Only 11% of Blog Readers Use RSS Readers

One in 10 Weblog Readers Personalizes Content with RSS Feeds, According to Nielsen//NetRatings

Some interesting figures in the press release:

Use of RSS Feeds, June 2005
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Survey Response Percent of Respondents
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I use feed aggregation software to monitor
RSS feeds for blogs 4.9%
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I use a feed aggregating Web site to monitor
RSS feeds for blogs 6.4%
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I've heard of RSS and know what it does
but don't use RSS feeds 23.0%
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I've heard of RSS but don't know what it does 15.7%
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I've never heard of RSS before today 50.0%
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