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View How Many People Subscribe to Any Site
Posted by Adam Pash at 12:00 PM on February 9, 2008
Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Google Reader Subscribers Count Greasemonkey script displays how many Google Reader users subscribe to the site you're currently visiting. It does so by checking the site for feed links, then sending a request to Google Reader to find out how many subscribers each feed has. For example, the numbers in the screenshot apply to Lifehacker's main, excerpts, top, and comments feeds, respectively. This script seems like an excellent tool for applying the wisdom of the crowd to sites you're unfamiliar with.
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Jungle Pop
Posted 1:43 PM 9/2/08
This is great - especially helpful to know how many people are subscribing to my site feed as opposed to my FeedBurner feed (I had them both up for a while before removing the site feed link).
Jungle Pop
cavalierex
Posted 3:43 PM 9/2/08
@Junglepop - Only good to count Google Reader users, and therefore does not include the number of people subscribed to your feed by other means (Outlook, web sites, or other RSS feed aggregators). I'm not sure how many feed users also use Google Reader. (Probably quite a bit, but still, not all.)
cavalierex
Chad Cloman
Posted 4:42 PM 9/2/08
I'd like to do this manually, rather than using the script. Anyone know how?
Chad Cloman
The How-To Geek
Posted 1:42 AM 11/2/08
@Chad Cloman: Search for the site in Google Reader with the Add Subscription button. You'll see the counts next to the feeds.
The How-To Geek
voyagerfan5761
Posted 2:42 AM 11/2/08
Just thinking this might make a good addition to Better GReader... ;-)
voyagerfan5761