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  1. cjbenham
    Member

    I can't figure out how to view who has signed up to follow my blog. Read the directions, but the screen in the directions doesn't appear online when I try to follow those directions. My site stats page doesn't list followers!?! Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks.

    The blog I need help with is commonsensecandor.com.

  2. timethief
    Member

    Hello there,
    The subscriber stats show you all the users that have active email subscriptions to your blog using the built-in email notification system on WordPress.com. They don’t include users that subscribed using a third-party subscription service or using RSS.
    Followers are the number of readers following your blog and blog posts comments.

    Your followers receive an update, either on their Read Blogs page or via email (or both, depending on their settings). There are several different ways that readers can start following your blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/followers/

    Go to your site stats page and click “Totals, Followers & Shares”
    Click the Blog link under the number and the Site Stats » My Followers page will open. Click the Email Followers link.

  3. casawabisabi
    Member

    thank you!

  4. cjbenham
    Member

    timethief, thanks once again!!

  5. timethief
    Member

    You're both welcome. :)

  6. theappreciationfactor
    Member

    Timetheif you seem to be a real expert!

    Should I read your comments to read that it is impossible to track who has signed up for my blog via RSS? (I am able to see the email followers) but keep hearing about people who are reading my blog, but it's more than the recognizable emails that I have in my followers list.)

    If you can track the RSS followers - could you kindly share your knowledge on how to view that? (I don't think it's possible from my attempts but...)

    Could you help clarify?
    THANKS!

  7. timethief
    Member

    We cannot track individuals and obtain any information such as "names" of those individuals who choose to use feedreaders to read our public blogs.

  8. theappreciationfactor
    Member

    Thanks! It's as I thought.

    My main interest was really how many were following me that way vs. obtaining names.

    Thanks for your prompt reply!

  9. timethief
    Member

    You're welcome. :)

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