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50% of Web users have never heard of RSS
Nielsen//NetRatings surveyed 1,000 Web users regarding their RSS usage patterns.RSS usage and familiarity surveySurvey response%I use feed aggregation software to monitor RSS feeds for blogs4.
Nielsen//NetRatings surveyed 1,000 Web users regarding their RSS usage patterns.
RSS usage and familiarity survey | |
| Survey response | % |
| I use feed aggregation software to monitor RSS feeds for blogs | 4.9% |
| I use a feed aggregating Web site to monitor RSS feeds for blogs | 6.4% |
| I've heard of RSS and know what it does but don't use RSS feeds | 23.0% |
| I've heard of RSS but don't know what it does | 15.7% |
| I've never heard of RSS before today | 50.0% |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings | |