RSS Awareness Day

El Pirata · #1 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008, 01:53 PM

Yea 5% of net users use RSS, I am proud to say that I am one of those 5%. I actually rather enjoy these rss feeds, very useful, you dont have to go to the main site to look at all the headlines, you just click on your which feed and it will show you whats on there.

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Spread the word!

Back in 2005 5% of the Internet users said they were using RSS aggregators or XML readers to get the news and other information delivered from blogs and content-rich Web sites as it is posted online (according to the Pew Internet Project).

Feedburner recently reported that they track around 60 million RSS subscribers. Even if we bump that number to 70 million RSS users (counting people that use RSS with other applications or platforms) this would still convert to a meager 5,4% of the Internet users around the world, as of today.

What is the takeaway message? Only a very small percentage of the Internet population is aware of the RSS format and its benefits, and that number is growing slowly over time.

By creating the RSS Awareness Day and celebrating it every year we should be able to get the general public exposed to this format, hopefully increasing the usage of RSS feeds and related applications among Internet users.

If you have a blog or website, help us spread the word by writing about the RSS Awareness Day or by using one of the badges and banners below. You don’t need to link back here (although you can). As long as you help to raise the awareness about RSS we are happy!

original article: Spread the word! | RSSDay.org

**Arcángel** · 05-01-2008, 01:55 PM

I am a proud RSS user, especially when it comes to Opu's Geek Inc. site.