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.
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.
Phillip Gibb says
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.
human3rror says
stocked? or stoked?
puaha.
Phillip Gibb says
stoked.
Seth is over stocked in RSS subscribers.
Or is he, considering how many internet users there are.
human3rror says
seth is small beans…
😉
Jim says
Where's Uncle Seth? He's usually chimed in by now? Maybe he's evaluating you on your funny scale!
human3rror says
perhaps.
Michael Hyatt says
What tool did you use to find out how many subscribers he has?
Andy Darnell says
Wow. I too would like to know how you checked out his subscriber stats
human3rror says
https://churchm.ag/2009/03/07/ministry-perfo… <~~~ Feedcompare
myhatt says
I'm not sure how I missed it, but THAT is a great post with a number of wonderful resources. Thanks!
human3rror says
Thanks Mike! Tweet it if you love it!
😉