200 in 0.1 s). We check every hour from a server in the EU: 100% of 51 hourly checks answered over the last 30 days. Full history on the [status page](/blogs/reddit-archive-tools-status). ## What is ihsoyct? ihsoyct is a search form for Reddit archives, hosted at ihsoyct.github.io under the title "Reddit Archive". You filter by author, subreddit, date and keyword, choose posts or comments, and read the results in a simple list. There is no account and no signup. It holds no data. Every search is sent from your browser to the backend you select, and the page shows what comes back. ## Arctic Shift or PullPush: which backend to choose | Arctic Shift backend (default) | PullPush backend Keyword search | Inside one subreddit or one user at a time | Across all subreddits Recent content | New posts within seconds (measured on 10 November 2026) | Up to 20 May 2025, according to ihsoyct's changelog of 25 October 2025 When it fails | Timeouts on very active users and subreddits | Frequent outages and rate limits Read more | [Arctic Shift](/blogs/arctic-shift) | [PullPush](/blogs/pullpush-alternative) The rule of thumb from ihsoyct's own changelog: PullPush lets you search all comments across all subreddits, while Arctic Shift can only search within a single subreddit at a time. So use PullPush for a keyword with no known community, when it answers, and Arctic Shift for everything recent. On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), the Arctic Shift API was responding (HTTP 200 in 1.8 s). The newest post it returned was 18 seconds old. On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), the PullPush API was not responding (HTTP 526). ## What changed on ihsoyct in 2025 - 10 August 2025. When you open the comments of a post, the page now queries Reddit to highlight deleted comments in red, for threads under 2,000 comments. It also accepts Reddit-style links: replace the Reddit domain in a thread URL with ihsoyct.github.io to see the archived thread. - 25 October 2025. PullPush is offered again as a backend after coming back online, with the note that its data stopped at 20 May 2025. Those two entries are the reason this page exists. Several 2026 roundups, including an earlier version of our own, still describe ihsoyct as dead. ## Is ihsoyct down? On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), ihsoyct was responding (HTTP 200 in 0.1 s). The page is a static site, so it almost always loads. What fails is the backend. If a search hangs or returns an error, switch the backend in the form, then check the [status page](/blogs/reddit-archive-tools-status) to see which archive is answering. ## Where it stops, plainly - No backend covers everything. A keyword across all of Reddit after May 2025 is outside both: Arctic Shift needs a subreddit or a user, and PullPush data was reported to end there. - It shows what the archives captured. Content removed before capture, and private or quarantined communities, are missing without any notice. - No one answers for it. It is a free page on top of two volunteer services. ## When ihsoyct is the better pick, and when it is not Pick ihsoyct when you want the fastest plain-text view of a user's or a subreddit's archived history, and you are comfortable switching backends yourself. It is the closest thing left to the old Pushshift search pages. Pick something else when the question is a keyword with no known subreddit and a recent date, or when an empty result has consequences. [THINKPOL archive search](/tools/reddit-search) is free, needs no account, and runs a keyword across an independent archive of 30 billion posts and comments since 2005, deleted content included. [User lookup](/tools/reddit-user-lookup) does the same for one account. ## How this page is made ihsoyct's features and changelog entries are taken from its own page, read on 10 November 2026. The list of backends comes from the page's search form and the requests it sends. An earlier version of our tools guide described ihsoyct as defunct. That was wrong by the time we rechecked: the page loads and its changelog shows work in August and October 2025. We corrected the guide on 10 November 2026. The status lines are refreshed every hour by an automated check. Corrections: [contact us](/contact). ## ihsoyct, answered. ### Is ihsoyct still working in 2026? Yes. On our last check (12 November 2026 at 11:07 UTC), ihsoyct was responding (HTTP 200 in 0.1 s). Its changelog shows updates in August and October 2025. Searches depend on the backend you choose, Arctic Shift or PullPush, so a search can fail while the page itself loads. ### What happened to ihsoyct after Pushshift closed? It switched data sources. ihsoyct started as a search page over Pushshift data. Today its form offers two backends, Arctic Shift by default and PullPush as an option. ### Which ihsoyct backend should I use? Arctic Shift for recent content and for searches inside one subreddit or one user. PullPush for a keyword across all subreddits, with two caveats: it is often unavailable, and ihsoyct's changelog said in October 2025 that its data stopped at 20 May 2025. ### How do I view a Reddit thread on ihsoyct? Replace the Reddit domain in the thread URL with ihsoyct.github.io. According to its changelog of 10 August 2025, the page then shows the archived comments of that thread and highlights deleted comments in red for threads under 2,000 comments. ### What is a good ihsoyct alternative? For a keyword across all of Reddit with recent and deleted content included, THINKPOL's free archive search runs on an independent archive of 30 billion posts and comments. Rosint and Ghostddit read the same archives as ihsoyct, with a friendlier interface and the same gaps.