This MSR research examining some aspects of RSS usage came across my desk recently. Given that I'm often tempted to believe that my own RSS usage is in some way representative, it's interesting to see how hundreds of others are using it.

While I found all of the questions interesting, this one surprised me the most:

1. Do you share or save articles (or links to articles) that you found via your RSS reader? If so, how?

   Response	#	%
   Browser bookmarks / favorites	373	27.5%
   Online service (del.icio.us, digg, etc.)	658	48.6%
   Email to friends or self	311	23.0%
   Print article	55	4.1%
   Save article to file	206	15.2%
   Post to your blog	321	23.7%
   I don't share or save articles from my reader	248	18.3

 
I would not have guessed that the percentage of people saving via social bookmarking services would have been so high.