I use Google Reader as my RSS reader and am subscribed to enough feeds that I get approximately 100 new items daily. Obviously, this is way more than I can read so I need to make sure I am only subscribed to feeds that I actually read, otherwise the shear number of items becomes overwhelming. Google Reader has a tool available called “Trends” which gives you stats on exactly what you are and are not reading.
In the upper left corner, you will see a Trends link. It shows you a breakdown of the total number of feeds with the percentage of items read. There are also various charts which illustrate these stats. When you take a look at the numbers, you can really see what you are actually reading and potentially get rid of the items you are not.
At the rate some sites pump out posts, it is good to keep your RSS reader slimmed down to what you actually read.
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