It sure didn't help, but I agree that Google Reader's death didn't kill blogs themselves; the decline has been pretty steady (Reader was killed in 2013): https:

It sure didn't help, but I agree that Google Reader's death didn't kill blogs themselves; the decline has been pretty steady (Reader was killed in 2013): https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=rss,blog https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=r... I also agree that RSS is still worth it. I am a happy subscriber to Newsblur: https://newsblur.com/ https://newsblur.com/ Indeed, the mess that is Twitter is giving me hope that we'll see a comeback of people self-hosting their content.