Sep 10, 2010

Reading habits in Google Reader

Thanks to those who took the survey. Data here. Summary and observations below.



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Observations

-- Is there such a thing as a half-assed Google Reader user? All 24 people who responded appear to use it quite regularly. I am curious to know the fraction of users who set up a Google Reader account and eventually stop using it.

-- I thought my 900+ subscriptions was pretty unusual but it turns out three respondents other than me have over 600 subscriptions, and one dude is holding down 1,208 subscriptions. Coincidentally, the same person is also the newest Google Reader user of the sample, adding subscriptions at a rate of 38 per day. Person, please contact me -- I want to know who you are and I want to know more about your reading habits.

-- We have some early adopters in the sample. Google Reader was released October 7, 2005, and three people in the sample have been using it since December 2005, including one person who signed up a day after release. (I'd like to know who you three are, too.)

-- The person who wins the award of showing the most restraint / being the pickiest subscriber has 33 subscriptions in total, and adds new subscriptions at a rate of about once per month. (P.S. - I am honored that WitW is one of your 33 subscriptions.)

-- I'd love to know how these numbers compare to readers of other blogs. Any other bloggers out there, I encourage you to post the same survey. I'd be happy to throw the data into my spreadsheet to pop out some charts for you.

-- Reading habits fascinate me to no end. I am not sure why.