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# 15 million die-hard RSS aficionados
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2014/07/rss-dead-or-key-specialist-tool/
- Published: 2014-07-04T22:16:44.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:18:18.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Blogging, feeds, Martin Belam, rss

[Martin Belam](http://martinbelam.com/2014/hello-world-slight-return/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> And despite the die-hard afficianados, RSS is no longer a key content distribution channel.

Of course, with some amusement, I read this in my [RSS reader of choice](http://reederapp.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

He’s right in that RSS never became a mainstream means of consumption (indeed, I’d argue that it never really was a key content distribution channel), but wrong in that, for those of us who live or die by the information we find, consume and process in various ways, it’s still a vital tool.

And one that’s not as small as you might think. From a recent post on *The Digital Reader*, marking the [year’s anniversary of the demise of Google Reader](http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/07/02/year-day-since-google-reader-shutdown-anything-changed/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> In 3 weeks Feedly grew from 4 million users to 7 million, eventually growing to 15 million users and 24,000 paying customers in February 2014 and earning the crown of leading Google Reader replacement.

15 million (on one service alone) is a decent chunk of die-hard aficionados.