FeedBurner Stats: Feed Subscribers

August 12, 2007 in Technology with 10 Comments

Based on the stats from FeedBurner, here are the top 10 ways blog subscribers receive my feed:

  1. Google Reader or iGoogle – 724
  2. Bloglines – 637
  3. FeedBlitz – 165
  4. NewsGator Online – 106
  5. Windows RSS Platform – 105
  6. Firefox Live Bookmarks – 102
  7. My Yahoo – 41
  8. Safari RSS – 36
  9. Outlook 2007 – 35
  10. Netvibes – 31

What’s amazing about these stats is the rapid growth of Google as an RSS feed aggregator. Bloglines (which I still prefer) has lost a lot of ground to Google. What’s even more amazing is the fact that Yahoo and Microsoft are not even on the radar.

10 Responses to “FeedBurner Stats: Feed Subscribers”

  1. Shawn August 12, 2007 at 3:03 pm #

    What is it about Bloglines that you prefer? Once the new Google Reader came out and I used it for 5 minutes I knew it was more powerful than Bloglines so I left BG, shacked up with Google Reader and never looked back.

  2. Bo Bray August 12, 2007 at 3:47 pm #

    Hey Tony, what plugins/programs do you use to track those subscribtion stats? I am having a problem monitoring all subscribers on my site. Thanks for any advice you can offer!

  3. Kirt Manuel August 12, 2007 at 4:11 pm #

    Tony, I’m using NetNewWire Lite on my Mac, just in case that information is useful.

  4. JG August 12, 2007 at 5:19 pm #

    Firefox’s Live Bookmarks are the only way to go …

    JG

  5. tony morgan August 12, 2007 at 6:14 pm #

    Shawn, last I checked, Google Reader doesn’t allow you to subscribe to a search like “NewSpring Church” as an example. There are certain key searches that I need to stay on top of, and I’d rather do it from one site.

    Bo, I use FeedBurner to track all these stats. You’ll have to find someone more versed in that solution if you need help.

    tony

  6. Fred Mckinnon August 12, 2007 at 7:48 pm #

    Tony,
    Awesome, inspiring stats, my friend. Just curious – how many readers aren’t using RSS at all … they just come directly to your site?

    I always read via GoogleReader unless I want to comment (like now) .. then, I click on the title in GR and come here to your blog to post …

    Interesting in # of RSS versus actual unique web visitors per day. Feedburner can track that as well, in case you’ve not added it!

  7. Fred Mckinnon August 12, 2007 at 7:49 pm #

    Also .. Shawn … I can help you w/ FeedBurner if you’re using WordPress … not sure how the redirect works on TypePad.

  8. Chris Reeder August 12, 2007 at 9:47 pm #

    Tony, If you try Google Reader… you will never look back!!!

    Chris R.
    http://LetGodBeGod.com

  9. Billy Chia August 12, 2007 at 11:51 pm #

    I’m a huge GR fan.
    But the ability to track searches… sounds cool. I might need to do a test run on bloglines.

  10. john August 14, 2007 at 12:40 pm #

    “What’s even more amazing is the fact that Yahoo and Microsoft are not even on the radar.”

    Last time I checked Outlook 2007 was a Microsoft product…

    And yes, I like it much better than Bloglines.