I don't even think RSS is less popular in absolute numbers, there have been interesting articles about the RSS reader user population after Google Reader that s

I don't even think RSS is less popular in absolute numbers, there have been interesting articles about the RSS reader user population after Google Reader that suggest otherwise. But it can still be less popular relatively - when newcomers don't learn about it, which is how our internet access technology is set up right now. Apart from that I'm in a similar bubble as you, RSS never stopped being relevant to me.