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Ever Wonder How Many RSS Subscribers Seth Godin Has?

Posted By on April 15, 2009

I woke up this morning and randomly wondered that too. So, I set out to find out.

Apparently, Seth has 263 thousand followers, as of today. Wow. That’s a lot of subscribers for a blog, let alone a blog that’s updated by just one single person.

Congrats Seth, that’s monumental.

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But there are a few other interesting points of note, the first being that daily his figure fluctuates around 5k followers a day. It brings an entirely new perspective when we complain and moan that our individual RSS subscriber count drops 10 or *gasp* 100 or so.

In addition, his day-over-day increase is about 500-1,000 followers. Not bad. Most of us are lucky if we can secure 1 or 2 more a day.

But there’s encouragement here: It proves that solid content can provide consistent growth. We have to remember that Seth, at one point in time, was another “drop in the ocean” of influence. His first post (on his current blog) is from January 15, 2002.

Yea, he’s been doing this for awhile.

In an age where we glorify the quick build and mega-groundswell we have to remember that the “marathon” race is probably a better model to be considered in terms of growth.

We all start from zero. You only have “up” from there.

About John Saddington: I am the CEO of 8BIT and a Full Time Blogger. I like what I do.

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13 Responses to “Ever Wonder How Many RSS Subscribers Seth Godin Has?”

  1. Phillip Gibb
    April 15, 2009 at #

    good grief.
    OK, I have now subscribed to Seth's blog. I am a drop in the Seth RSS Ocean.
    yes I know, it's ridiculous that I had not subscribed already since I am reading his book,
    but we all have our weak points.
    I am pretty stocked with my 29 readers – u guys rock.

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    • human3rror
      April 15, 2009 at #

      stocked? or stoked?

      puaha.

      Reply
      • Phillip Gibb
        April 15, 2009 at #

        stoked.
        Seth is over stocked in RSS subscribers.
        Or is he, considering how many internet users there are.

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  2. Jim
    April 15, 2009 at #

    Where's Uncle Seth? He's usually chimed in by now? Maybe he's evaluating you on your funny scale!

    Reply
  3. Michael Hyatt
    April 15, 2009 at #

    What tool did you use to find out how many subscribers he has?

    Reply
  4. Andy Darnell
    April 16, 2009 at #

    Wow. I too would like to know how you checked out his subscriber stats

    Reply
  5. human3rror
    April 16, 2009 at #

    http://churchcrunch.com/2009/03/07/ministry-perfo… <~~~ Feedcompare

    Reply
  6. myhatt
    April 16, 2009 at #

    I'm not sure how I missed it, but THAT is a great post with a number of wonderful resources. Thanks!

    Reply

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