Ever since I switched to Google Reader for my blog reading, it has been keeping track of my blog reading habits. Taking a break from working on review-writing for a few minutes, I took a quick gander at it at to see what I’ve been reading most and where I stand. (and yes, I read a lot of blogs)
To be clear how it tracks, there are a few concepts:
- Subscriptions – how many RSS feeds it’s tracking
- Posts – # of posts the blogger/feed serves up, regardless of whether or not I’ve drilled into to actually read the article (often I just scan the title and discard)
- Items read – how many posts/articles I actually look at the article for
- Shared items – items I share as interesting to me; you can always find the list at: https://www.google.com/reader/shared/02645973665706385664 (rss feed available as well)
- Starred items – items I star for myself so I can go back and look at later; not shared publicly. I tend to only do this if I do any reading on my cell-phone (i.e. on the bus)
My overall view stats for the past 30 days are:
From your 494 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 4,244 items, starred 2 items, shared 20 items, and emailed 0 items.
Items read by day for the past 30 days:
Top 10 feeds that get me to read articles – many of these are because they post so many articles, so they bubble to the top (this is sorted by # read, not by % read)
Subscription # Read % Read Slog 206 20% Chowhound’s Latest – Pacific Northwest 189 17% Valleywag 188 25% CNN Political Ticker 166 21% Freep.com – RSS – Sports 159 12% Fatwallet.com Finance 134 22% Slashdot 118 20% ProFootballTalk.com » Rumor Mill 107 24% Lifehacker 107 23% TMobile Howard Forums 76 27%
I probably will try to post about this every few months – it provides a nice view of what I am interested in over time, so I’d like it posted for my own archival purposes, if nothing else. Plus, if anybody else finds an interesting blog because of it, good for them!
Tags: blog, google, google reader
